Comments on: Shiva shiva, tell me more! http://shivanata.com/blog/guest-posts/shiva-shiva-tell-me-more/ Hot buttered epiphanies and unlikely insights with Shiva Nata. We're the Shivanauts. Whoo! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Megan Lubaszka http://shivanata.com/blog/guest-posts/shiva-shiva-tell-me-more/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Megan Lubaszka Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:40:26 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1050#comment-942 I love this - "And for strength and flexibility there’s not going to be a mental or intuitive shortcut. If there were, I would find it." For me, Shiva Nata is the shortcut. I "gave up" on being physical awhile ago. I started this practice greedy for epiphanies, just doing 15 minutes a day, and was amazed at the physical results a month later. Ya know, toned triceps and popping collar bones and the ability to lift televisions single-handedly (well not with one hand but by myself. If that makes sense). .-= Megan Lubaszka´s last blog ..<a href="http://tandemteaching.com/wednesday-wisdom-play-and-piaget/" rel="nofollow">Wednesday Wisdom | Play and Piaget</a> =-. I love this –

“And for strength and flexibility there’s not going to be a mental or intuitive shortcut. If there were, I would find it.”

For me, Shiva Nata is the shortcut. I “gave up” on being physical awhile ago. I started this practice greedy for epiphanies, just doing 15 minutes a day, and was amazed at the physical results a month later. Ya know, toned triceps and popping collar bones and the ability to lift televisions single-handedly (well not with one hand but by myself. If that makes sense).
Megan Lubaszka´s last blog ..Wednesday Wisdom | Play and Piaget

]]> By: neil keleher http://shivanata.com/blog/guest-posts/shiva-shiva-tell-me-more/comment-page-1/#comment-940 neil keleher Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:53:35 +0000 http://shivanata.com/?p=1050#comment-940 Hey Havi, just wanted to let you know that I've finally got my advanced dance of shiva practice to the point I want it. And I've got products to match. Two key things that I've done to make things easier. One is relabel vertical positions a, b, c and d and the other is to divide link movements into four movements called: change (1 to a, 2 to b, 3 to c, 4 to d and from a to 1 etc) change forwards (1 to b to 3 to d to 1 and a to 2 to c to 4 to a) change backwards (the opposite of change forwards) and change transquarter (1 to c, 2 to d etc). These four moves and the three original ones can be used to practice all 49 movements of the dance of shiva. But wait you say, if there are 64 positions shouldn't there be 64 movements. Well yes there are if you include a zero move. The zero move is handy for connection for example 1-1 to 1-2 (use a zero-forwards move). Now it is possible with these movements to create sequences of 2, 3, 4 moves that repeat four times, just like the level 3 sequence. You can even go crazy and build sequences of 16 movements (none of which are used more than once in the sequence) and these sequences can be repeated four times before returning the arms to the start. I just practice four movement sequence though. Anyway, if anyone is interested I've created a series of four move sequences that I call Warps. There are seven warps and all together you can use these warps to practice all movements that don't have a zero move. (example moves of one warp cf-t, cf-cf, cf-b, f-cf.. cf = change forwards) all the best neil (p.s. going to get a 50% affiliate program for anyone who is interested.) Hey Havi, just wanted to let you know that I’ve finally got my advanced dance of shiva practice to the point I want it. And I’ve got products to match. Two key things that I’ve done to make things easier. One is relabel vertical positions a, b, c and d and the other is to divide link movements into four movements called: change (1 to a, 2 to b, 3 to c, 4 to d and from a to 1 etc) change forwards (1 to b to 3 to d to 1 and a to 2 to c to 4 to a) change backwards (the opposite of change forwards) and change transquarter (1 to c, 2 to d etc).
These four moves and the three original ones can be used to practice all 49 movements of the dance of shiva. But wait you say, if there are 64 positions shouldn’t there be 64 movements. Well yes there are if you include a zero move. The zero move is handy for connection for example 1-1 to 1-2 (use a zero-forwards move).
Now it is possible with these movements to create sequences of 2, 3, 4 moves that repeat four times, just like the level 3 sequence. You can even go crazy and build sequences of 16 movements (none of which are used more than once in the sequence) and these sequences can be repeated four times before returning the arms to the start. I just practice four movement sequence though.
Anyway, if anyone is interested I’ve created a series of four move sequences that I call Warps. There are seven warps and all together you can use these warps to practice all movements that don’t have a zero move.

(example moves of one warp cf-t, cf-cf, cf-b, f-cf.. cf = change forwards)

all the best

neil

(p.s. going to get a 50% affiliate program for anyone who is interested.)

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