Hello, and WELCOME to Conversations for Yoga Teachers! I’m your host, Karen Fabian and this is EPISODE 28!
In some of my past episodes, I reviewed cues for different yoga poses to give you a sense of both the anatomy and the physical action cues you might share. If you missed those, they were episodes 17, 18 and 19. So, I’m back today to run through 3 more poses that fall on the more “challenging†side of things versus some of the other episodes that covered fundamental poses.
Please keep in mind that what’s challenging to one person is not to another so things are always relative. Plus, it is not my intention to suggest that you add these poses to your teaching, only that we have a chance to discuss them to see how we might teach them. Let me also add that in the case of one of the poses, Shoulder Stand, I actually did not teach it for many years, afraid that students would injure their neck or shoulders. This concern did not come from my inability to TEACH it but more my experience that students just fling themselves up into the pose (one of the things that can create injury) and I had not figured out a way to hold them back enough so I could give them the cues BEFORE they pop up. I’ve figured out now how to do that better PLUS I’ve also loosened somewhat, my concerns around holding the reins so tightly.
Now, I’m recording this episode on July 12th, 2019 and starting next week, I’ll be offering a totally FREE video training on anatomy to my VIP mailing list. This will cover many of the fundamentals of shoulder anatomy so it’s SO applicable to teaching. If you’re wondering what the shoulders do in different poses, are looking for easy ways to understand the muscles at work, ALL in an effort to give better and CORRECT!! Cues, you must be IN on this training.
Now, it’s not on social media and will ONLY be released to those on my VIP list. You’ll get a three videos, all next week and ALL leading up a to a huge surprise launch the following week. (sneak peak!!) To register for this, sign up here.Â
Once you’re done listening, leave a comment!
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I was disappointed in this podcast because the main content was not addressed until at least 10 minutes into it. It seemed like a lot of time was spent promoting other offerings. I’d prefer something shorter and more focused.
Margie, hello! Thanks for your comment! I like to use the podcast to let yoga teachers know about upcoming things I’m offering them that can help them learn anatomy. It’s fairly common on podcasts to use the platform to get the word out. I don’t think about it as “promoting;” I am genuinely sharing things that I believe can help teachers and relate to what I’ll be discussing. Thanks for your thoughts!