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Abby Strauss-Malcolm | Yoga Teacher
“There’s something incredible about enjoying the outdoors with other people, moving through wilderness settings and sharing yoga as a way to stretch out the body, drop into the moment and relax the mind.”
Wanderlust, adventure and a drive to experience life’s magic first hand brought Abby all over the world. She explored different countries, wild places, yoga styles and physical practices before landing in Gloucester, where she now lives in Lanesville with her husband and puppy Hudson.
Having spent most of her professional career outdoors, leading adventure education courses for high school and college age students and professionally guiding in the Southwest and European Alps she’s used yoga as a way to ground and find home within herself, while living out of a backpack under the stars.
Whether indoors or outside, Abby brings her joy of community and connection with others, her quick smile and grounding energy to each class she teaches. Her sequencing changes and evolves with the rhythms of nature as the earth shifts through the seasons. She draws from her experience in Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, Yin, Vini, Acro, Partner yoga and more.
After experiencing the very real health effects of stress she believes that our world has become so fast paced, with countless options and distractions, that yoga and inward reflection are now more important than ever. Her classes are a place to go to align, simplify, slow down and listen to the healing wisdom each of our bodies holds.
Abby received her 200-hour certification with Julie Munro at Prescott College in 2008 as part of her undergraduate studies in Holistic Health. She designed her own major to encompass subjects that excited and fascinated her, such as nutrition, psychology, Eastern spirituality, massage and food sustainability. Abby also received her 750-hour massage therapy training from Arizona School of Integrative Studies as part of her undergraduate studies.