Normally when doing the Dance of Shiva we call out the arm positions
from left to right so that the first number is the position of the Left arm while the second number (or letter) is the position of the right arm. I've reversed the numbers in the pictures
so that if you mirror the images, then your arms will be in the position specified.
So even though my arms might be in positon 2,1 with my right arm in position 2 and my left arm in position 1 the caption will say 1,2. But if you mirror the positon
then your left arm will be in position 1 and your right arm will be in position 2 and the caption will be correct
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About the dance of shiva and me
When I first read about Andrey Lappa's "Dance of Shiva" I was intrigued by the notion of spiral movements of the arms used to generate the flow of energy and bestow the practitioner with special powers.
I have yet to develop special powers but the Dance of Shiva has helped me to become smarter, improve my mind-body coordination and help me see connections. Perhaps those in and of themselves are "special powers," special enough for me to want to share this art.
I have yet to develop special powers but the Dance of Shiva has helped me to become smarter, improve my mind-body coordination and help me see connections. Perhaps those in and of themselves are "special powers," special enough for me to want to share this art.
Contact
neilkeleher@gmail.com
©Neil Keleher 2008
©Neil Keleher 2008
Arm Positions
- The Most Basic Arm Positions (how basic can you get-one arm only)
- All Positions (there's 64 in all...so that means stacks of photos)
- Both Arms Horizontal (this and the next three pages only have sixteen positions each)
- Both Arms Vertical
- Left Horizontal, Right Vertical
- Left Vertical, Right Horizontal
The basic movements with one arm only.
- When you've got these, you then add the two arms together and open yourself up to a world of possibility
- Forward Movements
- Backward Movements
- Transquarter Movements
- Change Plane Movements
- Change Plane Forward Movements
- Change Plane Backward Movements
- Change Plane Transquarter Movements
- Special Movement-Mirror Reflection
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