Tag Archives: mind-body health

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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Why Meditate? Got a Grudge?

Posted on May 25, 2011 by kristinshepherd

I had a grudge going this week. Full-out, personal, justified, thorny, supported by anyone to whom i presented my case, consuming, blood-pressure-raising, unattractive yet perversely seductive, impossible to let go, and exhausting. That’s one truth. Here’s another. I know that … 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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The Money Thing

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

Can we talk about the money thing? Last week, someone wrote saying it was a terrible shame that yoga costs so much money and that the superstar teachers charge huge sums for their classes. Yoga should be free, he suggested…. Continue reading →

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Mantras on the Mat

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

"This too shall pass." Sounds biblical. Wikipedia says no, that it first showed up in the writings of the Persian Sufi poets. This makes me whirling-dervish happy, being a huge fan of Hafiz and Rumi. Other sources say it’s credited… Continue reading →

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Gratitude Admist Chaos

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

We’ve just finished move-in weekend for the play I’m directing. Move in is horrendous. It involves long, long days of actors waiting hours longer than I’d predicted while lighting design people solve problems I don’t understand and can’t begin to… Continue reading →

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Everything I Need to Know I Learn from Theatre

Posted on April 9, 2011 by kristinshepherd

We’re in the middle of rehearsals for a play called “Talking With…” I wish you could be here with us, because the learning is fantastic. Here are today’s “lessons to self”.  (One of the  beautiful things about theatre is that … Continue reading →

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