by Karen Fabian | Aug 30, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Teaching Moment
As a new yoga teacher, it’s easy to get exhausted. You’re focused on what to do, what to say, how to say it, you’re nervous, you often feel awkward and self-conscious. This all fades a bit as you gain more experience and it’s important...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 8, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, teach, Uncategorized, Yoga training
One of the interesting things about muscles is they work in pairs. When one muscle does one thing, a nearby muscle will do something different, perhaps the opposite. One of the simplest examples of this is the biceps and the triceps. The biceps flexes the elbow; the...
by Karen Fabian | Jul 29, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques
I have written before about my passion for sharing the anatomy behind the poses with my students. As I’ve spent more time studying anatomy, I’ve uncovered lots of little (but really BIG) things that can make or break the practice. One of the most basic...
by Karen Fabian | Jul 24, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, teach, Teaching Moment
I used to teach in a way that led with the head. I tried to teach by stuffing a lot of platitudes, thoughts, inspirational ideas and even coaching into each class. I had a sense that yoga was supposed to be a mover; a mover of stuck energy into flow. I thought...
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...
