by Karen Fabian | Jan 29, 2016 | Anatomy Stories
This is often a common concern from students. They practice yoga but wonder why they don’t feel more flexible. I had a conversation after class the other day with a student and she said that she felt her hip flexors (her words) were tight. She described...
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...
