Staying Embodied when the World is Exploding
For years, every time my therapist asked me how I felt, I would start by saying, “I think…” I still do it sometimes - especially when my...
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Abby Kraai
- Jul 17, 2023
- 4 min
Your Ideal "Clients" Might Just be Your Friends
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
- Jun 8, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Feb 20, 2017
- 4 min
Paperclips & Hands-on Assists
I’ll admit it: I love hands-on assists. But I also know that not everyone does. Touch can be profoundly healing; it can also be traumatizing
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Abby Kraai
- Sep 9, 2016
- 5 min
On Quitting Teaching, To Pursue Teaching
This past June, one of my 10th grade English students gave her final presentation on the similarities between Siddhartha’s journey in...
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