Meditation and Creativity for Balance and Well-Being

When I was a little girl, I was always drawn to arts and crafts. I loved getting lost in some type of art project, especially on school breaks. I eventually found my way back to this place, exploring various slow crafts after relocating to the Mendocino Coast. While doing these crafts, I began to notice the effect it had on my energy and state of being. I remember taking an evening pottery class while I was working at a very stressful, corporate job. The day would end and I felt like I had been run over by a bus and completely exhausted. I’d drag myself to the ceramic studio and began to notice by the end of class, I wasn’t exhausted anymore. I felt vibrant and alive. It was like a powerful river was running through me and I experienced a sense of calm in my nervous system again. My energy was completely transformed.

After experimenting with different crafts, I was drawn to beading and embroidering, delighting at the rainbow colors and rhythmic movements of moving the needle and creating something beautiful. As I beaded and embroidered, I started to use a few meditation tools, taking moments to pause and check in with my energy. I also noticed how much more I would get out of my beading and embroidering process if I meditated before I began. There was so much more ease in the process and noticed my creativity flowed more freely. I felt validated and renewed from the process.

I developed the Makers Meditation series because I saw there was an opportunity to combine meditation and creative acts to help restore our minds and bodies and give relief to our nervous systems. There are numerous studies that herald the positive impact creativity has on us, you can click here and here to find out more.

Each Makers Meditation class will start with a meditation, to help bring you in present time and align you with the creative act to follow. Throughout the creative process, I guide you through some moments to pause and check in with yourself, helping to enhance your ability to shift your energy. After the creative process is completed, we’ll close with a short meditation to fully integrate the energetic shifts into our minds and bodies.