Francois is dedicated to teaching yoga with awareness, integrity and compassion. He first felt the call to yoga at age 19, on a pilgrimage to sacred sites of India. A graduate of the École Nationale de Yoga in Paris, he started teaching in 1975 and a year later began extensive training with Sri B.K.S. Iyengar. Today a certified Iyengar instructor, François also has studied meditation with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, Ayurveda with Dr. Robert Svoboda, and anatomy with Thomas Myers. In addition to conducting an annual retreat in France, François teaches regularly throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, India and Mexico. He is the director of Essential Yoga teacher training—a creative program for yoga teachers—and the founder of Open Sky Yoga Center in Rochester, New York.

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