Welcome to the Dance of Shiva

Level 0

Dance of Shiva position 1 Dance of Shiva position 2 Dance of Shiva position 3 Dance of Shiva position 4 Dance of Shiva position 1 Dance of Shiva position 4 Dance of Shiva position 3 Dance of Shiva position 2 Dance of Shiva position 1

Level 0 shows the basic movements of the Dance of Shiva using only one arm at a time. Once these basic movements have been learned it is then that much easier to combine them by using both arms at the same time. Learning these movements so that they are "a part of oursevels" we open ourselves up to all the possible combinations of these movements. We can begin to practice what is possible with these movements.

Level 1

Dance of Shiva position 11 Dance of Shiva position 22 Dance of Shiva position 33 Dance of Shiva position 44 Dance of Shiva position 11 Dance of Shiva position 42 Dance of Shiva position 33 Dance of Shiva position 24 Dance of Shiva position 11

Level One combines the movements from Level 0 into practice patterns where we repeat the movements in various combinations with each other. So that the practice has a sense of "flow" we do each set of movements four times. Where in Level 0 we learned all the possible movements of the Dance of Shiva using only one arm at a time now we begin to learn what is possible using both arms at the same time.

Level 10

Dance of Shiva position 11 Dance of Shiva position b3 Dance of Shiva position 3d Dance of Shiva position dc Dance of Shiva position a4 Dance of Shiva position 22 Dance of Shiva position cc Dance of Shiva position 4b Dance of Shiva position 13

In Level 10 we learn sequences of movements where each move is different from the one that precedes it. It is like level 0 all over again but now the basic elements that we are learning involve using both hands. Level 10 is both a culmination of all that we have practiced before and a foundation for all that follows.