kathryn budig

Kathryn Budig is... a renowned yoga instructor, author, and creator of the popular yoga website House of Phoenix.

Kathryn (she/her) is well-known for her approachability, humor, and inventive teaching methods, all of which she uses to empower her pupils and readers. The Kansas native earned a B.A. in English Literature as well as a B.A. in Theatre from the Virginia University before relocating to Los Angeles to study yoga under Maty Ezraty & Chuck Miller at Yogaworks.

With nearly two decades under her belt, Budig has written for Yoga Journal, The New Potato, as well as MindBodyGreen in addition to serving as the yoga editor for Women's Health magazine for 5 years, contributing recipes and sitting on the Yahoo Health Advisory Board. She has also participated as a sportswoman in Under Armour's "I WILL WHAT I WANT" campaign.

She wrote the best-selling book "Aim True" and the accompanying yoga Video "Aim True," and she contributed to "The Women's Health Big Book of Yoga."

Away from the mat, Budig is the founder and president of The Inky Phoenix, a reading club for fantasy and science fiction readers, and the author of a forthcoming novel. Ashi and Keonah, together with her wife Kate Fagan, make their home in Charleston, South Carolina.

Kathryn's yoga lessons (and more!) are available on Union.fit at Haus of Phoenix.