Abby Kraai

she/her

Abby Kraai received her initial 200-hr training from Yoga Tree in San Francisco, CA, and completed her 500-hr training with Jason Crandell. She has studied a rich blend of styles including Vinyasa, Hatha, Iyengar, Yin, Restorative, Meditation, Yoga for Scoliosis, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Kids Yoga, and Yoga for Athletes. Abby first came to the mat as a teenager, when she was diagnosed with a severe case of scoliosis. When back braces, chiropractors, and yoga were not enough, she received corrective surgery in 2002; two stainless steel rods, twenty-two screws, and eleven fused vertebrae later, Abby found new meaning in the word flexibility, and a refreshed appreciation for the miracle that is the human body. She took up distance running, cycling, and Ultimate Frisbee, and soon found herself pulled back to yoga. Through a balance of Vinyasa, Restorative, and Meditation practices, she built a stronger connection between her breath, body and mind – this connection followed her out of the studio and onto the Frisbee field, the race course, and into her daily life. In every class that she teaches, Abby hopes to inspire her students to appreciate their bodies, stretch their limits, and never to take themselves too seriously. Abby’s other interests include Ultimate Frisbee, distance running, cycling, improv comedy, cooking, organic farming, and petting small dogs.