Comments on: It only took a year

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:30:22 +0000

I think I received my DVD about a month ago now and have only done it twice. I want to do it more, but for some reason, I seem to fight with myself. I will do it more though – I think I just need to come up with a way to make less of an ‘obligation’ and more of a fun game.

I’m all for hot buttered epiphanies!!

By: Michelle Russell

Michelle Russell — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:38:06 +0000

Char, what a lovely post! Not to mention a useful one, for me. Because I’m pretty much where you were/(are?). I ordered the DVD months ago and watched Andrey’s spoken introduction because I LOVE theory. That was fascinating…and easy.

But I’ve been resisting actual practice because, ya know, it’s just so HARD to fire up the computer, load the disc into the DVD drive and press play…yeah, don’t worry, I’m not buying that either. ;o)

I’m trying to get over the same slavedriver mentality that you are. I mean, look at the name of my website, for cryin’ out loud! But for some reason I’ve been resisting Shiva Nata. Your post gives me reassurance that there are very good and valid reasons for this, that I’ll get to it when I’m meant to, and that when I do, there are such deep lessons to be gained through a mere 45 minutes of practice!

By: Char Brooks

Char Brooks — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:28:28 +0000

Thank you so much for all your feedback.

I wrote this post a while ago and thought I’d give you an update. I’m back to my stand off with Dance of Shiva again and as Havi would say “assuring myself there is a very good reason for not wanting to work with this material again” as a way to understand my ambivalence towards it.

That is a sign of progress with my inner slavedriver as I see it.

I cam see how my relationship with Dance of Shiva mirrors my relationship with my own impatience with myself. Right now, I’m feeling impatient about several patterns that “I’m sure there is a very good reason for”. I can see that my ongoing study of this material is a dynamic and fluid one that will change over time.

Thanks for posting this. It is encouraging me to be a little bit nicer to myself about the things that I find so frustrating right now.

xoxo

Char

By: Inge

Inge — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:07:30 +0000

Big stuff, indeed, and well put into words. Thanks, Char!

That instant result slavedriver character and me might also have some talking to do. Hurrying it up might get some transitory results now, but profound and lasting understanding will take time. Easy to know, but hard to live by – as so many truths are.

By: JoVE

JoVE — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:28:20 +0000

I haven’t even got around to getting the DVD but this is helpful in thinking through why I might be resisting getting into something like this…

I’ve been learning to take things slowly in other ways, too. But I think you are on to something with the law school comment. Because I think a lot of our education system encourages the hurry up and get it done slavedriver mentality, often over really learning and assimilating.

By: Lynn Crymble

Lynn Crymble — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:28:50 +0000

Thanks for sharing Char.
I have had the DVD for over a year now (I think) and I’ve gone through waves of ‘getting’ into it and then not doing anything for months. When my “hurry up and get it done” wasn’t getting any results, I stopped.
All the stuff you noted about what Andrey says, I totally missed that. I think I’ll go back to the theory and just take my time with it. Hopefully I can say goodbye to my slavedriver too!