Confessions of An Extrovert
Ironically, most of us desperately want to be seen and to be paid attention – but once we are, we panic. Our eyes dart, we laugh nervously.
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Abby Kraai
- Jul 24
- 4 min
What I Learned from a Mug of Chocolate
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(1)Last year, I was drinking a mug of chocolate when I had an epiphany. This is, of course, how I’d like to have all my epiphanies (with...
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Abby Kraai
- Jul 17
- 4 min
Your Ideal "Clients" Might Just be Your Friends
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(1)There is a question that I’ve been asked a dozen times - by fellow business-owners, teachers, mentors, coaches - a question that I have...
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Abby Kraai
- Jul 14
- 4 min
Pratyahara: A Meditation on the Senses
A few weeks ago, I led a student in a meditation I had never led before. Like most of my good ideas, it came to me in the moment, when I...
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Abby Kraai
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Who cares about Scoliosis Awareness Month?
A few years ago, I learned that June is Scoliosis Awareness Month. I learned this only because one of my friends told me that they had...
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Abby Kraai
- Jun 8
- 3 min
What is kriya yoga?
On the first day of my yoga teacher trainings, we always start with a question: What is yoga? I’m sure most yoga schools start with the...
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Abby Kraai
- Jun 5
- 4 min
Can Yoga Teachers Date their Students? (Part 2)
So what should you do when you’re a yoga teacher and you have a crush on one of your students?
Like with most things, it depends...
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Abby Kraai
- Jun 2
- 3 min
Why I Hired a Coach
Nine years ago, I attended a talk as part of a “Portland Young Professionals” series. I don’t remember the name of the woman who gave it...
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Abby Kraai
- May 31
- 3 min
Can Yoga Teachers Date their Students? (Part 1)
I remember our teacher saying 1 thing very clearly:
“Don’t date your yoga students.”
I remember being annoyed at how overly simplified...
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Abby Kraai
- Dec 17, 2022
- 4 min
What is your environmental impact?
When I was in college, we were assigned an “impact study” in my Intro to Human Geography class. Our task was to collect information on...
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Abby Kraai
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
The Next Chapter
It's been nearly three months since I declared myself mostly self-employed. Since then, I have spent quite a bit of time asking myself...
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Abby Kraai
- Aug 10, 2022
- 5 min
Why I'm Dropping My Drop-in Classes
A few years ago, I made a spreadsheet that changed my life. The spreadsheet was my “financial overview,” outlining the various ways I...
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Abby Kraai
- Aug 3, 2022
- 5 min
Making a Living as a Yoga Teacher: Setting Your Prices
Last week, I led my first workshop on the finances of being a yoga teacher. I was so fired up to lead this workshop, and as soon as the...
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Abby Kraai
- May 11, 2022
- 3 min
Loving Yourself Through Loving Others
I’ve been thinking a lot about love and relationships. I guess I’m always thinking about these things, but they’ve been especially...
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Abby Kraai
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Dear Yoga Teachers: Let's Talk About Money
When I took my first yoga teacher training, we did not talk about money. When I took my second, and then my third, and my fourth, and...
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Abby Kraai
- Sep 14, 2018
- 4 min
On Stoicism
The interesting irony is that, as I have become more introverted, I have started to put more effort into friendships and connection
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Abby Kraai
- Aug 20, 2018
- 5 min
On Waves, Oceans, and Falling In Love
My favorite was when he said that he felt “a wave” of love, of affection, of connection surging toward the surface; I knew what he meant.
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Abby Kraai
- Jan 8, 2018
- 4 min
Speaking Up
Speaking up is easy when I’m confident. But when I sense that speaking up is going to inspire disappointment in others, it is painful.
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Abby Kraai
- May 22, 2017
- 4 min
Teaching What We Need, Because We Have To
“Can we all agree that we are yoga teachers because we’re all a little crazy? That we, in a sense, have to teach?” We all laughed, too hard.
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Abby Kraai
- Oct 26, 2016
- 5 min
In Sickness and In Health
Sometimes I wonder if my obsessive tendencies are a response to my father’s death: I couldn’t control that, but what *can* I control?
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