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 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
- 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
- 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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