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Yoga Teaching Confidence Starts Here: Anatomy, Mindset & Authenticity with Karen Fabian | Ep 09

Yoga Teaching Confidence Starts Here: Anatomy, Mindset & Authenticity with Karen Fabian | Ep 09

Update: 2025-07-21
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What if the thing holding you back as a yoga teacher wasn’t your knowledge, but your mindset?  Liz Albanis joined by Karen Fabian. Karen Fabian is an experienced yoga teacher, anatomy educator and author. 

Whether you're a new teacher feeling overwhelmed . Or an experienced practitioner ready to go deeper. This episode delivers useful tools and mindset shifts. To help you transform your teaching from the inside out.

About the Guest

Karen is the founder of Bare Bones Yoga. With over 20 years of teaching experience. And a background in rehabilitative counselling and healthcare administration. Karen brings a science-based yet practical approach to anatomy. Karen is an author of 3 books. To explore how yoga teachers can step into their full potential. By building both anatomical understanding and authentic self-belief.
Karen empowers yoga teachers across the globe to develop clarity. Confidence, and competence through her Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program. Karen offers yoga insights and tools.

Key Topics & Takeaways

  • Karen's persona; yoga journey and how it reshaped her career.
  • Mindfulness in Yoga
  • Why mindset is the common barrier for yoga teachers. 
  • The “walk and talk” teaching style and how to build confidence getting off the mat.
  •  Common limiting beliefs in yoga teachers and how to reframe them. 
  • The real reason many teachers feel the need to change sequences every week. 
  • Teaching “safe” yoga: myth vs. reality. 
  • How to understand and apply anatomy cues with confidence. 
  • Karen’s 10-step blueprint for learning anatomy in a practical, memorable way.
  • The importance of action-oriented cueing and watching your students. 
  • Why we need to rethink negative framing. 
  • How to use frameworks instead of memorizing scripts. 
  • Healthy detachment, self-inquiry, and the power of reflection after teaching

Connect with Karen

Website: https://www.barebonesyoga.com

Instagram: @barebonesyoga

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Yoga Teaching Confidence Starts Here: Anatomy, Mindset & Authenticity with Karen Fabian | Ep 09

Yoga Teaching Confidence Starts Here: Anatomy, Mindset & Authenticity with Karen Fabian | Ep 09

Liz Albanis