Francesca Budesheim, E-RYT, MSSW (@francescayoga) is a certified yoga instructor and holistic health coach based in Austin, Texas. She completed her first 200-hour training with Shane Perkins and Kate Saul in 2010 and continued to pursue additional training hours with the Samudra School of Living yoga with Shiva Rea and Maria Garre. Since she has studied with a variety of local and international yoga and mindfulness teachers included Heather Peterson, Peter Crowley, Dr. Vasant Lad and more.
After tearing her ACL in high school, Francesca quickly turned to yoga to rehabilitate her body. She didn't count on the practice to also rehabilitate her spirit. While completing her undergraduate degree in Child + Family Studies and Addiction Studies and Syracuse University she completed her 200-hr training and began teaching shortly after. While studying towards her Master of Degree in Clinical Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, Francesca was given the opportunity to use her knowledge of the human body, human emotion and human spirit to create a therapeutic yoga group for people suffering from grief and loss. She continued this work throughout her social work and yoga career leading different yoga, mindfulness and self-love focused workshops and retreats in the Austin community.
Francesca's teaching style combines strength-based, precise cues to activate and connect to the body. She values meaningful movement that allows her students to strengthen both their physical body and spiritual body. Francesca's goal is to guide her students to use physical movement to create a deeper connection with their intuitive body.
Francesca has two dachshunds, is an ambassador for lululemon, and co-founder of AstroFlow.
Read Francesca's blog here.
After tearing her ACL in high school, Francesca quickly turned to yoga to rehabilitate her body. She didn't count on the practice to also rehabilitate her spirit. While completing her undergraduate degree in Child + Family Studies and Addiction Studies and Syracuse University she completed her 200-hr training and began teaching shortly after. While studying towards her Master of Degree in Clinical Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, Francesca was given the opportunity to use her knowledge of the human body, human emotion and human spirit to create a therapeutic yoga group for people suffering from grief and loss. She continued this work throughout her social work and yoga career leading different yoga, mindfulness and self-love focused workshops and retreats in the Austin community.
Francesca's teaching style combines strength-based, precise cues to activate and connect to the body. She values meaningful movement that allows her students to strengthen both their physical body and spiritual body. Francesca's goal is to guide her students to use physical movement to create a deeper connection with their intuitive body.
Francesca has two dachshunds, is an ambassador for lululemon, and co-founder of AstroFlow.
Read Francesca's blog here.