by Carmen Champion | Jun 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was recently recommended You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith (not the actress). Smith brings up an idea that I will say, I’ve been sitting with. She offers, that instead of shedding former selves, we are adding. Like nesting dolls. Always carrying...
by Carmen Champion | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Savasana and child’s pose are two frequently requested postures. I’ve been in classes where the teacher says, ‘Now everyone get ready for your FAVORITE posture, child’s pose!’ Like they’re a game show host. For some people, sure,...
by Carmen Champion | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I love it when I see things that try to simplify yoga, by saying, ‘Yoga is really about [insert overly simplified concept here]. I’m sure I’m guilty of saying it too. And there are a lot of ways to try to simplify yoga down to a simple idea. Yoga is about being...
by Carmen Champion | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
I think many of you know my husband and I have been doing a slow-moving kitchen remodel. It’s slow, so we don’t lose the function of the kitchen, but if you’ve ever gone through anything similar, it also means other rooms are serving more than one purpose. I am...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Yoga isn’t loud. Yoga is a quiet stillness, always present, patient. But we are not a patient society and to be conscious of the push/pull, it can make the yoga seem passive aggressive. But its not. It greets you without judgement. It waits and embraces you when you...
