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 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...
by Karen Fabian | Feb 27, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
I’ve written a few articles about yoga cues. Cues are what we say to help our students figure out what to do. I recently recorded a webinar where I explained that cues can be action oriented, anatomy oriented or alignment oriented. There’s more but...
by Karen Fabian | Feb 12, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
What’s a quick way to describe a joint in the body versus a bone? Well, joints are where the movement occurs and the bones provide the structure for the body. Muscles provide the movement by acting across and around joints, along with the...
by Karen Fabian | Jan 26, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
I love when things we talk about in yoga hit the mainstream media! Today, trending on Twitter was the following phrase: “text neck.” I smiled as I’m sure many of you did because as a yoga teacher, I talk about this ALL the time. It’s...
