by Karen Fabian | May 5, 2016 | Anatomy Stories, Self improvement, Uncategorized
Looking for a quick way to understand the anatomy of your shoulder? Here are two different videos that each share shoulder information (plus a special offer at the end of the post). Before we dive into the videos, let’s look at the shoulder joint itself. Built...
by Karen Fabian | Apr 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once I shifted my teaching to focusing on the anatomy of the practice a few years ago, it made me start to question everything. There are many things I still question and I’m working to create my own understanding of everything that I offer, basing it in...
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 | Sep 13, 2015 | Anatomy Stories, Uncategorized
The more we practice yoga, hopefully, the smarter we get about our bodies and how to care for them. Yoga helps us develop an “inner sense” so we can tune into how we’re feeling and tune out the distractions. You would think as a yoga teacher,...
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 | May 4, 2015 | Teaching Moment, Uncategorized, Yoga training
I was having a conversation with a group of new teachers recently in the midst of conducting one of my anatomy training sessions. We got into a discussion about what our highest aim is as a teacher. I say “aim” because I hesitate to use the word...
