{"id":7393,"date":"2016-06-24T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/24\/meditation-for-the-creative-mind\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:04:53","slug":"meditation-for-the-creative-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/meditation-for-the-creative-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation for the Creative Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7393\" class=\"elementor elementor-7393\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a9ca547 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a9ca547\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5304c66c\" data-id=\"5304c66c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179896d elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"179896d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Meditation-for-the-Creative-Mind-e1676983859699-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Meditation-for-the-Creative-Mind-e1676983859699-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Meditation-for-the-Creative-Mind-e1676983859699-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Meditation-for-the-Creative-Mind-e1676983859699-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Meditation-for-the-Creative-Mind-e1676983859699-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Meditation-for-the-Creative-Mind-e1676983859699-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1e9986 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b1e9986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Creativity is a valuable resource. We look at the brilliant, inspired ideas of others, marvelling at their originality and boldness, and want our own brains to work that way. There\u2019s also an inescapable air of romance around the people who dedicate themselves to a <a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/why-meditate\/creativity\/creative-flow\/\\&quot;\">creative life<\/a>, with the penniless artist, travelling writer and glamorous fashion designer all existing seductively in the popular imagination. With meditation for the creative mind, you can spark your own inventiveness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60d223 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d60d223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8393a39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8393a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ultimately, creativity is about turning ideas and imagination into a reality. The thinking stage of creativity, seeing things in new and interesting ways and coming up with ideas, is hugely important &#8211; as is the action stage, where you take these ideas out into the world. Unfortunately, there are plenty of things that can interrupt and hold back people in both these stages, and many of us aren\u2019t as creative as we\u2019d like to be.<\/p><p>Meditation is something that can become an integral part of both the cerebral and productive aspects of creativity, and here\u2019s how meditation can help break down the barriers that hold us back from being truly creative. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/meditation-for-the-creative-mind\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meditation for the Creative Mind<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creativity is a valuable resource. We look at the brilliant, inspired ideas of others, marvelling at their originality and boldness, and want our own brains to work that way. 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