by Karen Fabian | Nov 27, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
When we go to yoga class, we are met with resistance in both the body and mind. When we look at the points of resistance in the body, they offer mirror the actions we most regularly take in our daily lives. So, if we have a job where we’re reaching overhead a...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 21, 2018 | Teaching Moment
I like to write blog posts about anatomy and if you’ve been following my blog and other content, you know that. However a big part of teaching is our “way of being.” What does that mean? It means how we are as a person, what are our thoughts, how do...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 13, 2018 | Anatomy Stories, Uncategorized
When you’re teaching, do you use positive language? Sure, you’d never intentionally say something negative, but are there more positive ways to say something so your students feel empowered? Please know; I’m not advocating for a bunch of platitudes...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 4, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
I talked to a new teacher the other day who recently graduated from her 200 hour training. She was super excited to be done but she nervously admitted to me that she was terrified of applying to studios for a teaching job. It had been a few months and she just...
by Karen Fabian | Jul 31, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
One of the fun things about yoga teaching is designing new sequences. Once we have a few years (yes, years) of teaching a standard sequence under our belt, it’s fun and challenging to create new sequences built on different themes. Because my focus is anatomy,...
