by Karen Fabian | Oct 24, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Class theme, Grow Your Teaching Techniques, Inspiration, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, teach, Uncategorized
I had a private client visit me once and it was our first meeting. He was a tech entrepreneur and was very stressed. He was coming to yoga because he knew it would be a good stress release. He also spent an extraordinary amount of time on the phone and on the...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 31, 2015 | Class theme, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, Stretched: Build Your Yoga Business
The more I learn about anatomy, the more I wonder how we ever taught yoga classes without bringing in the essentials of alignment and movement into class. There are so many benefits to teaching the anatomy that go along with the postures and sometimes students will...
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 | Sep 6, 2014 | Personal Training/Coaching, Running
I taught a yoga class this morning for a group of runners training for fall marathons. They had varying degrees of experience with yoga but all were in training for a half or full marathon. As a result, all were experiencing one of the common side affects of running...
by Karen Fabian | May 8, 2014 | Bare Bones Yoga "How to Do it" Series, Personal Training/Coaching, Running, Self improvement
I have been running for more years than I can remember. However, not long enough to remember what it felt like to hate running. I grew up more of a gym rat than a runner but back in the mid 90’s, when I was going through a tough time in my life, I...
by Karen Fabian | Apr 5, 2014 | Personal Training/Coaching, Running, Uncategorized, Yoga training
I had a student in class today that was working hard. She mentioned afterwards that she had come from a spinning class and we laughed because the focus of my class today was on strengthening the hamstrings and gluteal muscles. It got me thinking about the...
