Your Instructor

I’m Abby— you may know me as a yoga teacher, a personal trainer, a mobility coach, a meditation teacher, a sound healer, or just as the weird girl doing handstands in the gym.

My approach to movement is much like how I approach life: holistic, playful, exploratory, and deeply rooted in mind-body connection.

For me, it’s never just about getting stronger or more flexible (although I totally want that, too)—it’s about the side effects of those things. When I show up when I don’t feel like it, lift heavy, or nail a tricky arm balance, I’m actually proving to myself that I can trust myself to be consistent, resourceful, resilient, and creative, and all of these things begin to overflow into other aspects of my life.

That’s when the work becomes magic. When the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly. Suddenly that heavy kettlebell becomes the difficult conversation with my employer. The punching bag represents my self-doubt. The hamstring stretch reminds me of my tendency to grip, and reminds me that letting go is a process. All of it is for me, in more ways than one.

I’m a big believer in embracing change, curiosity, and following what lights me up. When I’m not teaching a class or training other coaches and instructors, you’ll find me hugging a tree, hiking with friends, getting dressed up for dinner and a martini, or cozying up with a book and my dog Avery—who’s basically my soulmate and a frequent star of my Instagram (@wildfreeabby). Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved to read and write and now I’m working on my first book!

This is my intention and hope for each and every one of you: that you learn to love change because you recognize that’s the only place growth can come from. That every day, you add one more good thing to your life no matter how small. That you learn to love the process of watching those little things add up to something true, inspiring, and authentically you. You are worthy of the life you want to live, and what’s even better— you are fully capable of creating it.

And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, “This is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, “No. This is what’s important.”

Iain Thomas