Tag Archives: mind-body health

Beginner’s Mind

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

It might be that a blog called Beginner’s Mind is the best thing that ever happened to my yoga practice. When I began writing this a year ago, the wonderful people at Yoga Journal gave me this title. I’d been… Continue reading →

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The Reasons We Love Practice

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

This week I asked every yogi I met what their favorite part of practice is right now, today, in this moment. Here are some answers: 1. The sounds my feet make as they let go at the beginning of practice.2…. Continue reading →

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Something Happened to Fear

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

In the middle of a photo shoot yesterday involving a snake slithering across my fake-tattooed-but-otherwise-naked back, it occurred to me that some huge shift in fear has occurred during the last year.Yoga is responsible. That sounds ridiculous, but it’s true…. Continue reading →

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And The World Comes Crashing In

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

Mornings are not what they were. My lovely man has begun his own morning practice of yoga and meditation. I should be happy for him. I’m not. The world was mine at 4 a.m. (God, how early do you have… Continue reading →

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Walking the Path

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

This morning during home practice my thoughts walked a familiar path:1. Rats. That left second toe still hurts a bit. I’ll bet it’s from walking across the lake in my big boots. It’s a bit red, too, and swollen. Like… Continue reading →

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Two Eyes

Posted on February 23, 2011 by kristinshepherd

We popped my lovely man’s eye in this morning. Jesus Murphy. To be accurate, he had his bionic eye (orbital implant) sewn in some weeks ago. That part (we call the whole thing Seymour, now) is a small, maroon, slightly … Continue reading →

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Eyes Are The Window to the Blah, Blah, Blah

Posted on January 25, 2011 by kristinshepherd

My Lovely Man’s just had his right eye removed, which makes him my Lovely One-Eyed Man (my LOEM). The eye was replaced with a wee bowling ball, wrapped in human sclera and protected by a plastic cap that will be … Continue reading →

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New Thwack, Same Love

Posted on January 17, 2011 by kristinshepherd

So my lovely man has this malignant tumour in his eye, and after waiting long enough that we could have grown a very slow vegetable garden, we’re leaving for Toronto this morning so that he can have his eye removed. … Continue reading →

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Walking the Plank of Change

Posted on September 3, 2010 by kristinshepherd

A few posts ago, i mentioned i’m ending my clinical practice of 20 years.  I told you i’d let you know how it was going. Well, here it is.  My last day in clinic is October 22nd….  There’s the update, … Continue reading →

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