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Sing It To Me
Can we talk about chanting? At my regular yoga studio, we begin classes with an Om or three. We finish with an Om or three and then shanti, shanti, shanti. It was embarrassing the first time. By my second class I’d fallen… Continue reading
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Beginning Again
I’ve just celebrated my one year anniversary with yoga. My classes at the studio began last October, and last December I started practicing at home so that I might not continue to die after every class.Neither the beginner’s crazy enthusiasm… Continue reading
Posted in adventure, travel, Yoga, yogaontheroad
Tagged Beginner's yoga, kristin shepherd, life humor, meditation humor, Yoga
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Retreating Lessons
It seems to me we learn lessons all day, every day. With every yoga class, every home practice, every work day, every family gathering, I learn something more about my body, my frustrations, my desires, and my direction in life.Once… Continue reading
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Tasting Kindness
A few days ago, I flew home from Bangkok after finding out my lovely man has a tumour in his eye. You may have had one of these experiences in your life, the kind that catapults you into love and … Continue reading
Meeting Place
f you’d asked me a year ago about yoga and my goals in practice, I would have talked about improvement. Hanging lower in forward bends, gaining strength everywhere, developing some kind of physical grace, and reversing the slumpiness I sense… Continue reading
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Was Lost And Now Am
Bangkok is filled to spewing with smells, sounds, heat, motorcycles, and people, people, people. It’s overwhelming by 8am. This morning, after the best coffee i’ve had in a long time, i set out walking what was supposed to be five … Continue reading
Live Your Business With Open Arms
Over lunch today, a friend and i discussed the ownership of ideas, and whether or not you need to protect them (and your future, and your finances) by not sharing your ideas. What if someone else uses them? What if … Continue reading
Yoga Goes Viral
I returned to yoga last year with a feverish intensity. Within two months I’d started a home practice just for the pleasure of it, and it seems there’s no looking back. I was ripe for it.After Christmas, my lovely man… Continue reading
Posted in ashtanga, bakasana, cranepose, crowpose, family, homepractice, mysore, Yoga, yogacommunity
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1000 Truths
This week a friend called me on the phone for help. I could hardly hear her for the banging in the background. Contractors, she said. Three of them, working on different projects in the house. I’m going crazy, she said. … Continue reading
Falling for Warm Poses
Home practice is wonderful these days. Mornings are getting cold here. We wear gloves while walking the dog. Most often, it’s still dark out. I look like a teenager who’s lost her skateboard: a hoodie, baseball cap, baggie pants,… Continue reading
Posted in buildingheat, chaturanga, homepractice, plank, sunsalutations, upwarddog, Yoga, yogaforcoldweather, yogapracticeforbuildingheat
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