by Karen Fabian | Nov 2, 2014 | Inspiration
I am on the train to New York City today. I am assisting Tiffany Cruikshank at one of the 500 hour teacher training modules she  offers. This one is in NYC, at Pure Yoga and so I’ll be there for a few days. I’m a creature of habit and spend much of...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 21, 2014 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Yoga training
I had a student ask me a question after class the other day. She was commenting on a particular pose, the cueing I was giving in class and her own reaction to being in the pose. She wasn’t sure if she was doing the pose correctly and noticed a feeling of...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 15, 2014 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Uncategorized, Yoga training
One of the things I love about teaching yoga is that you can use the same sequence but focus on different aspects of the practice. This can create a totally new experience for students, even people that have been practicing a similar sequence for years. In my...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 29, 2014 | Inspiration
Today is my 50th birthday! I can’t say I’ve waiting for this but I knew it was coming. I don’t feel 50 but the calendar doesn’t lie. I consider this a milestone birthday. It’s a natural point to stop and take stock of what I’ve done...
by Karen Fabian | Sep 9, 2014 | Inspiration, Today's Meditation
In keeping with my new blog theme of posts on meditative thoughts, I’m using this one today: “Don’t take things personally.” If you’ve ever read Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, “The Four Agreements,” you know that it’s one...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 28, 2014 | Inspiration
I had the good fortune the other night to catch David Rose, author of the new book, “Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire and the Internet of Things” (See Amazon link here) on the Jon Stewart show (see link to the clip here).  At first, I had...