by Karen Fabian | May 15, 2017 | Anatomy Stories, Structure and Spirit
When you teach yoga, you’re cueing people on several of the key anatomical movements they need to do in order to create the shapes that are the yoga poses. For many teachers new to learning anatomy, these cues are tied up in learning and understanding...
by Karen Fabian | Feb 27, 2017 | Teaching Moment, Yoga Business
I recently was asked to help a friend and yoga student of mine pick a teacher training program. While I’ve written about this before and in looking at my article from 2011 (wow!) I still stand behind my suggestions, it did give me a reason to update my thoughts...
by Karen Fabian | Feb 13, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
When I went to my first teacher training, I was taught a sequence. My initial training with Baron Baptiste was centered around his sequence and that allowed me to focus on everything else involved in teaching, without having to also think about what I was going to...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 5, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
This week, I’m at the Laboratory of Anatomical Enlightenment in Phoenix, AZ. I’m here as part of a training hosted by Tiffany Cruikshank, Founder of Yoga Medicine for a week long exploration of the body. The format of the training is...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 21, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
I had a student come up to me before class recently and she told me this was her first class since breaking her ankle. When I asked her if she’d be cleared to do exercise by her doctor, she said no, but she didn’t think it would be a problem. I had another...
