Abby Eaton
Abby is passionate about using movement to improve well-being. She has always gravitated towards endeavors that require balance such as figure skating, horseback riding, and skiing. She believes that movement can help create balance and centering, both physically and mentally. As a teacher of pilates, yoga, and myofascial release, she aspires to help students find a greater sense of wellness in their lives.
Abby holds a PhD in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and works in medical research at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research. In addition, she has an MA in zoology - nature and science have always fascinated her. Her other joys include spending time with her husband and two children, as well as extended family and friends, being in nature, hiking, biking, and swimming.
Her approach to teaching is to facilitate students to truly live in their bodies and access their full potential through alignment of body, mind, and spirit.
What style, tradition, and/or lineage or teachers who have influenced you ?
Initially I trained as a pilates instructor with Nora St. John’s at Turning Point studios (now Balanced Body). After teaching pilates at yogakula and taking anusara yoga classes I decided to study anusara yoga. My teachers were Noah Maze and Sianna Sherman. I continued in the 300 hours training with Noah Maze and am RYT E-500. I also engaged in a pilates’ mentorship program with Madeline Black and am a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher since 2012. More recently I have worked with RAD Roller out of Denver to learn about myofascial release and how that can augment a pilates/yoga practice.
What can I expect from your classes?
Expect to move and to find your way back to your body. Currently I am teaching Yoga w Core classes. The structure of the class is a yoga class coupled with breath work that invites the body to move in all its planes of motion. Woven into the hour are segments of core work built on the Pilates’ principles. My attempt is to provide a variety of levels of challenge by offering options throughout the practice.
What’s on your mind these days yoga-wise?
Staying strong and keeping things simple in these complicated times. Routines and consistency seem to be of service now.
What do you like to do outside of yoga?
I adore being out in nature. I love looking at night skies for inspiration: stars, moons, comets and have even had the great fortune to see the Northern Lights. Tilden park has been my refuge this spring/summer. In the winter I get to go to the mountains where I love to play in the snow.