by Karen Fabian | Jul 18, 2015 | Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Teaching Moment
This blog post is one in a series of articles all month long on the topic of Sequencing To The Individual hosted by Kate over at You & the Yoga Mat. Many awesome yoga experts are contributing to the blog tour throughout the month. Be sure to check out Emily...
by Karen Fabian | Jul 6, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, teach, Yoga training
I watched the women’s USA team win the World Cup, like millions of others did yesterday. As I watched them run around the field, I was mesmerized not only by their speed by their flexibility and strength. In order to run fast, you need power. In order to keep...
by Karen Fabian | Jun 2, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques
I decided to focus the next few classes on the feet. Sounds obvious, I’m sure because all poses start from the feet. But honestly, there isn’t a lot of cueing that happens at the feet and your foot positions can make a world of difference in how you feel...
by Karen Fabian | Apr 9, 2015 | Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Stretched: Build Your Yoga Business, Uncategorized, Yoga Business, Yoga training
When I start class with a discussion about anatomical position, sometimes I feel like it’s introducing something “harsh” into something that’s known for being “soft.” Not that yoga is “soft,” but sometimes the concepts...
by Karen Fabian | Apr 7, 2015 | Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Today's Meditation
Last night’s class was focused on opening the front of the body. We did a lot of backbending, whether on the ground, standing poses, belly and back. People often think of Wheel Pose, or Upward Bow, when they think of a heart opener, but of course there...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 31, 2015 | Class theme, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, Stretched: Build Your Yoga Business
The more I learn about anatomy, the more I wonder how we ever taught yoga classes without bringing in the essentials of alignment and movement into class. There are so many benefits to teaching the anatomy that go along with the postures and sometimes students will...
