by Karen Fabian | Jan 18, 2016 | Anatomy Stories, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, teach
When I teach anatomy to yoga teachers, I usually preface some things I say with, “This is from my perspective.” I say this because even though anatomy and the study of anatomy seems to be a matter of “fact,” in some ways, some...
by Karen Fabian | Jan 2, 2016 | Yoga Business Workshop
I think by now we’ve moved to agreeing that yoga is a business too, right? There was quite a bit of discussion over the years about the “business of yoga” and the “practice of yoga” and concerns that yoga is turning into TOO much...
by Karen Fabian | Jan 2, 2016 | bare bones yoga, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Teaching Moment
As I stepped into the studio to teach this morning, I was struck by the idea of teaching the first class of 2016. I’ve been teaching since 2002 so that’s a lot of “first class of the New Year” feelings I’ve had. Today as I taught, I...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 14, 2015 | Product Focus
I recently was contacted by one of the staff at reviews.com to take a look at some interesting research they did on yoga mats. Â I can say that if there’s one piece of yoga equipment I get asked about a great deal, it’s the mat. And, I know from...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 13, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Grow Your Teaching Techniques
If I had to pick one action we take in most, if not all yoga classes that is filled with possible pitfalls, it’d have to be moving from High to Low Push Up. Why? Well, #1, it’s a weight bearing posture for the arms. This makes it a pretty challenging...
