What do yoga and creativity have in common? Can yoga help us tap into creative energy? Both creativity and yoga invite us into a sense of liberation. Both ask us to be present. Both require us to notice. There is an endless wellspring of creativity we can tap into, but it doesn’t always feel easy to access. Sometimes, we need to go outside. To play. Then, we can go within, and let our creative practice or our yoga practice guide us. This episode is for you, creative yogis: those of you following the creative fire, who want to be transformed by yoga, but also want to transform the world around you with your creative energy. We practice to see the yoga in everything, and to find creative energy everywhere.

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Time Stamps

00:00 a story about freedom 

07:52 creativity is for everyone 

10:40 the yoga in everything 

13:05 dreaming big 

19:05 mastermind groups 

22:56 giveaway!

24:20 OfferingTree

26:44 part one: go play outside

30:53 the practice of lingering

32:08 creativity requires noticing

35:26 “a life that feels like dirt under your fingernails”

40:01 don’t scare the creative fish away 

42:19 part two: go play inside 

44:02 grinding the grains of life

46:31 resistance & flow

49:20 learn from a wide range of creatives

52:34 allowing yourself to be immersed

53:45 “if you can spot it, you’ve got it”

57:32 a state of joy

58:36 heart-brain coherence