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 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...
by Carmen Champion | Jan 23, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
I had a meeting last week I was kinda dreading. It wasn’t the person, but the topic. I had put a project on the back burner and I was going into a meeting where I was going to have to admit that. I had built up the outcome in my head (as we do) and was certain I was...
by Carmen Champion | Jan 17, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
9 years. I bought the studio 9 years ago Monday (1/15). Am I any wiser? What have I learned in the 9 years of having my own business? To think back on the person who decided to take on an existing business, she really didn’t know what she was doing. She knew how to...
by Carmen Champion | Jan 9, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, List, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
Last week, I was putting myself together for the year. By that, I mean I was compiling the tools I use that keep me organized and on track with the responsibilities of my job. Some of the items I replenish as I run out and some I need earlier than the new year, but...
