by Karen Fabian | Mar 27, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
When I teach anatomy to yoga teachers, even when there’s a mix of new teachers who have yet to teach and experienced ones, I hear many of the same things when it comes to challenges to learning anatomy: “There’s so much to learn.” ” There...
by Karen Fabian | Mar 17, 2018 | Anatomy Stories
When I started teaching yoga, it seemed like there was so much to consider. The cues, the sequence, the anatomy, the alignment (actually, back then I hardly focused on anatomy) and the pace of the class. To me, I looked at the pace as general arc:...
by Karen Fabian | Feb 18, 2018 | Case study
I recently had a student come to class and she said she had broken her arm a few months ago. She was in Physical Therapy and I asked if her P.T had cleared her for yoga and she said no, the therapist was not aware she was going to start yoga again. This...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 27, 2017 | How to
When we graduate from our first 200 hour teacher training, often there is so much we’ve learned, it’s hard to put it all into practice. Depending on the teacher training program you took, you might not have received a great deal of education about...
by Karen Fabian | Dec 18, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
One of the things that drives me crazy about yoga cues is when we ask people to do things without sharing the “why” behind why we are asking them to do whatever it is. This also applies to using props. Many people think props have to do with your...
