by Karen Fabian | Nov 20, 2017 | Teaching Moment
I recently wrote a post about a suggested approach to help you in answering student questions after class. To read that post, visit here. The post was inspired by my own transition in my own teaching from panic that someone would ask me a question...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 13, 2017 | Teaching Moment
(image: my recent anatomy workshop at Jolly Llama Yoga, Philadelphia) When I was a training to be a teacher, part of my role was to assist senior teachers like Baron Baptiste and Rolf Gates. It was one of the BEST training tools out there. I could assist, not worry...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 9, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
When we think about our tools as a teacher, we’ve got what we say, what we do, the sequence we offer, how present we are as we’re teaching and how we set up the room. Those are only a handful; we’ve also got whether or not we demonstrate as we teach...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 23, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
One of the things to be considered when teaching yoga is that movements you suggest will be approached differently from person to person. This is fairly obvious, as we all can certainly appreciate that everyone approaches their yoga practice with a wide variety of...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 16, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
If I had to pick one action we do a lot in yoga, it’d be moving from High to Low Push Up. In fact we do it so much and it’s filled with physical challenges, that I often suggest that people skip low push up whenever they want. Am I offering them a way out?...
