Buen Camino Yoga was a yoga and movement studio in Austin, TX, founded by Lisa Marie Villarreal. Buen Camino Yoga in the Casa de Luz Village has closed for the foreseeable future. In an effort to fully protect studio patrons and teachers, the studio will pause its efforts. Stay tuned for future iterations and caminos of this company. If you have questions or concerns, please call me directly at 512.461.1644.

Blessings, Breath & Buen Camino,

Lisa Marie Villarreal, Founder of Buen Camino Yoga

Lisa

Lisa pulls from her years of competitive gymnastics, dance training, and 15 + years of yoga study, to teach her students the best that yoga has to offer – intuitive movement, proper alignment, strength and flexibility, mindfulness and breathing, and the balance between striving and letting go. Lisa holds a JD and a Masters in Social Work from Washington University, as well as a BA in Psychology and Spanish from Trinity University.  She received her 200hr yoga certification from Black Swan Yoga and her kid’s yoga certification from The Little Yoga House.  Rainer Maria Rilke gave her one of her favorite quotes: "I want to unfold. I don’t want to stay folded anywhere...”

Amanda

Amanda received her 200hr certification through Practice Yoga. She has been practicing for over a decade and has found yoga to be a lifesaving constant in a world of inevitable highs and lows. She loves to share this practice in hopes it may provide the same comfort and stability to others, regardless of what season of life they may be navigating. Amanda’s classes focus on alignment and breaking down postures to their fundamental shapes, while encouraging self-inquiry through the use of breath work and meditation. By gently building this foundation in class, students develop physical, emotional, and spiritual resiliency and walk away with knowledge and curiosity to enhance their personal practice.

Sarah

Sarah completed her 200 hr Vinyasa Yoga teacher training at Sukha Yoga Austin and her 200 hr Kundalini Yoga teacher training at YogaYoga Austin. As a student of yoga for more than 15 years, Sarah is passionate about helping others find awareness, healing and vitality through these powerful and dynamic practices. After an introduction to pranayama years ago, Sarah began to steadily deepen her study of Kundalini yoga. She credits this technology with guiding her through great personal transformation and allowing her to "keep up" with all that life brings her way, and she fully believes that every person can discover tremendous physical, spiritual and emotional benefits through this practice. When Sarah is not teaching yoga, she enjoys spending time with her two daughters and her husband, traveling the world, being in nature, and reading and writing nonfiction. Come practice Kundalini Yoga with Sarah every Friday at Noon and find out what it's all about!

Jean-Claude

Jean-Claude Lessou is originally from Ivory Coast, Africa. A long-time resident of Austin, Texas, Jean-Claude dedicates his life to helping others find the union of mind, body and spirit through the treasures of movement native to his homeland.

Emily

Emily has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years. She discovered Forrest Yoga in 2012, and was drawn to the healing aspects of the practice, as well as the emphasis on staying in the present moment and feeling into the body. Through teaching yoga, Emily hopes to inspire her students to have a transformative experience both on and off the mat. Appropriate for all levels, Emily’s classes stress a connection to the body, and focus on breath work, strength, and stability. Expect a slightly intense, but fun and light-hearted practice. Emily is a certified 200-hour RYT through the Austin School of Yoga, and has completed the Advanced Forrest Yoga Teacher Training.

Adrienne

Adrienne is most passionate about Kundalini, sound healing, Yin, breathwork, mantra, and sound. In her classes and sound healing sessions, expect authenticity, lots of laughs, a balance of woo woo and science, and lots of fun! Adrienne holds 200 hour certifications in Kundalini and Hatha Yoga, plus more than 100 hours of additional sound healing and yoga training.  

Nikita

Nikita was introduced to the physical practice of yoga when she was 16 years old as a supplement to her figure skating training. Over the years, she has explored many interests, such as long-distance running, rock climbing, and coding, and experienced how her yoga practice followed her through each of these interests. Growing up in a Hindu household where she practiced aarthi and mantras daily, she realizes she was introduced to yoga as a lifestyle and meditative practice far before she even knew it. In 2018 she received her 200hr teacher training through Practice Yoga Austin and in 2019 began studying Ashtanga Yoga at Mysore Austin. Her classes and teachings tie together lessons she’s learned through her Ashtanga practice, her teachers in India, and her family.

Kamryn

Yoga has changed the way Kamryn treats her body and lives her life. Yoga has been a tool for recovery from Anorexia, anxiety, Bulimia, and depression. Kamryn received her 200HRYTT at Maui Yoga Shala and her 200HR Forrest Yoga training under Ana Forrest in Calgary. Expect direct cues, wonderful hands-on-assists, and a good sweat in Kamryn’s classes.

Kaylee

Kaylee discovered the practice of Yoga at the timely age of 9 while exploring ways to complement her love of dance and improve her strength, flexibility, and resiliency. Having dealt with her first bout of anxiety at a young age, the life-changing technology of pranayama (yogic breathing techniques) was a godsend. The moment she experienced her first Savasana, she began to understand the transformative power and nourishing peace of this path. She completed her 200hr Hatha & Flow Yoga teacher training at Yoga Yoga in 2017 and has since diversified her bouquet of knowledge through trainings in Yin, Restorative, Prenatal, Postnatal, and Children’s yoga, as well as through studies of Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, Tantra, Mythology, & Sound Healing. Kaylee imbues her yoga classes with authenticity, philosophy, foundational alignment and functional movement and encourages students to explore embodiment through playful curiosity, self-compassion, and cultivating meaningful connection between the dynamic aspects of our beings. Can we be present and lean in to whatever arises within us as we move through our yoga practice and our lives? I look forward to breathing and being with you. Namaste

Preston

A native Austinite, Preston was first introduced to meditation before playing a high school football game when he asked his coach, and now long-time mentor, how best to deal with nerves. Preston broke the all-time single game passing yard record that game. Earlier this year, Preston got another poignant lesson in the power of meditation, and the importance of living a mindful and intentional life. Since then, he has become a passionate advocate and practitioner of meditation. Preston's classes reflect his insatiable curiosity for meditation and its many modalities, as well as his love of teaching and sharing a practice that has so meaningfully affected his personal and professional life. His Open Path Meditation offering is wonderful for both long-time meditators those hoping to develop a meditation practice.

Claire

Claire is a student of her body primarily through the Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga tradition. She has studied with various longtime practitioners over the past 7 years and has settled into a daily movement and sitting practice, which she uses as the basis for teaching postural awareness, breath awareness, concentration, and insight. She believes consistent gentle practice gives rise to easy, internal strength and a capacity for deep listening. She has received 200-hour trainings from Spirit Rock Yoga & Dharma Program, Vijay Amar from Universal Yoga School, and Steve & Rene from AstaYoga in San Francisco. She's also studied with Annie Pace, and attended weekend workshops given by Gary Kraftsow, Mirka Kraftsow, and S. Ramaswami.