by Carmen Champion | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I love it when I see things that try to simplify yoga, by saying, ‘Yoga is really about [insert overly simplified concept here]. I’m sure I’m guilty of saying it too. And there are a lot of ways to try to simplify yoga down to a simple idea. Yoga is about being...
by Carmen Champion | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
I think many of you know my husband and I have been doing a slow-moving kitchen remodel. It’s slow, so we don’t lose the function of the kitchen, but if you’ve ever gone through anything similar, it also means other rooms are serving more than one purpose. I am...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Yoga isn’t loud. Yoga is a quiet stillness, always present, patient. But we are not a patient society and to be conscious of the push/pull, it can make the yoga seem passive aggressive. But its not. It greets you without judgement. It waits and embraces you when you...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
At what point do we stop having first experiences? When do we avoid anything new because it’s safe or comfortable? Last week I had 3 different first-time experiences. All by choice, I feel I should add. I made these plans and kept all of them. All 3 are distinctively...
by Carmen Champion | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
A change of scenery. Sometimes that’s all it takes to find the space in your mind to reset. Last weekend, my husband and I went to Chicago for a quick trip. The goal was to walk. Some people love to hike nature, we like to trek cities. We both were feeling a bit taxed...
by Carmen Champion | Mar 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
The opening line of Alfred Domett’s poem, A Glee for Winter I think of every year around this time when Spring teases us with her arrival. “Hence, rude Winter! Crabbed old fellow, Never merry, never mellow! Well-a-day! in rain and snow What will keep one’s heart...
