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  • March 19

    Intentions, visions and epiphanies

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    Intentions For the first time since starting Shiva Nata, I had been able to think of an intention that I was emotionally invested in.  I have struggled with this before, though I’m still not sure exactly why that is, so it was great to finally find myself with a question that I felt I could [...]

    November 13

    You know you’ve had an epiphany when…

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    You’ve been struggling all day I had a bit of a ‘grey’ day today.  I didn’t really feel like I was getting anywhere with anything.  I am lucky enough to have a group of friends that get together to talk and help each other out on Wednesday evenings and was able to share how I [...]

    November 7

    Does this count as an epiphany?

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    A response to Havi’s most recent post about keeping it challenging in the form of the conversation in my head that popped up when I read it. A conversation in my head Me: Oh yes! I’m just starting to see the patterns and everything and wow I did that whole round (i.e. from one starting [...]

    October 24

    How to get through a sticky patch – idea 1

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    My sticky patch I kept getting stuck, and I mean like completely and totally, my brain has frozen, why am I stood here with my arms both in horizontal 1 stuck.  I was trying to work through the Level 3 arms – without the DVD, because that just annoys me by going either too slow [...]

    October 22

    Knowing when to stop

    Posted by James the Shivanaut
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    On the scale of epiphanies it hardly warrants 3 strangers turning up with gifts but for us Shivanauts that’s not the point.  What is the point is that we have learnt something about ourselves. I noticed tonight that when I start to work on something and I start to see that I’m being challenged and [...]