by Karen Fabian | Dec 30, 2008 | Yoga training
I recently received a very interesting gift. It’s a small hand carved yogi. It’s called a “weeping yogi.” Hand carved by the people of Bali, it’s meant to be a symbol for meditation. The Balinese believe that you should share your sorrows...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 14, 2008 | Yoga training
I went to my sweetie’s parent’s home yesterday afternoon for a visit. Truth be told, we’d been on the driving range hitting balls in the cold (golf is an outdoor sport, right?) and when we arrived a bit early for dinner, his mom whisked me off and...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 10, 2008 | Yoga training
I read today in the paper that Oprah was dismayed to admit that she has hit 200 pounds. Dear god. She reported that despite dropping to 160 several months ago, she has been struggling with her thyroid, developed an aversion to exercise and just started eating whatever...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 1, 2008 | Yoga training
I created a new space for my home yoga practice today. Coming from a die-hard in-studio student, it’s been a pretty big deal for me to be practicing at home. But a variety of things have come together to render me interested in creating some time and space for...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 26, 2008 | Yoga training
I went for a run this afternoon. The sun was still out, it wasn’t too cold and I started to think about what it means to be grateful. It’s been hard these days to be grateful, what with the economy being what it is and every day the headlines scream about...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 23, 2008 | Yoga training
All week I have been complaining about how the cold is preventing me from running outside. True, it’s cold and yes, that’s a barrier to running. But once you bundle up, it’s really not that bad. So today, one of the coldest days of early winter thus...