by Karen Fabian | Mar 27, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
When I teach anatomy to yoga teachers, even when there’s a mix of new teachers who have yet to teach and experienced ones, I hear many of the same things when it comes to challenges to learning anatomy: “There’s so much to learn.” ” There...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 19, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
If you’re a yoga teacher, you’ve probably noticed that some people in your class are really distracted. If you’ve been teaching for a long time, like me, you’ve probably noticed it’s gotten MUCH worse in the past few years. When in the...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 17, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
When I started teaching yoga, it seemed like there was so much to consider. The cues, the sequence, the anatomy, the alignment (actually, back then I hardly focused on anatomy) and the pace of the class. To me, I looked at the pace as general arc:...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 10, 2018 | Self improvement
This past week sent me unexpectedly into the hospital with a kidney stone. If you’ve ever had one, you know that the pain is so bad, you’d have them cut your arm off in the emergency room to distract you from the abdominal pain. In fact, the ER...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 5, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
There are always parts of the practice I’m refining when it comes to the cues that I say to communicate the key actions of the pose. As I teach, as I’m sure you do if you’re a yoga teacher, I say something and then watch for what happens. If...
