by Carmen Champion | Dec 26, 2023 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
Part 5: Applying it to practice The practice asks you to monitor pain on different levels: mental and physical. And sometimes they blur or get confused. I once had a student who would say ‘ow’ every time they felt sensation. We would be doing postures and they would...
by Carmen Champion | Feb 22, 2018 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article
When the book, The Secret, came out, I think I saw it on Oprah and bought it. I read it. I rolled my eyes a lot and didn’t really understand what this lady was talking about. It sounded very wistful and new agey and I, mentally, wasn’t in a space to listen to...
by Carmen Champion | Nov 8, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Pranakriya, Samadhi, Teacher Article, Yogic Journey
Samadhi is the state of ecstasy or the pinnacle of yoga. This is not achieved by putting your foot behind your head, but by dedicated practice. The best definition of samadhi I’ve ever received is this: samadhi is achieved when all of our filters are removed. By that,...
by Carmen Champion | Oct 25, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Yogic Journey
I have found such joy in the simple things; A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread, A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings, The shelter of a roof above my head, And in a leaf-laced square along the floor, Where yellow sunlight glimmers through the door. I have...
by Carmen Champion | Oct 11, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Yogic Journey
Im not in the ‘get skinny’ business. Nor did I start practicing yoga to lose weight, if I had, I’d be a size 2. I began my practice at first, because I felt as though I had gotten lost. My moral compass and energy felt chaotic and I was beginning to spiral out of...
by Carmen Champion | Jul 26, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Yamas, Yogic Journey
Can you trust yourself? This phrase has been ringing in my head for the last few weeks. Every now and again, I read something that resonates with me at the exact moment I need it. When I was in my 20’s I read Stephen Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,...
