Because that’s where we find our bliss. And you don’t need to be Picasso to make your life creative. You only need to give yourself permission.
Permission to wear purple and red. Permission to add that touch of cinnamon or chocolate to your coffee. Permission to dye those stained white towels Caribbean blue.
We are creative beings. But most of us have beaten our creative urges into the dark spaces of our bodies and souls. That inner critic who says your ideas are crap, that inner coach who says you’ll never make the majors, that trusted figure who tells you artists starve, they all tried to beat the artist into submission.
But that doesn’t happen. The artist in you just goes deeper inside and is hanging out there, perhaps enjoying the downtime, preparing ideas to burst to the surface in what might seem awkward moments since you’ve not been listening. That urge to paint one wall a different color. The moment you burst into dance on the subway. The skip in your step to the music in the park. Right? That time you bought those floral pants. Or that one coffee cup that doesn’t match anything but makes you smile.
“But it doesn’t go,” or “they’ll think I’m weird,” you tell yourself and put on the solid grays and grab the cup that matched the white plates. And the inner artist, buried deep inside, gives you the finger and waits for the next opportunity to inspire you.
Let’s set the inner artist free. Our yoga and writing retreat March 13 to 18 will coax our inner artist to the surface. Yoga frees the tight bonds that hold the creative spirit in check. Writing helps you express those ideas: off the mind, on the paper. Take 5 nights and 6 days to work deeply into the crevices where we’ve stashed our muse and gently draw him/her/them out. We’ll learn to write about normal things in a very creative way and we’ll see the artist in the every day. We’ll even publish an anthology of our work.
Join author and publisher Bathsheba Monk, Iyengar yoga teacher and writer Lisa Towson and me, Joanne Fanny Barry, entrepreneur, author and yoga teacher for an amazing 5 night 6 day retreat at Tribal Tulum in Tulum, Mexico. Why not live a more creative life? Set yourself free.
Contact me for details, itinerary and pricing soon as space is limited.