Tag Archives: mind-body health care

Light Passing Through

Posted on October 6, 2011 by kristinshepherd

“You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” This is Steve Jobs, of course. During meditation, if we’re fortunate, we experience a kind of life-altering nakedness that permanently affects our perspective about what we are … Continue reading →

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Truth is an Inside Job

Posted on August 18, 2011 by kristinshepherd

The other day I mentioned that meditation is a fantastic way of detaching from the opinions (often called truths) of those around us: family, church, work, media, health care, and peers. At a family reunion on the weekend, I saw … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Losing Your Head

Posted on July 8, 2011 by kristinshepherd

In designing-your-ideal-life circles, coaches love to ask this: What do you love that makes you lose complete track of time? Maybe you lose track of time brushing your teeth. I don’t know. But having wasted great chunks of my life … 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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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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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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Yoga Talk

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

Last week, a great friend of my lovely man died/passed/took-off-the-tight-shoe, and we gathered at a funeral home to send him off. I was in that horrid lineup, the reception line or whatever it’s called, trying not to cry, being one… Continue reading →

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Why Meditate? To Go to the Well

Posted on March 6, 2011 by kristinshepherd

I wake up with a circus in my head. Forgot to call the sound guy yesterday (theatre), have to start practicing with the snake (theatre), lots to do today including a conversation I’d rather not have (theatre), worried about one … Continue reading →

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Bring on the Germs

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

When my lovely man began yoga classes, he borrowed a mat from the rack of mats at the front of the studio. It worked well enough for him, so he borrowed the same mat for the next 9 or 10… Continue reading →

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