Chad James Buchanan Instagram – With everything that’s going on I feel that this couldn’t be a more fitting time for a little love and gratitude… It must have been 6 or so years ago that this beautiful human changed my life. As young guy running around Hollywood, trying to make ends meet, let alone a dream come true, I was looking for ways to calm my ever-present and overwhelming anxiety. And one day I stumbled into this yoga class… the heat was cranked to 118🔥 — I barely made it 30 minutes before I had to lie down. Little did I know at the time, this was a 90 minute class. As I laid there on my puddle of a yoga mat, in a foggy haze, I took a sly look around the room 👀… I was the only one down. My ego was crushed. That’s when Francesca kindly reminded everyone that the practice gets easier. “The more you come, the more you will be able to overcome the heat.” She came over and put an ice cold wet towel on my forehead as the heat enveloped me like a wet blanket. She whispered “You’re doing great Chad.” I thought to myself, “Chad? Chad. Right, that’s my name,” as my mind swirled off into some sort of a yoga trance. I think I crawled out of that room when the class was finally over. It felt like I was a wet towel, in which all the tension had been wrung out of me. I felt lighter. I felt clearer. I felt peaceful. And so I came back. And then I continued to come back. And each time I got to listen to Francesca preach with unparalleled firey passion and conviction. She spoke of forgiveness and compassion. She spoke of peace and oneness. She spoke of love. And each time that I survived, I left the room a better person. Francesca has created a temple of healing. There are people of every age, every sexuality, and every color. 6 days a week – for several years I must have stood front row, battling the heat, battling my own mind, contorting into all shapes and sizes beside @guiceman who would become one of my dearest friends ever. And all the while, as we ‘danced amongst the ancients’, we were sharing the room with an absolute fucking legend of a human… I am beyond grateful for your service. “If everyone loved themselves, then our whole world would be loved.” – Francesca Asumah