December 13
It’s so pretty!
I had my first full-on shiva nata practice session today for a good few weeks. I may have pushed a little too hard due to my usual desire to cram everything in as quickly as possible and reach the finish line (uh, hello, that would be death!)
Still, I got through Level 3 with basic legs without too much hassle (hurrah, and yet, oh no!) so after whizzing through Level 2 for fun (ha, it sounds crazy still but the pattern’s in my arms and legs now, not much for me to do) I decided to have a bash at Level 4 arms! (Thanks to @Sari_O for saving me from bugging @havi as to the details).
So I’m working through (what I understand to be) the Level 4 arms and it strikes me that it’s so pretty! I’m not talking about watching the movements either, though if I do another video we can all judge that for ourselves, but the patterns that came up in my mind as I worked through the positions. Now I love patterns, it’s part of why I get on so well with mathematics, so I could start rambling on about oscillations and standing waves, but even that isn’t quite what I was at.
Whilst standing there moving my arms around with one of our bunnies by my feet (so cute!) I could feel the loops and swirls and colours and cycles that it formed and it was really quite awe inspiring. If you’ve tried even just Level 1 arms then go from starting position 3:1 and tell me you don’t find it just the most beautiful movement to do.
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