CREATIVITY

Written By vijay sridharan

Creativity is using our imaginations to make entirely new things – like art, recipes, different routes to work ... It is seeing connections, being open to inspiration, and innovating in ways big and small.

Inspiration for nurturing creativity

  • Keep toys in your workspace. 

  • Put yourself in unusual-for-you environments. If you’ve never been, go to the opera, a basketball game, a restaurant with unfamiliar cuisine … and create new neural pathways.

  • Give yourself the mental space for new ideas to arise. The mostly silent Calm Light meditations are designed for this.

  • Doodle! Free-drawing gives the focus circuits of the brain a rest while still keeping the brain “online,” increasing creativity.

  • Use the Calm Non-Judgment guided meditation to quiet any creativity-quashing inner critic.

  • Give yourself deadlines. This focuses the mind to find immediate inspiration.

  • Follow artists and creative people on Instagram and fill your feed with visuals that spark your imagination.

Self-reflection

How do I express my creativity?

““You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.””
— Maya Angelou
 
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About Calm Cards 
About Calm Cards 

We created these cards as a way to intentionally cultivate the qualities that support us in showing up for ourselves and others, in ways that feel nourishing and meaningful. 

We encourage you to engage with the Calm Cards in whatever way feels best. Here are a few ways that we love to use them:

  • Pick a card in the morning to set an intention for the day

  • Pick a card on a Sunday to set an intention for the week

  • Pick a card on the first day of the month to set an intention for the month

  • Pick a card when you’re feeling stuck, to see what happens when you infuse more of that quality into your day

  • Pick a card when you’re struggling with another person to explore what qualities might bring more ease into your relationship

  • Pick a card and use it as journaling prompt

  • Pick a card and use it in your meditation practice

  • Pick a card to use with a partner or group — like a book club, but an intention club; connect daily or weekly or monthly and share your experiences

  • Send a card to a friend who may need some inspiration

Check out the entire collection of Calm Intentions here.

Pick another Calm Intentions card here.

We’ve also put all of the cards in a lovely booklet for you to use as a mindfulness tool, a journal full of inspiration for your practice. Download the Calm Intentions Journal here!


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