It’s pretty silly to be teaching something that you can’t define. And I can tell you a whole lot about Shiva Nata – it exists on many levels and there are many ways you could describe it.

I frequently go over my “what is Shiva Nata” explanation, and I was pretty excited about this one today… so I recorded it!

Basically – Shiva Nata is both a Game and a Tool.

It is a game, in that…

• it’s fun. (personal opinion)
• you play with it, change it as much as you wish.
• it has a set of underlying, fairly arbitrary rules.
• it never ends… you can finish a session of Shiva Nata just like you finish a sudoku puzzle or an ultimate frisbee game… but that doesn’t mean you’re done/mastered/completed Shiva Nata/sudoku/frisbee.
• it’s only fun and useful if it’s difficult… and the difficulty is a valuable part of the experience.

Shiva Nata is a tool…

• use it to un-stick difficult projects, the way your brain is struggling and succeeding at making new connections transfers to your project.
• use it to increase your focus, much like meditation (with more engagement and movement).
• use it to find conscious liberation / freedom / enlightenment! Oh yeah!

Of course, this doesn’t tell you what exactly happens when you do Shiva Nata – but it’s a good number of reasons why you might want to do Shiva Nata.

Alright, have a great day/week/weekend! Go forth and flail! (check out my classes – awesome for a dose of the un-sticking of projects! I won’t speak as to the ultimate enlightenment likelyhood)