Tag Archives: Yoga

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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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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Stalking the Elusive Bandhas

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

I’m supposed to have my mula bandha "locked" throughout my ashtanga practice. I hear that it’s the key to great yoga; that mula bandha is the doorway to flexibility, concentration, body heat, core strength, to stopping my wayward prana from… 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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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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Who Are You?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by kristinshepherd

I was at a funeral on the weekend. A very charming, intelligent friend of my lovely man took off the tight shoe sometime last week after a full 82 years. Here’s what whacked me: His body was there. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Yoga in the Middle of Nowhere

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

A friend invited me to her yoga class this week. "It’s a 10-minute walk from my house," she said. "How can that be, when you live in the middle of nowhere?" "You’ll see," she said. We set out at sunset… 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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"everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes"

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Kristin Shepherd

I grew up on ee cummings, the American poet. Neither of my parents is a fan, as far as I know, but we had collections of poetry along with Shakespeare and all kinds of wonderful literature on the bookshelves… 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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