Bertena is a certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, retired college instructor, spiritual educator, and founder of Rose Temple Yoga School. She has taught yoga for 7 years, primarily in private and small-group settings, with a special focus on gentle, inclusive yoga for women who may feel uncomfortable, unseen, or unsupported in traditional yoga spaces.

Bertena was drawn to yoga because many traditional classes did not fit her age, body, or ability. Through her own lived experience, she created a compassionate and accessible teaching style that welcomes older adults, beginners, plus-size students, students with limited mobility, and those seeking a slower, more supportive approach to movement, breath, meditation, and embodiment.

Her yoga teaching blends gentle movement, somatic awareness, breathwork, meditation, restorative practices, chair yoga, spiritual reflection, and sacred movement. Her work centers on helping students feel safe, empowered, connected to their bodies, and free from comparison or perfection.