by Carmen Champion | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I recently attended a lecture about Pranakriya and how it links back to Shiva. I’ve heard this lecture before, but its been a few years and I had never heard it from this director. As I’m listening, I’m noticing new stories and details I hadn’t picked up on before. I...
by Carmen Champion | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Whatta December, What December? It was a hell of a month. Which is too bad because Christmas is my very favorite time of the year. I would like to formally ask for a redo. Some of the things that occurred I’m open to talking about and some I’m not ready to yet. Please...
by Carmen Champion | Oct 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
I compare yoga to flossing one’s teeth. Let me explain. We have a problem in this industry where yoga has become an exercise that takes discipline to do. It’s used in gyms, it’s marketed as stretching and then peddled with underlying guilt if you don’t practice. I’ve...
by Carmen Champion | Sep 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was teaching my meditation class this week and we touched upon how certain things we say in casual conversations, specifically with new people, elicit specific responses. For example, if I say that I’m a yoga teacher, the individual will often explain all the...
by Carmen Champion | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last weekend I had a director for the Pranakriya School of Yoga in town to help lead yoga teacher training. His name is Vladimir and he currently resides in Atlanta, GA, but is originally from Bulgaria. On Saturday, Vlad and I came back to the house as my husband was...
by Carmen Champion | Jul 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s something that happens around here after the 4th of July. It’s as though the 4th marks the end of Summer, instead of the beginning. School supplies begin to emerge at the store and holiday decorations spanning the last 6 mos of the year creep onto...
