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june 2016yogajournal.comIT’S ALL TOO EASY to fi nd yourself on autopilot, simply
going through the same-old motions: work, eat, yoga,
sleep, repeat. And while sometimes sticking to your
routine is a good thing—like showering every morning,
without which you might start to lose friends!—it can
also make your life (and, let’s face it, you) a bit boring.
Which is why there are tremendous benefi ts to stepping
outside your go-to box, whether that box includes eating
the same bowl of steel-cut oats every morning or going
to the same yoga class every other night. The path to
your escape: tapping your creativity.
Now, before you start having fl ashbacks to those
miserable, parent-mandated clarinet lessons of your
childhood, take a big breath. We’re not suggesting you
need to develop the musical skills of Mozart, write the
next great American novel, or innovate a best-selling
app. Rediscovering the creative genius inside you is
actually much simpler than all of that.
“We all have many seeds of creativity in us,” says
Gail Brenner, PhD, author of The End of Self-Help:
Discovering Peace and Happiness Right at the Heart of
Your Messy, Scary, Brilliant Life. “We just have to make
the space for them to come through and fl ourish.” Of
course, our yoga and meditation practices can help us
do that. Read on for expert advice, techniques, and
more to help you step fully into your creative fl ow.BY SALLY WADYKAEven when things are
going great, you can
still get mired in daily
patterns that start to
feel uninspiring at best,
and draining at worst.
Why not break out
of your comfort zone
and discover how
much richer life can
be? Here’s everything
you need to start.