by Carmen Champion | Nov 7, 2022 | Carmen Champion, Yoga Teacher Training, Yogic Journey
A man breezed into the studio not long ago. “I saw this was a yoga studio and I just finished my 200 hour and I wanted to see what you have,” he said with some bravado. “Are you a certified instructor?” he asked. “I am.” I say, casually. “Yes, but are you 200 hour?”...
by Carmen Champion | Oct 17, 2021 | Carmen Champion, List, Yoga Nidra, Yogic Journey
Its Sunday morning: you just woke up and are a little tired because you went to dinner with friends and stayed out later than planned and came home and crashed. This morning you wake up, the first thing you look for (if not your glasses) is your phone. What to open...
by Carmen Champion | Apr 12, 2018 | Carmen Champion
Dear Reader, Is it weird that I’m anxious about writing about anxiety? I don’t know why, maybe we can figure that out together. I’m not sure when I had my first panic attack, I remember having one when I was 21. I was sinking in life and not making good decisions....
by Carmen Champion | Feb 22, 2018 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article
When the book, The Secret, came out, I think I saw it on Oprah and bought it. I read it. I rolled my eyes a lot and didn’t really understand what this lady was talking about. It sounded very wistful and new agey and I, mentally, wasn’t in a space to listen to...
by Carmen Champion | Nov 8, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Pranakriya, Samadhi, Teacher Article, Yogic Journey
Samadhi is the state of ecstasy or the pinnacle of yoga. This is not achieved by putting your foot behind your head, but by dedicated practice. The best definition of samadhi I’ve ever received is this: samadhi is achieved when all of our filters are removed. By that,...
by Carmen Champion | Oct 25, 2017 | Carmen Champion, Teacher Article, Yogic Journey
I have found such joy in the simple things; A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread, A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings, The shelter of a roof above my head, And in a leaf-laced square along the floor, Where yellow sunlight glimmers through the door. I have...
