Twice a year I teach a class (by phone) where we talk about Shiva Nata wackiness and I answer questions. This has been going on for a few years now and it’s usually pretty fun.

We talk about ways to get back into a practice when it’s stuckified, ways for it to support you, and anything else you’d like to know/understand/untangle in relation to the madness that is Dance of Shiva.

This class is free to everyone who owns the Starter Kit and you can totally take it as many times as you like.

Roller Derby is all about being agile.

Agile thinking, agile movement, agile reaction, agile being.

Sure, it’s also about being fast, hot, powerful and fabulous.

But it’s really about this core quality of agility in all of its possible forms.

So. There are actually lots of people write posts about Shiva Nata and I’m always meaning to tell you about them and then I forget. Some stuff from the ether. I mean, from the fabulously flailing Shivanauts. It’s like kung fu, but without the killing. My thoughts exactly! Loved this post from Bill about doing [...]

It’s about how absurdity reveals patterns.

Absurdity reveals patterns.

Which we already know. Because we do it.

Disorientation is good for you. Flailing? Also good for you. Doing it wrong and shaking things up? Good for you.

And implicit learning is enhanced by the introduction of some goofy chaos.

Luckily, that’s how we do things around here. Total Shivanaut moment. Yay!

Apparently there was some sort of weird double booking where I was apparently supposed to be teaching two different classes today … at almost exactly the same time?

And I can’t even get annoyed at my programs coordinator because it totally wasn’t his fault. Nor can I get annoyed at myself because it wasn’t my fault either.

So I’m just not being annoyed. How’s that for a surprising Shiva-Nata-esque moment of accidentally challenging your patterns?

Selma and I will teaching a three hour workshop in San Francisco.

Three hours of “work through your stucknesses with Dance of Shiva and Havi-inspired wackiness” magic. And epiphanies. Bring it.

It’s really, really, really soon. Like, practically now.

What kinds of questions?

Oh, let’s see. Theory, practice, random stuff you wonder about. It’s all good.

Surprise me. :)

Boring questions are welcome. Wacky and bizarre questions are welcome. It really doesn’t matter. My duck and I will do our best to help you out.