A Gift: An Invocation and Exit for any practice

Posted by on May 9, 2012 in Blog, Shiva Nata, Yoga | 0 comments Stepping in requires stepping out. Like all Shivanautical epiphanies – rather stoopid on the surface. In my processing of the 40 day Shiva Nata Expedition (1 more day! I’ve hit a 90% daily practice rate – and a 100% daily thinking-about-practicing rate!), I was noticing that in order to step into the life we want, we are most certainly stepping OUT of the pieces of life that...
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Flail-along! Upper-Level Transquarters – Shiva Nata

Posted by on May 7, 2012 in Blog, Shiva Nata | 0 comments Usually when I break up patterns for Shiva Nata variations, it’s a different way of going at the same level, or breaking a main level down. I think I may have hit on a “real” variation though – a continuation of the transquarter patterns Andrey shows in the DVD. The movement in these transquarters happens in level 6 (I haven’t figured out what transquarters would be...
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Dizzy Shiva Nata

Posted by on Apr 24, 2012 in Blog, Shiva Nata | 1 comment I had a lot of fun with this one – it’s a great variation, no matter what level you’re playing with! (First 3 minutes are the good ones, last 2 are talking about level 6, which may or may not be interesting to you) Mmm, spinning around is fun! And visual-arm position correlation – oh wait, that just sounds geeky. Hopefully geeky sounds fun too. Anyway, this is easiest to...
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My first yoga teacher… was a shop teacher.

Posted by on Apr 6, 2012 in Blog, Yoga | 2 comments Storytime, storytime! I haven’t been pursuing yoga for endless years yet – that day will come. For now, I’m coming up on my 5th year anniversary of my first time rolling out a mat (at that point, a ridged foam camping pad that left super-interesting dents after savasana!). And this is the story of my first yoga (full mind-body, present-moment, fully-conscious) learning...
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Stepping in: to slightly-future Beth, in all her awesomeness (rah rah!)

Posted by on Apr 1, 2012 in Blog, Shiva Nata | 1 comment 40 days of Shiva Nata – yeah! It’s an expedition! And the expedition’s theme for me is: stepping in. As in, stepping in to the roles I have in my head. Stepping into future me, with her habits and charms. Stepping into the people I know I am inside – and stepping out of the old, outgrown chrisalises (chrisali?). . Doors: This is a month of doorways, of saying “Hello,...
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Shiva Nata Variation – Level 3, in chunks

Posted by on Mar 31, 2012 in Blog, Shiva Nata | 0 comments (To people new to Shiva Nata: This is gibberish for you right now – you’ll understand surprisingly fast after an introductory class! This series is for variations and interest after you have the basics down. Sign up in the sidebar for your introduction to level 1!) Doing Shiva Nata in bed: good idea or bad? Occasionally, doing Shiva Nata at night (whatever level sounds hard, in my...
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