by Karen Fabian | Dec 4, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
Let’s talk about balancing poses! Today I recorded a video on how to do one of my favorite balancing poses, Half Moon Pose: This powerful balance is a great way to strengthen the outer muscles of the hip on the lifted leg as well as strengthen the quadriceps on...
by Karen Fabian | Nov 9, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
When we think about our tools as a teacher, we’ve got what we say, what we do, the sequence we offer, how present we are as we’re teaching and how we set up the room. Those are only a handful; we’ve also got whether or not we demonstrate as we teach...
by Karen Fabian | Oct 23, 2017 | Anatomy Stories
One of the things to be considered when teaching yoga is that movements you suggest will be approached differently from person to person. This is fairly obvious, as we all can certainly appreciate that everyone approaches their yoga practice with a wide variety of...
by Karen Fabian | Aug 28, 2017 | Teaching Moment
I polled my Facebook page and my FB anatomy workgroup page a few weeks back and asked for questions from teachers. One of the questions was, “How do I know I”m teaching clearly and effectively?” It also included a few other questions, “How to...
by Karen Fabian | Jun 5, 2017 | Anatomy Stories, Structure and Spirit
There are lots of movements we make in a one hour yoga practice. One of the significant benefits of yoga as a form of exercise is that it requires we move through all planes of the body. This isn’t always found in all kinds of exercise (think: running,...
