Kelly Beaudoin

Trainer Bio

I began my journey with Baptiste Yoga over 5 years ago.  Invited to attend class with a friend, I didn’t know what I was saying yes to.  That one 90 minute class blew me away.  I was challenged physically and mentally, yet left energized.  That day began a streak of 34 days in a row.  My teacher told me on day 34 to take a day off.

That’s the type of person I am.  I find something I love and I want to experience it all at once.  Part of it was me trying to prove something to others, and I know now it was me trying to prove something to myself.

I was at a difficult stage in a relationship, and was overwhelmed with anxiety.  Taking Baptiste classes gave me a place to let go of my anxiety, even if for just an hour.  It also instilled in me the power of Being a Yes.  I took two months of classes, and then began 2014 with the intention of saying Yes to any yoga opportunity that presented itself.  I attended every workshop offered.  I attended teacher training.  I started teaching!

Stepping out of the box I was in became easier and easier.  After my first 40 Days program, I realized so much of the anxiety in my life I had blamed on others; the reality was I was playing a victim.  I kept saying yes, and I saw myself emerge from this place of being a victim.

I have received so much from the Baptiste community.  This was in Minneapolis, and grew exponentially when I attend Level 1 in 2016.  My awareness around my lie allowed me to realize  I am enough and that connection and being a part of a community had been missing from my life for so long! 

Through each training, including apprenticing Level 2 in 2018, the connection has served to deepen the joy I feel teaching. 

I am a strong believer in the ripple effect.  By bringing Baptiste Power Yoga to this community, I know I can be of service to ONE person.  That one person can then be of service to two people.  Those two people can be of service to four.  And with that, we grow exponentially, we share connection, and we change the world.  It is one thing to say that I can change the world; through this practice and bringing it to others, I can say it will change the world.