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 21, 2015 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Today's Meditation
One of my favorite private yoga students used to come up from Shavasana (resting pose; the last pose in the practice) and he’d always have a revelation. It could be something about his personal life but it usually was about his business. We’d meet...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 10, 2015 | Inspiration, Today's Meditation, Yoga training
When I was a new yoga student, there were a lot of things about the practice that created fear. That first backbend, the first time I tried a headstand or even just letting myself commit to being in stillness at the end of the practice; these things were all...
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 | Jun 4, 2015 | Inspiration, Living Well, Nutrition/Food, Personal Training/Coaching, Today's Meditation
Yesterday was the taping of my first TV show, “Living Well.” I had been planning for this show for months; booking guests, planning the questions, doing pre-interviews, working with the station manager on the show “open” as I learned they...
by Karen Fabian | May 29, 2015 | Inspiration
My condo is all packed up. Tonight is the last night in my place where I’ve lived for the past 13 years. I’m actually not even staying here tonight; there’s no place to sleep. Ben is on his way over; we’ll stay at his place tonight and...
