by Karen Fabian | Mar 13, 2017 | Anatomy Stories, teaching
I love when people ask me before class, “Hey, I really would love if you’d focus on core today!” To that I say, “Hey, I focus on core every day!” Because really, shouldn’t we have “core awareness” in every pose we do,...
by Karen Fabian | Feb 20, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
What if I told you that when you stretch a muscle, there’s a receptor in the muscle that senses when you’ve gone too far and actually shuts down your body’s ability to stretch more? What if I told you that even if you push yourself in static...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 9, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
Thoughts on the final day of this experience: The body is amazing! It sounds trite and overly simplistic but it’s quite true. The body is endlessly amazing, fascinating and so intelligent! Â On our final day, we further explored the muscles of the...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 26, 2016 | Anatomy Stories, Uncategorized
Hamstrings are a funny muscle in that most of the time, people are overly concerned that they’re too short. “My hamstrings are so tight, I can’t touch my toes!” “I wish I could do yoga but my hamstrings are too tight!” These two...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 23, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
One of the poses that is getting a lot more scrutiny among teachers focusing on anatomy and biomechanics is Pigeon Pose: It’s a pose where it’s common to see students completely flop into the shape, giving up on any attention to detail or alignment and...
