by Carmen Champion | Dec 4, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
My husband does this thing when he’s overwhelmed, he starts to romanticize a place where he was more comfortable. For example, sometimes when he’s overwhelmed with the house, he will talk about missing our tiny apartment that was easy to maintain (and easy to mess). I...
by Carmen Champion | Aug 22, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
When I first started teaching yoga, other teachers warned me there are students who don’t like to use yoga props. To those students, props show a weakness or an inability. I was baffled, as I was being trained the props give the person MORE access not less. And yet,...
by Carmen Champion | May 1, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
So what does the light and dark show us? Much like strengthening a muscle, exercising the light and the dark invites us to become more sensitive and aware. To observe the delicate balance of both when we are in the moment so the moment doesn’t take us over. Exploring...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 24, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
There is something very loving about this idea of how yoga can approach you in ways that defy words. How it can be more a feeling than anything and when you hit the stride of it all you just move as though in a dream. Colors are different, and what you see and feel...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 17, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Weekly Letter
Early in my teaching career, I was talking about the concept of light & dark in a general sense to a group of students. One of my students was very upset by this concept and expressed their belief yoga was only good and happy and peaceful. The thought of yoga...