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,...
by Carmen Champion | Jun 7, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Pranakriya, Teacher Article, Yoga Teacher Training, Yogic Journey
Sitting with two fellow yoga teachers (both of which have multiple 500hr certifications) having lunch, the conversation turned to one of a qualifying nature. By qualifying, I mean, ‘who the hell are we to tell people what yoga is?’ This conversation can at times...
by Carmen Champion | May 24, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Uncategorized, Yogic Journey
By: Carmen Champion In my corporate Power Yoga class one day, a student asked me a question. This particular class is very playful and have been practicing together, to some capacity, for years. They joke, tease me and have even had bystanders make comments about how...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 17, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Talk, Yamas, Yogic Journey
It’s a Sunday evening and my mother and I had been working all day at my new house pulling out barberry bushes to make a lovely flowerbed. We had already gone to the big box store once that day and needed to go back bc we realized we had daylight left to get...
by Carmen Champion | Mar 14, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Uncategorized, Yamas, Yogic Journey
I haven’t received the Sunday paper for a few years now, but today made me think of Garfield and how on occasion, he would grumble about how similar Tuesday is to Monday. I personally, don’t have an opinion either way, but I cant help replaying the comic...
by Carmen Champion | Aug 8, 2016 | Asana, Teacher Talk, Yogic Journey
Welcome to a new series brought to you by the MSY teachers! Each of our teachers offer a different flavor to their classes and when a student (as we are all students) are working on different postures-it can be nice to get a few perspectives to feel reassurance we...
