Igniting the Creative Spark

Igniting the Creative Spark

Creativity is experienced in many ways. Creative design, of course, but also in creative problem solving, brainstorming products and business growth. This meditation helps energize your creative spark.

Igniting the Creative Spark

by Janet Fouts and Adam Helweh | Meditation for Marketers

Transcript

Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes and serves us in so many ways.
There is the creativity of the artist, the designer, the musician, the architect, the dancer, the chef
Those are often the ones that first come to mind
But there is also
The creativity of the problem solver, the salesperson, the manager, the doctor, the lawyer, the parent, the child

We all face creative challenges every day, and in hard or challenging times
we can get stuck, without a creative spark to get us through.
And when that spark is gone it can be so hard to get it back
Our mind filled with
Failure
Fear
Self-judgement
Denial

Creativity doesn’t really abandon us
As it seems in the moment
We abandon it
In a way
We stop trusting, Start doubting
How do we get back into that beautiful flow?
Where ideas flourish and answers appear as if from nowhere?

We can’t force it, We can only allow it the space to appear
Meditation can help us to create that space
By shutting off the doubt
The fear
The self-judgement
… to trust the process and know that deep in the recesses of your heart that you can do it

Remember the last time you had a great idea?
In the shower
On a hike
Playing with your kid
And it just came to you out of nowhere
BOOM
A gift
From yourself
From your own all-knowing mind
Creativity is not a formula
It’s simply trusting the process of letting go, Stepping back to allow what is to be, And to allow the flow to begin

Trust the process,

Step back and Take a deep breath, filling your lungs fully and Hold it for a few seconds

Exhale fully with a sigh, Allowing all that pent up stress to whoosh out

Pause for a heartbeat and repeat two more times, inhale Feeling your yourself gain energy from the oxygen filling your body, exhale Feeling the release of what’s blocking the flow

Focusing only on this breath, in hold, and then release out.

Now letting your breath come naturally
Just as it is
Bring energy forward
Feel it flowing through you.
Refreshed
Invigorated
That spark is there

This meditation is short and can be repeated any time you need to get out of your head for a moment To let the ideas come

Trust the process
Be kind to yourself
Allow it to do it’s work
And it will come
And you will create

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Created by

Janet Fouts

Janet Fouts

Janet is a mindfulness and meditation coach based in the San Francisco bay area and has 20+ years of experience as a digital marketer, CEO and entrepreneur. She brings an approachable,  practical approach to mindfulness for teams and leaders to lead with authority, resilience and compassion.
Adam Helweh

Adam Helweh

Adam Helweh is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley performance marketing agency Secret Sushi. For the last 20 years, he's helped clients navigate the evolving digital marketing landscape and harness it to grow their business. He believes that, in the age of the connected customer, understanding what it means to be a connected marketer is critical to being successful. Outside of work, he is pursuing his most significant role ever as a first-time father, re-experiencing life through his son's eyes.