by Carmen Champion | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why do we ask our yoga to be the same all the time? I am not the same every day. Some days I feel more strongly than others. Some days I need to take care of my emotions and be quiet or small. But the yoga isn’t asking you to be anything other that what you are. And...
by Carmen Champion | Feb 20, 2024 | Asana, Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
The Bhagavad Gita says, ‘Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.’ The word journey is tricky. In any journey, it implies a destination with stops along the way. Maybe journey is the word because so many yogis were nomadic. Journey is mentioned...
by Carmen Champion | Feb 13, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
This past holiday season my neighbors and I decided to coordinate our porch decorations to tie the neighborhood together. It was a cute candy cane theme that was easy to do and be creative. We enjoyed the idea that our block would feel unified, festive and bright....
by Carmen Champion | Feb 6, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Yogic Journey
I’ve been spending some time over the last month doing little jobs for myself in the future. I’ve been wiring ornaments to small trees before putting them away, writing my future self emails and scheduling their delivery, I’ve been organizing certain things in a...
by Carmen Champion | Jan 30, 2024 | Asana, Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
I sat down to paint the other day. I’ve been watching a few artists work a medium I enjoy and whose prints I have bought for my home. The technique is ink and watercolors. I love watching the way their hand floats across the page, they make it look so easy and...
