by Karen Fabian | Jan 18, 2016 | Anatomy Stories, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, teach
When I teach anatomy to yoga teachers, I usually preface some things I say with, “This is from my perspective.” I say this because even though anatomy and the study of anatomy seems to be a matter of “fact,” in some ways, some...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 13, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Grow Your Teaching Techniques
If I had to pick one action we take in most, if not all yoga classes that is filled with possible pitfalls, it’d have to be moving from High to Low Push Up. Why? Well, #1, it’s a weight bearing posture for the arms. This makes it a pretty challenging...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 7, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Teaching Moment
I’ve been teaching yoga for many years. I taught the day after 9/11, taught the day after the Boston Marathon bombings and the shooting at Sandy Hook, as well as a few days after the attack in Paris on November 13. Â I also taught last week, on Thursday, the day...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 29, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Teaching Moment
Sometimes when teaching it makes sense to stop the class. This is one of those things that as teachers, we should use with caution; you don’t want be stopping class all the time because it breaks the flow. Part of the challenge of teaching is to fit in...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 24, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, teach, Uncategorized
I had a private client visit me once and it was our first meeting. He was a tech entrepreneur and was very stressed. He was coming to yoga because he knew it would be a good stress release. He also spent an extraordinary amount of time on the phone and on the...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 20, 2015 | Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration
Today’s class ( the first one ) started with meditation. I don’t always have a plan for class. Sometimes I tap into how I’m feeling and I use that to fuel my teaching. Today I was inspired to start with meditation and to focus on the theme of...
