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
- 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
- Sep 27, 2021
- 4 min
Yoga with Scoliosis & Spinal Fusion: 4 Key Actions
4 key actions for Yoga with Scoliosis & Spinal Fusion: Length, strength, side-bends, and twists!
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Abby Kraai
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
My Spine, My Body, My Love.
I have started to ask myself, "Who am I because of my scoliosis and spinal fusion? How has my spine influenced me?"
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Abby Kraai
- Sep 18, 2017
- 3 min
Yoga for Scoliosis: A Weekend Workshop
Yoga for scoliosis is not about being deficient or less able. It is about gaining a greater understanding of our bodies, and feeling alive.
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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
- Jan 9, 2017
- 3 min
What is "Your Vinyasa"?
The beauty of vinyasa - its movement - can become its greatest challenge, and even its greatest danger. Sometimes, we must slow down.
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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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Abby Kraai
- Feb 2, 2015
- 3 min
Improv & yoga? That's a stretch...
Both yoga and improv are about listening, and being present; both are about releasing expectations, accepting offers, and seeing possibility
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Abby Kraai
- Aug 15, 2013
- 3 min
Why I Love The Rain
Although I am skilled in helping others relax, I often find it difficult to apply these skills to myself. But when it rains, I can.
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