by Carmen Champion | Jul 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Let me lay out a generic setting for you. Something that has played out many times in my few years of teaching. I’m out with my husband and we come across some people he knows from [pick a place]. I have never met these people before and after the formal...
by Carmen Champion | Jun 28, 2017 | Asana, Carmen Champion, List, Teacher Article, Teacher Talk
Moving through the day has its share of ebb and flow. Within that time frame, you can encounter a lot of people, work and energy that needs moved around in the body. Simply sitting still can cause stiffness and a need for movement. Even as a yoga studio owner, get...
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...
