I was thinking about Shiva Nata today and wanting to do it and thinking I haven't done it in a while, and I realized that I feel very different when I don't do it. Sort of.... foggy. Like I don't really have a channel open to myself if that makes any sense.
Then I realized that I spend more time thinking I ought to do Shiva Nata than actually doing iot. Oooops.
So I am off to do some Shiva Nata now.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
What the...?
Today I was looking at the Shiva Nata DVD and decided to peek at the end of Level 1. I tried the first square with just the feet. And I was giggling because the phrase "What the fuuuuuck?" Just kept popping into my head over and over as I kept looking over my shoulder at the TV to figure out which direction he was turning in now.
After that I did arms and legs Level 1 with H arms and Level 2 with V arms. It actually went quite well. Surprisingly the one with V arms went better even though I feel like I know H arms better. But it's like my body knew what was next even while it was struggling with the legs that I was learning as I went along. Now I have to explain that I have never ever been coordinated or good at physical stuff so that is quite interesting to me. I guess it does help a bit that I used to study Karate and learn Kata which has a lot of putting together arms and legs.
So here I am. Committing to doing Shiva Nata regularly and somewhat obsessively. Why not? I am kind of working on Leap of Faith stuff in other areas of life, so might as well jump in wholeheartedly here! Intentions are to be open to possibilites and not let fear and judgements prevent me from getting out and doing. Like many introverts I think I spend a lot of time thinking about doing and absolutely none actually doing.
After that I did arms and legs Level 1 with H arms and Level 2 with V arms. It actually went quite well. Surprisingly the one with V arms went better even though I feel like I know H arms better. But it's like my body knew what was next even while it was struggling with the legs that I was learning as I went along. Now I have to explain that I have never ever been coordinated or good at physical stuff so that is quite interesting to me. I guess it does help a bit that I used to study Karate and learn Kata which has a lot of putting together arms and legs.
So here I am. Committing to doing Shiva Nata regularly and somewhat obsessively. Why not? I am kind of working on Leap of Faith stuff in other areas of life, so might as well jump in wholeheartedly here! Intentions are to be open to possibilites and not let fear and judgements prevent me from getting out and doing. Like many introverts I think I spend a lot of time thinking about doing and absolutely none actually doing.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Looking for space
Just did some Shiva Nata. I haven't done it since the move. The new living room sets up nicely, though I may end up banging my shins against the coffee table once I attempt legs.
Again I started from the beginning and did Level 1 up to V arms fast. Though I did have to slow it down a little and there was still much flailing.
Havi's post about Gaps and the finding of them came at the perfect time (for me). Remember that movie "The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything"? It was from the 80s I think and the guy had a gold watch and if he pressed the button it would stop everything but him. So he could get out of scrapes and pose the bad guys in silly ways and then pouff! they would look around and he'd be gone. Well, that's exactly what I need. I would like to find a way to stop time between an event that rattles me and my reaction to it. I want to stop making snap judgements (which are unfortunately often negative) and not freak out. Sounds like Shiva Nata can help....
Today I was focusing again on Transquarters, thinking about all the links between things that we might not think are linked. I mean positions 1 and 3, 2 and 4 are opposites right? Who would think they'd be linked? So maybe that one situation/person that is really bugging me and is my "opposite" (as in my adversary) is really linked to me. Ok off to go for a run and let all this stuff percolate.
Again I started from the beginning and did Level 1 up to V arms fast. Though I did have to slow it down a little and there was still much flailing.
Havi's post about Gaps and the finding of them came at the perfect time (for me). Remember that movie "The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything"? It was from the 80s I think and the guy had a gold watch and if he pressed the button it would stop everything but him. So he could get out of scrapes and pose the bad guys in silly ways and then pouff! they would look around and he'd be gone. Well, that's exactly what I need. I would like to find a way to stop time between an event that rattles me and my reaction to it. I want to stop making snap judgements (which are unfortunately often negative) and not freak out. Sounds like Shiva Nata can help....
Today I was focusing again on Transquarters, thinking about all the links between things that we might not think are linked. I mean positions 1 and 3, 2 and 4 are opposites right? Who would think they'd be linked? So maybe that one situation/person that is really bugging me and is my "opposite" (as in my adversary) is really linked to me. Ok off to go for a run and let all this stuff percolate.
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