Shiva Nata: a fan-page

Hey, you’re looking for my Shiva Nata cheatsheats, right?

Sorry, they’re here now: Dance of Shiva fanpage

I’ll stop moving the furniture around soon, promise.

Thanks for visiting (again?)

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OMG! I’m on the internet TV!: 6 April, 2010 at 10:22 am
The Mathematician: 5 May, 2010 at 2:24 am

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Eileen 3 February, 2010 at 3:30 pm: Oh! This is so awesome!!!!! THANK YOU> This will replace my crumpled notebook scribblings taped to my wall :)
Gina 3 February, 2010 at 4:23 pm: This. Is. Awesome. But I can’t help but feel like some sort of taboo has been breached. Like high holy secrets are now available to the uninitiated.

But hey, I’ll take it!
Kelly Parkinson 3 February, 2010 at 8:10 pm: Oh my goodness, these are so delicious. One more totally incomprehensible thing to stick on my wall for my boyfriend to mock–as if the sight of me doing the movements wasn’t enough. Thank you so much!
Dave 3 February, 2010 at 11:19 pm: Wow, these are awesome!

Thanks so much for putting these out there.
Willie 5 February, 2010 at 1:05 am: Hey you guys, thanks for the comments! So glad you like the sheets.

Note: @JeniaLaszlo (http://jenialaszlo.com/) rightly points out there’s a mistake in the first sheet. Challenge: see if you can find it! No, just kidding, I’ll fix it soon. EDIT: Fixed now, thank you for your patience.

@Gina: you know, I do worry about that sometimes. Then again, I also think Shiva Nata is too big to be contained; it’s bigger than you or me, or even all the practitioners and teachers put together. To think that I could ruin it or damage it somehow by putting something on a website is… it’s hilariously stupid. It’s hubris.

Also: to anyone not already doing the dance, it’s just a bunch of numbers. To me, playing with and writing down and figuring out the numbers is important, but without the movements, there’s no magic.
Colin 5 February, 2010 at 3:08 pm: Can I guess the mistake? I suspect the 21 and the 12 are the wrong way round in the bottom row of the 21 positions. You’ve got me hooked on finding the patterns :o)
chicsinger simone 10 February, 2010 at 12:29 pm: O M F G

I can’t even understand the cheat sheets! Why are there two columns of the numbers? Is one vertical and one horizontal or one legs and one arms?

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Thanks for creating these, I hope to find them helpful soon.

xxoo
Giraffe man 10 February, 2010 at 1:27 pm: Hello Willie,

That thing corrected yet?
I’m getting it on in a couple of days and would love to use it.

Cheers.
Giraffe man 10 February, 2010 at 1:31 pm: Bij gelegenheid, groetjes uit Krakau (had niet gezien dat jij Nederlandse was =)
Ik ben Pool, maar ik spreek Nederlands omdat ik er gestudeerd heb (in Nijmegen, had vroeger ook in Amsterdam gekraakt).

Mvg :*
chicsinger simone 12 February, 2010 at 10:55 am: Ok, I think I might know…the left column is both arms in one direction and the right is one arm in one direction, the other in the opposite? My brain hurts, but there are ideas and epiphanies sploding around everywhere. xxoo
Willie 13 February, 2010 at 3:55 am: Giraffe man, yes, it is now corrected. Wij vragen excuses voor het oponthoud. ;) Hoe is het weer in Krakau?

Chicsinger: I hope my tweet and the added explanation above help. Or, perhaps it was good to let you figure it out on your own? (I didn’t do that on purpose, I wasn’t online yesterday.
chicsinger simone 13 February, 2010 at 7:12 am: Sho nuff Willie! Thanks, I think you are right that it was good for me to figure (somewhat) out on my own. You rock!
Giraffe man 18 February, 2010 at 4:26 pm: >>Wij vragen excuses voor het oponthoud. ;)

Doet me denken aan de NS, die eigenlijk een heel punctueel en netjes onderhouden bedrijf zijn, vergeleken met het Poolse PKP.

>>Hoe is het weer in Krakau?

Gelijk zoals mensen die naar Nederland komen niet weten wat regen is, weet je niet wat winter is voordat je eens naar de voormalige Oostblok komt.
MAW koooooooud.

Thanks for the sheets again, I promise I won’t procrastinate given you invested your time and were nice enough to share them with us. And made them look classy at that.

Cheers!
Lisa 24 February, 2010 at 10:09 pm: Hi Willie

Super reference sheets! I came back to print them but the level one sheet link is getting an “unfound” error :o(
Willie 25 February, 2010 at 1:01 am: You’re right, sorry about that! Fixed now!
jessie 10 March, 2010 at 9:27 pm: you are AMAZING. thank you so much!
neil keleher 3 April, 2010 at 6:19 pm: Hi Willie, nice work on the pdf’s. A couple of suggestions for the transquarters. You can also try one arm forwards one arm transquarter.
One pattern I like is F-T, T-F so that you switch each time. You can also do F-F, T-T, or B-B, T-T, or F-B, T-T and of course B-F, T-T.
You are definately on the right track with breaking down level three into smaller units to practice them.
would also strongly recommend to everyone who relies on the dvd-gradually ween yourself off of it. It’s a great introduction but if you want to truly be free memorize the patterns and practice them without the dvd.
all the best
neil
Alina 28 May, 2010 at 10:15 am: Thank you, this is wonderful!
Is it me, though, or does the arm pattern for Level 1 change in the rotations section? The normal pattern, and the one here is:
22, 33, 44, 11 — 44, 33, 22, 11
24, 33, 42, 11 — 42, 33, 24, 11
In the rotations, it seems to change to:
22, 33, 44, 11 — 44, 33, 22, 11 (same)
42, 33, 24, 11 — 24, 33, 42, 11
It’s driving me a little nutty and I would so so appreciate it if you could demistify this for me. Since you already got through Level 1 :)
Willie 28 May, 2010 at 11:08 am: Alina, does it really? Huh, I never noticed that. :/

I’ll check it out sometime, or maybe someone else has the answer?

Neil, hi! Thanks for the suggestions. Sorry for totally blanking your comment, I didn’t realise it was here (wth?)

Don’t sweat it too much, Alina, the difference isn’t that big a deal in the grander scheme of things, I would say.