by Karen Fabian | Aug 23, 2015 | Yoga Retreat Tulum
Back in 2002, I went on my first yoga retreat. It was a teacher training with Baron Baptiste and I can say it was one of the most influential events of my life. I went with no expectations and I came back with a ton of them. Not really a ton, per se, but...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 21, 2015 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Today's Meditation
One of my favorite private yoga students used to come up from Shavasana (resting pose; the last pose in the practice) and he’d always have a revelation. It could be something about his personal life but it usually was about his business. We’d meet...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 10, 2015 | Inspiration, Today's Meditation, Yoga training
When I was a new yoga student, there were a lot of things about the practice that created fear. That first backbend, the first time I tried a headstand or even just letting myself commit to being in stillness at the end of the practice; these things were all...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 8, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, teach, Uncategorized, Yoga training
One of the interesting things about muscles is they work in pairs. When one muscle does one thing, a nearby muscle will do something different, perhaps the opposite. One of the simplest examples of this is the biceps and the triceps. The biceps flexes the elbow; the...
by Karen Fabian | Jul 29, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques
I have written before about my passion for sharing the anatomy behind the poses with my students. As I’ve spent more time studying anatomy, I’ve uncovered lots of little (but really BIG) things that can make or break the practice. One of the most basic...
