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Learn how to get in touch with your creative impulses:

• We all have a deep intuitive idea about how to get in touch with our creative impulses
• We need to allow ourselves to do what comes naturally
• When we are distracted from our instinctive knowing, this leads to frustration
• Have a room or private corner where you can find inspiration - decorate it with harmonious colours, fill it with music, and inspirational art etc
• Regain your sense of wonder and see the world with childlike eyes - this spiritual practice allows you to live close to your creative centre

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Re-ignite your creative life

Lai Morris & Sara Siegelman

04 December 2009

If your creativity is lacking a little spark, don’t despair. Think of it as quiet time to contemplate your next project and in the meantime try these yoga asanas to fan the flames.

We all have a deep intuitive knowing about how to get in touch with our creative impulses and, basically, we need to allow ourselves to do what comes naturally.

Our creative fire needs to be fuelled. If we are feeling tired or flat, we may need to restore and build our energy.

When the wellspring of your creative life appears to have dried up, you can look to nature for reassurance. The natural rhythm of the seasons and the cycles of the moon can teach you about your inner cycle of creativity and how to renew your inner life.

During the cold winter months, we often feel we want to hibernate and turn inward. With the warmth of spring comes a surge of new growth and energy and the promise of summer. In our creative cycle, it’s important to draw inward at times to rest, restore and prepare for new growth, incubating that creative project. When the idea has ripened, there comes a natural time in the cycle when our energy rises and we become active and productive again.

We need to learn to accept this sacred cycle and flow with it. In all aspects of life, first energy builds and then comes a natural decline and finally a time of restoration. “In the cycle of creation, of rising and falling energy, there is no such thing as creative block,” says Clarissa Pinkola Estes, storyteller and Jungian analyst. “There is a time when this energy flows underground like a river and disappears ... in the meantime, making something, creating a new body and then emerging again.”

We all have a deep intuitive knowing about how to get in touch with our creative impulses and, basically, we need to allow ourselves to do what comes naturally. When we allow ourselves to be distracted from our instinctive knowing, the result can often be frustration. We need to get out of our own way and allow our unique creative genius to come through. If we open to more of what we are capable of, we will naturally be able to connect to so much more of our creativity.

Creating space

To tap into creative energy, you must first start to make space for it in your life. It’s helpful to have a room or a private corner where you can work creatively. The feng shui principle of clearing out the physical clutter from your home also allows creative energy to flow more freely. Decorating your creative space with harmonious colours and filling it with music and inspirational art or anything that gives you pleasure will help the flow of energy.

In the clutter of daily life, meditation is a way to create inner space. Many of us lead busy lives full of noise and distractions. Slowing down enough to catch our breath, become still and experience silence can be difficult because we often don’t know how to do this.

Building solitude and silence into your life is important if you want to be able to hear yourself think. As creative beings we need that silence. Take the time to consciously tune in to yourself and slow down perhaps by spending time in nature, journaling or doing a regular meditation practice. Make an appointment to have a cup of tea with yourself.