"Being too self demanding kills your creative process"

I guess I’ve always been very connected to my creative process. Like many kids, I always enjoyed drawing, painting and any activity that implied creating and using my hands.   

Then you grow, and somehow you start losing that connection “naturally”: studies, jobs, friends and family gather all your attention.   

I did not realize how important it was keeping that creative space alive, until I stop doing it.

As Caroline Myss writes on her book Anatomy of the spirit, “the creative energy is essentially physical, earthly, it is connected to earth. It is the feeling of being physically alive. Habit is a hell to which people cling in order to stem the tide of change.”

I often hear many people say “I’m not that kind of creative person”; but in my experience, no matter how you channel it (arts, music, sports, parenting…), I believe anyone can explore and connect with their creativity, **as long as they connect with their inner self.** For me, it is essential to look for opportunities at the workplace, or during your free time “to create”.  

Meditation and Yoga are also great tools to achieve that connection. When you let yourself flow in the process, no matter what the result is, **you are connected**. And the curious thing is that letting it flow, is what makes the entire experience a satisfying one.

In this Ted Talk, the great writer Elizabeth Gilbert analyses the creative process when it comes to conflict with fear, and shares her personal experience after becoming the best-seller for her book “Eat, Pray, Love”.

Enjoy it!  

Cristina