Author Archives: Kristin Shepherd

Kundalini for Newbies

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

A good number of people wrote this week to ask about Kundalini Yoga. For those of you who aren’t interested, hang in, and I’ll do my best to return to wonderful thoughts on all things yoga next week, despite my… Continue reading →

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Kundalini Crush

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

I’ve got a bad, bad case of Kundalini Crush. There’s no pride in saying this. I haven’t said much about my last crush, on Javier Bardem, for example, even though he is the best actor in the WORLD, because it… Continue reading →

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Classes in My Basement

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

Yoga exists on the other side of the known universe from television. That’s my opinionated opinion. Or was. Yesterday’s mail changed that. I received my first three yoga DVDs, the ones I ordered after my introduction to Kundalini yoga…. Continue reading →

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Beyond Science

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

My daughter’s master’s thesis has to do with the effect of yoga on heat shock proteins, if I understand her correctly. What it means is that she cycles across Windsor, Ontario, every morning with a portable centrifuge in her backpack,… Continue reading →

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Yoga and Energy Management

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

Oh, I adore yoga today. Over a 20-year career in health care practice, you can’t help but see that health care, indeed life care, has everything to do with management of energy. Some people have a strong sense of their… Continue reading →

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Nervousness on the Mat

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

On the phone this morning, I mentioned to my sister that I’m often anxious about going to new yoga studios. Truth be told, I’m nervous going back to my home studio whenever I’ve been away for a bit. "So what?"… Continue reading →

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Perfect Timing

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

On Tuesday I mentioned going to my first Kundalini class at a new-to-me studio in Toronto. It’d been a while since I’d been to any class at all. The buzz it left me with was enough to bring me back… Continue reading →

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Meeting Kundalini

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

In meditation circles, Kundalini yoga has a big-girl-on-the-block reputation. Something about Kundalini yoga, at least in theory, lends itself to meditation, altered states of consciousness, and bliss.Wikipedia says this: Practitioners call Kundalini yoga,the yoga of awareness because they claim… Continue reading →

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The Full Meal Deal

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

We’re a cranky household this week. Neither one of us has done our morning practice for four days. They have been four long, long days. My lovely man’s been working and, well, I don’t know what else. I’ve been doing… Continue reading →

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Yoga and Money

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

First of all, thanks very much for the approximately 26 billion pieces of mail you sent after I posted a short blog about the cost of yoga classes. It may take me a while to get back to each of… Continue reading →

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