Kristin Shepherd
Shanti Outward
Thanks for all your beautiful responses for first-person shanti. I trust that the combination of our collective beaming and your willingness to speak your wishes out loud will manifest surprising things.
So. Our second shanti at the end of class is meant to beam something healing and wonderful to someone who needs it.
My list includes the following:
I send huge LOVE to my lovely man, who had an eye removed this year because of a tumor. We're going back for our first checkup in August. He doesn't love hospitals. I send his body and heart love every single time I practice.
I send huge LOVE to my kids, who don't seem to need a thing, but I love the moments spent with them.
I send love to my parents, who are slowly approaching their exit from this life. I wish them wonderful time here and a peaceful transition.
Occasionally I send love to my ex-husband. I have a vague sense that somewhere in the cosmos we're connected to each other forever. I'm also extremely grateful for the sperm-and-egg thing we did together. Twice.
This morning I'll send love to whoever needs a bit of love: the frantic woman I met on the trails behind our house whose dog disappeared over the weekend, the striking postal workers, the folks who want mail (including yoga DVDs) delivered, the friend who's at a funeral today, the friend who's struggling with depression. You need love, I've got heaps of it at the end of my practice.
That's my list. Who do you send something to at the end of your practice?
Thanks to yoga for reminding me that love is too big to keep to myself, and for giving us the opportunity to put love to use at the end of each practice. Thanks to you for the conversation,
kristin
Dr. Kristin Shepherd is a chiropractor, actor, and speaker (About All Things Wonderful) in North Bay, Ontario. Join her on the web, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on iTunes.
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love to my ex partner, who is struggling with homelessness, get off of methadone and shining her brillant creative visonary light into the world
Posted by: mia | June 24, 2011 10:11 AM
I'm loving your posts on this subject (can't wait for the next one!). This chant is my absolute favorite, and I think of it often throughout my day. It's also close to my heart because at the end of every class I teach, I bow my head to the floor and say it to myself... after every single class. It reminds me what my purpose was/ how thankful I am to be teaching in that moment (shanti), of my gratitude and love for my students (shanti), and to the people that weren't there but will benefit from the attitude adjustments I and my students created in ourselves (shanti). Every shanti I've ever said has an intention behind it, and while the intentions change, the strength of Shanti is a calming constant for me. In fact, it's what I whispered to my husband after we walked down the aisle together.
Thank you so much for shining light on this absolutely wonderful chant, and all we can learn from it.
Namaste
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti
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