My practice has been fairly sporadic to date.  Today I managed to work through all of the Level 1 arms stuff with the DVD.  I really must remember to breathe whilst I’m doing it or my arms ache like crazy!  I’m keeping going by only doing it when I think I have a bit of [...]

It doesn’t take long So far, I’ve read through Havi’s Starter Kit stuff info watched the Theory section for Level 1 (yeah!  I’m a geek, I love theory!) and played around with the arm sequences for Level 1.  I’ve done a total of 4 Shiva Nata practice play sessions and BANG! it’s epiphany time. Seriously [...]

Is a habits journal worth the hassle? I was so excited about getting started with Shiva Nata that I set up a little notebook in which to journal my daily habits, including practices and thoughts from Shiva Nata.  I set it up with a few guidelines in mind: There are no rules – only suggestions [...]

I’m really not so hot on the everyday-without-fail thing… One question I wasn’t sure about was whether or not I needed to be very strict on myself in terms of daily practice.  I’m naturally inclined towards not forcing myself to do something when I don’t want to (not to be confused with waiting to feel [...]