by Karen Fabian | Apr 15, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
When I started out as a teacher, I was taught alignment. I was taught the shapes of the poses and the cues to help students make these shapes with their bodies. Things like, “Stack your knee over your heel” and “roll your shoulder back” became...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 7, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
I read a hilarious post today by one of my teaching colleagues which mentioned the cue that we sometimes hear in class that goes something like this, ” Rest in Downward Dog for a moment.” I must admit, I’ve said something along those lines a...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 26, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
I was talking to a student after class the other day and he was confused about the action of his shoulders in a few different positions. He asked about the shoulders in both Downward Dog, Wheel and moving from High to Low Push Up. One of the things that struck...