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...
by Karen Fabian | Jul 24, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, teach, Teaching Moment
I used to teach in a way that led with the head. I tried to teach by stuffing a lot of platitudes, thoughts, inspirational ideas and even coaching into each class. I had a sense that yoga was supposed to be a mover; a mover of stuck energy into flow. I thought...
