Comments on: Shiva Nata workshops in Berlin: questions?

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:27:05 +0000

Havi, are you teaching throughout October as well? I’d like to go ahead and book a trip in October, but not if it might fall on a weekend when you’re not teaching. To make sure I’m safe, do I need to wait for Oct dates to appear on the all-things-Berlin page?

Thanks!

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:36:00 +0000

I ordered the Shiva Nata DVD a week and a half before moving to Germany, and I’ve just begun the dance. I don’t know if I’ll make it to Berlin (or into the classes), but I hope so.

I’ve only practiced a few times so far, but I’m reading a book on brain plasticity that has a chapter on how your brain can learn new motor skills just by visualizing them. So, I worked through the arm motions in my head as I fell asleep last night, just swirling away. I don’t usually fall asleep easily, but I drifted off right away, and then woke up at 3 am with my mind abuzz with things that I needed to work through that were really bugging me about the events of the day.

Huh. Looks like I can already do Shiva Nata in my sleep! =)

(Though I think I’ll probably work on that at naptime in future…3 am is a little early to be getting urgent requests from a disgruntled mind!)

By: Claudia

Claudia — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:54:18 +0000

Managed to get a reservation for one of the paint&dance and one of the Shivanata Workshops in Berlin. Am SO happy about that – can’t wait. I’ll be the person who’ll be so absolutely right then. As I can’t get it done at all yet…am SOOOO excited!

By: Josiane

Josiane — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:21:12 +0000

Those Dance & Paint workshops sound great! I’m so not a visual artist, but I would love to be able to lift some blocks in that area and be able to just have fun playing with art stuff!
Hmm, Berlin next year could be a possibility… :)

By: Havi

Havi — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:01:23 +0000

Whooo!

@Inge – that is marvelous! I’m so glad. Can’t wait to see you in Berlin. And if you like, I can put you in contact with Andreas & Lars, if you have other questions that maybe they can help you with?

@Paige – awesome. I love it. And I know we’ll get to meet in person one day and it will be brilliant.

Have fun messing up the verticals (ow ow ow) and enjoy!

By: Inge

Inge — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:58:28 +0000

Thank you!

I managed to get a cheapo train ticket to Berlin and a place to stay so I can come to one of the workshops! Fingers crossed that there is still a spot left…

By: Paige

Paige — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:38:12 +0000

I’ve been reading here and at Fluent Self for a couple of months, and I finally got off the fence and ordered the Shiva Nata Starter Kit.

(And wow! Would I love to be in those Dance and Paint workshops in Berlin. Or any other of the workshops for that matter. Alas, it’s not to be this year. Maybe later.)

As I was saying, I am totally new (as in, my dvd arrived yesterday) to Shiva Nata, but I am already enjoying just listening to Andrey. And I can see that Level 1 arms will keep me busy for a long, long time. When I had a moment of “Oh, these horizontals kind of make sense,” he switched to verticals, and I am certain I appeared to be having a seizure.

Oh yea! I’m doing it wrong! That means I’m getting it right! How many other things can you say that about?

Havi, thanks for all the work you’ve put into this. I’m looking forward to a scrambled brain for many years to come.