I’m very new to Shiva Nata, and so I’ve only had a few days where I didn’t do it. However, even with acknowledging and accepting my choice not to do it those days, I did feel a little guilty still. But I know guilt is a part of the pattern I’m trying to detangle, so anything that helps with that is definitely awesome.

This helps: “Whatever patterns you’re working on … they need you … to spend some time with them in a deguiltified way. So it’s really, really important that you keep reminding yourself that you’re paying attention to them right now.”

So I guess I need to remind myself that telling myself to “stop feeling guilty; just do The Thing!” is not as helpful as acknowledging that the guilt is just trying to encourage me. Maybe by listening to the urgency, I might find a way to see it as positive pressure instead of negative shut-me-down pressure. This is definitely something I will think about in my next Shivanautical experience! :)
Qrystal´s last blog ..Level Zero Shivanaut

…your Inner Writer doesn’t know the difference between thinking about writing and writing.

Wait, what? Really? Wow! Thank you so much for that!

@Havi: It’s so wonderful, such a very potent comfort to have at least this one thing in my life that I have complete and utter permission to not beat myself up over when, whether, and how much I do it.

And, with that said (albeit a trifle clumsily), I’m off to do it now. Yay!
spiralsongkat´s last blog ..Blogging in the dark

Bit like remembering that your Inner Writer doesn’t know the difference between thinking about writing and writing.

I’m working on that one too…

Right – off for five minutes…
Andrew Lightheart @alightheart´s last blog ..Handling your feelings, their feelings, your feelings about their feelings

Brilliant.

This sentence, and the one about the Right Time being exactly when you’re ready for it, apply perfectly to the pattern I am working on right now. I have (had) been having so much trouble mobilizing myself after my full-time job (and often during). I don’t get out of bed in the morning, until the last possible second for me to make it to work on time. Since starting my Shiva Nata practice, I am much more calm about this pattern, and am no longer feeling guilty about it (well, it’s better than it was). I have faith that this pattern will begin shifting soon, but it does not have to be right now.

Thank you, Havi!

I felt such a sense of ease, like my rib cage had opened up to let my heart beat and my lungs breathe, as I read this post.

You’re right. The practice WILL wait for me. It was around long before me and will be around long after. That’s comforting.

Whenever I do it, that will be the right time.

Good. I’m not going to do my five minutes of practice right now. And that’s OK. Maybe later. That’s OK too. Love the OK-ness that’s just swirling around me. Whee!