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I have studied and practiced yoga, mindful movement, meditation and stillness for over fifteen years. I have trained in depth in alignment-based vinyasa, hatha yoga, restorative yoga, therapeutic yoga, meditation, qi gong, and Fighting Monkey.
In my teaching, I bring the wisdom of the lineages of all my teachers, past and present, as well as the discoveries I made in my own practice. I teach group classes, one-on-ones, teacher trainings, immersions, workshops and retreats. My primary goal is to teach nourishing and stillness practices that keep my students curious, strong, flexible, and kind, throughout the arcs of life.
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student PRAISE

In a short weekend, these teachings have solidified my intention to always give myself permission to stop doing, to consciously rest. What exactly prompted this invaluable shift? The tangible experience of feeling held and safe, the discussion of shared struggles and breakthroughs, and the openness, curiosity, and dedication of those around me.
Emma Lesser
I came to the training because I wanted to expand my skills as a teacher. I was not expecting such a shift in perspective on how I can adjust some of my personal practices, which will hopefully trickle down to my teaching style and philosophy in positive ways. While the technical skills covered in the training were comprehensive, the personal value to me was immense.
Jenn Brown
Abby’s Restorative Yoga training offered a space to step back, reevaluate, surrender and contemplate. I now have a completely different relationship with time itself.
Evelyn Horan
Abby’s restorative training has changed the way I move through the day. I’m more aware, present, and have better nights’ sleep.
Jeré Davis
Abby’s restorative training is a deeply nurturing experience for both students and instructors. It’s comprehensive and highly educational. As a women’s health specialist, I am seeing more women that suffer from hormonal imbalances and menstrual woes due to everyday stress. This training was an optimal experience to help enhance my private offerings in helping other women find healing and relief. 
Allison Walton
This training was one of the most valuable I have experienced–not only for myself as a teacher, but for myself as a person. I left with a better understanding of the human nervous system and the dire need for rest, as well as a toolkit for helping myself and others into restful, restorative poses that act as medicine for our modern lifestyle
Courtney Dastis-Galvin
I had been experiencing symptoms of fatigue on and off for the last year. Abby’s training has helped me find real rest to allow my body to recover from too much activity, through supported postures and cues for the brain to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system.
Laura Cohen
Ms. Paloma’s restorative yoga training took me into poses that were so comforting and so supported that my chatter fell aside, and I was taken deep within, to a magical place, that I now know, I carry with me at all times.
Dave
The three days I spent in Abby’s restorative yoga training may have been the best of my entire year. It was such a confidence builder. I learned so much practically and logistically, but it was all imbued with so much spirituality, emotion, and heart. I left feeling grounded and motivated.
Alice York
I had a huge breakthrough moment during Abby’s restorative training– I have a difficult time accessing states of relaxation, but during her class I found myself suddenly floating in outer space. In that moment I felt closer to infinity than I ever have. Abby’s teachings have been a truly amazing gift.
Sarah
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I work privately with people of all ages and abilities, and I meet my students where they’re at. In one-on-one work, we get deeper into movement analysis. By doing so, we can understand structural and muscular habits, weaknesses and over-compensation patterns that may cause current pain, amplify injuries, or lead to a future injury. Together, we create practices that are dynamic, restful and nourishing for the whole self.

RESTORATIVE YOGA​

I am an advanced teacher and practitioner of Restorative Yoga. I regularly teach group classes and have trained hundreds of teachers and students in the ways of Restorative Yoga through my immersions and trainings.

What is Restorative Yoga?

Restorative Yoga is the art of resting well. Through skillful organization of bolsters, blankets, yoga blocks, sand bags, and yoga straps, Restorative Yoga poses support the body to cultivate states of ease and relaxation. Restorative yoga is a powerful and necessary antidote in a society that rarely really rests. We tend to measure self worth through busy-ness and prioritize productivity over self care.

We have collectively deprioritized and abandoned practices that cultivate rest. Scrolling social media and watching videos on the couch is not rest. To rest is to cease movement, relax into the “now” and feel fully supported. The rest that Restorative Yoga cultivates is a deep surrender into the moment, a release of the whole self. This surrender allows you to perfect the doing of undoing. Restorative Yoga requires ambition – ambition to not have an agenda, preferably for an hour or more.

In technical terms, Restorative Yoga is the art and science of persuading the nervous system into states of parasympathetic dominance – cycling the relaxation response to stimulate the vagus nerve as it weaves through all vital systems of your body. Parasympathetic dominance brought on by Restorative Yoga can feed and nourish the vital organs with blood flow, balance hormones, soothe anxiety, and lower heart rate, blood pressure and blood sugar. There are so many wholesome benefits to be gained from “not doing.” No pharmaceutical drug can claim all these benefits. And unlike pharmaceuticals, Restorative Yoga has no adverse side effects.

Restorative Yoga & Sound

I regularly collaborate with sound therapists who use a variety of instruments to relax the nervous system. Sound holds space: a physical, vibrational, energetic space. Sound can help people access stillness with more ease when coupled with Restorative Yoga, and visa versa.

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