by Karen Fabian | Oct 8, 2013 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Yoga training
One of my favorite books is Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, “The Four Agreements.†One of the Four Agreements or what he refers to as the “essential steps for personal freedom†is “Don’t take things personally.†As a yoga teacher, there are lots of...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 23, 2013 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Yoga training
Even if you’re the most avid yoga practitioner, some days you just can’t make it to the mat. But we’re surely missing out if we think that our yoga practice only exists in the postures we do. Yoga’s Eight Limbs, defined by Pantanjali in his Yoga Sutra,...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 11, 2013 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement
I was recently at a dinner party and got to talking with a woman who sharing with me her experience with neck pain. As I asked her questions about the nature of the pain, when it started and what makes it worse, a picture began to emerge of a woman who spends...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 5, 2013 | Inspiration
I woke up this morning and picked up my copy of “The Secret.” It’s one of my favorite books for it’s mystical cover, fancy script writing and seal on the front make it look like it has deep messages inside. It does in a way, in that it...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 3, 2013 | Inspiration
People around me are moving a bit slow today. There’s a natural shift that happens after Labor Day, as kids go back to school, people pack up their bathing suits and shorts and move back into their normal work/school routine. With it, can come sadness at...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 29, 2013 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Yoga training
Compassion might not seem like a quality you’d want to use on the mat if you’re looking to get stronger and try more advanced poses. However, in my experience, that’s exactly what we need when our sights are set on doing things to build...
