by Karen Fabian | Feb 16, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Stretched: Build Your Yoga Business, Yoga Business, Yoga training
We’ve been dealing with a lot here in Boston over the past several weeks. The weather has been horrible, with regular snow storms wreaking havoc on body and property. The physical stress on the body as people work to dig out their homes and cars, as well...
by Karen Fabian | Jan 17, 2015 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching
When I work with beginners, I used to just take them through the poses. These days, I really dive into explanation, doing poses with them but almost having a conversation with them to share the various aspects of the pose, breath and alignment. While this can...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 19, 2014 | Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Stretched: Build Your Yoga Business, Yoga Business, Yoga training
When we’re teaching a yoga class, it’s an exchange of information and energy. The information we exchange can be verbal, as in what we say, and non-verbal, through the assisting we provide. But there is also an energetic exchange. There’s a vibe that...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 1, 2014 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, Self improvement, Yoga training
One of the themes I love to focus on when teaching are the muscles on the sides of the body. I was doing some reading yesterday about myofacial lines. I’m just starting to learn about this concept and I love it because it involves the biomechanics of the...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 24, 2014 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Self improvement, Uncategorized
I went to a yoga class on Saturday over this past weekend. I have been trying to go to class Saturdays from 8-9 am on a regular basis as it’s a time chunk I have available in my schedule. I find that I have such a hard time getting to class. If you’re a...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 20, 2014 | Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Yoga Business, Yoga training
I’ve been teaching classes recently inspired by an anatomical theme. The theme has to do with mobilizing the thoracic, or mid-spine, to get greater space in the chest, move movement in twists and more space in backbends. I’ve been combining the...
