“We’ll look at why common suggestions for getting out of a rut (take a walk, play a game, do something else) don’t always work. Then we’ll discuss tools for generating ideas and insights any time you need them.

“And we’ll do Dance of Shiva so all the stuff we talked about gets integrated into your body and your brain. That way you won’t lose it. Plus, there will be Hug Yourself Yoga.”

• She talked about the huge amount of clarity that Dance of Shiva gives her. That sometimes she’ll do a few minutes just to clear out the cobwebs so she can even think about starting painting.
• She talked about being startled by new coordination skills and the way they show up. Whether on the bicycle or maneuvering with bags of groceries or in the studio itself.
• She talked about the quiet and the calm that deepen her meditation practice, and about the power of the chaos and confusion that free her up to try new things.

So … I know this sounds kind of weird but the levels aren’t important at all. Not for these workshops, at least.

I mean, it can take years for people to advance levels, so it would be pretty unfair of me to expect people to master a new level in time for the next workshop.

So I will be mixing levels and doing my best to make sure that everyone is equally confused. And I will be giving extra challenges to those people who are already working with the higher levels.

So I had the time of my life teaching at Jennifer Louden’s Writer’s Retreat in Taos.
Getting to do Shiva Nata every single morning was the most awesome thing in the entire world.
As was working on the new Shivanaut Manual for the Advanced Kit.
You know what else was incredibly great?

We worked with words [...]

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.