by Karen Fabian | Mar 5, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
There are always parts of the practice I’m refining when it comes to the cues that I say to communicate the key actions of the pose. As I teach, as I’m sure you do if you’re a yoga teacher, I say something and then watch for what happens. If...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 17, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
I’ve written before about backbends and the need for internally rotating the thighs when moving into backbends like Bridge and Wheel. In these movements, we want to keep a more broad space in the lower back, specifically around the sacroiliac joint, and...
by Karen Fabian | Jun 13, 2016 | Anatomy Stories, Grow Your Teaching Techniques
If I had to pick one posture out of a standard sequence about which I get the most questions, I’d say it’s Wheel Pose. Why? I think this is the pose that most often appears at the energetic height of the sequence. This is not always the case if you work...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 8, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, teach, Uncategorized, Yoga training
One of the interesting things about muscles is they work in pairs. When one muscle does one thing, a nearby muscle will do something different, perhaps the opposite. One of the simplest examples of this is the biceps and the triceps. The biceps flexes the elbow; the...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 20, 2014 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Yoga Business, Yoga training
I’ve been teaching classes recently inspired by an anatomical theme. The theme has to do with mobilizing the thoracic, or mid-spine, to get greater space in the chest, move movement in twists and more space in backbends. I’ve been combining the...