Abby was born in Louisiana, just between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.  She was inspired and supported by a loving, creative family to study dance through most of her childhood and into her teenage years.  At 16, Abby began teaching dance to kids and continued into the college years.

While studying philosophy at the University of South Alabama, Abby was introduced to ancient yogic scriptures and Buddhist principles.  After moving to Los Angeles in 1995, she took her first formal Yoga class and knew that she had found what she had always been looking for.

Abby continued to study and practice at Center for Yoga, Sivananda Vedanta and Ahimsa Yoga. At age 22, she travelled to India where she earned a teaching certificate through Sivananda Yoga Vedanta under the auspice of Swami Mahadevananda and Swami Atma. She also recieved training  at YogaWorks in 1999 with Maty Ezraty and Lisa Walford. She soon joined their teaching roster.  Abby is currently enrolled in Pacific Oaks College Human Development program and in the Yoga Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University, where she has also studied the art of teaching Yoga to children with K. Desikachar. She is a certified Yoga Ed instructor. Over the years she has been teaching arts to children, and is now focused solely on Yoga for children and teens in the public and private school systems and yoga studios including Silverlake Yoga, The Walther School, Wildwood School, Crossroads, New Roads, Liberation Yoga and Mission Street Yoga. Through the encouragement of her teachers, Abby developed a teacher’s training course for teaching kids which she has led at YogaWorks and City Yoga.  Abby is the kids Yoga teacher for Sportskool, a vod network based on the east coast, for which she has hosted and instructed three kids Yoga shows. She is  the author of a kids Yoga story book still seeking a home. In her free time, Abby loves being surrounded by lush natural environments with her husband and dog, meditation, cooking, making mixes on itunes, dancing and chanting with her beloved community of friends.

Abby believes that Yoga for young ones is about encouraging them to listen to their own truth, thereby allowing them to live genuinely and to ‘be themselves.’  Her classes  foster community, sharing, trust, and healthy living. Inspiring teachers along the path include: my MA, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Pema Chodron, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Ammachi, Gurmukh, Osher Levi, Humanity at Peace, Mela Butcher, Patrice Pujol, Jaquee Abadie,  Chandra, Steven Freedman, Swami Sivananda, Vida Vierra, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Kari Parsons, and all of the kiddos!