by Karen Fabian | May 10, 2014 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Yoga training
I have been teaching yoga to rowers for a number of years. I primarily teach at Community Rowing in Brighton, MA, although I’ve taught the crew team at Northeastern and Boston College as well as the Cambridge Boat Club. Once athletes that row...
by Karen Fabian | May 8, 2014 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, Self improvement
I have been running for more years than I can remember. However, not long enough to remember what it felt like to hate running. I grew up more of a gym rat than a runner but back in the mid 90’s, when I was going through a tough time in my life, I...
by Karen Fabian | May 6, 2014 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Yoga training
I started to think about this concept as it applies to yoga practice. There are a number of poses we may do that, if done without awareness, will “exploit†certain muscles or joints. By the same token, there are poses and movements we can do with greater ease and...
by Karen Fabian | Apr 11, 2014 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series, Personal Training/Coaching, Uncategorized, Yoga training
There are certain parts of your body that need special attention when it comes to protection. Two things that come to my mind are tendons and ligaments. These attachments between our bones (ligaments) and muscle to bone (tendons) are not endlessly elastic and...
by Karen Fabian | Apr 8, 2014 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series, Personal Training/Coaching, Yoga training
I get a lot of questions when I teach about how to do Upward Facing Bow or Urdhva Dhanurasana (most commonly called “Wheel Pose” although technically, “Wheel” is a different pose (Chakrasana). People tend to attach ideas of achievement...
by Karen Fabian | Jun 3, 2013 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series
I was talking with someone the other day after an important event. We talked about his preparation beforehand and in retrospect, there were a few things he wished he had done. It’s always easy when playing the “Monday morning quarterback†to identify things you...
