Relaxation is paramount to opening the door of creativity in any given moment. Tension in the mind and body serves to limit our ability to get "outside the box". In fact, "the box" is made of tension and its resulting contractions at both a mental and physical level. Sometimes we hear of creativity happening as a result of overwhelming tension but I would argue it is when the individual has "surrendered" to their circumstance that the creative solution manifests. This does not mean "giving up" but rather speaks to a deep acceptance of the here and now that opens the door to an unbounded future.
Learning to relax may be the greatest thing you could do to improve your health and quality of life and it may just awaken that creative genius that lies within each of us. You have access to a well of creativity that is only yours and I pray you are able to access it and express it in your life for everyone's benefit.
Namaste,
Steve
Yogi Jayanta
Agreed, creativity is a fabulous dimension of life, and leads very easily to the deeply mystic sensation of being a channel for the Divine. But in my experience, it emerges best from an interplay of relaxation AND tension. True, it is when relaxing that new ideas and new forms arise. But it seems that a first phase of deliberate active focus on the question at hand is necessary to have a truly creative phase of relaxation. A bit like archery. The more you tense your bow, the further the arrow goes when relaxing the tension. Of course, the focus can in principle be done consciously, although I find that hard in practice.
ReplyDeleteNamaste and love,
Yann Hanumanji
Yes yes yes you're onto something.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to do some neurological research on it, because nothing has been done on the connection between the two. Only one guy named Roy Horan (http://polyu.academia.edu/RoyHoran) has tried to begin putting it together in his reviews. Yes, it seems pretty obvious that it has to do something with relaxation and the non-judgemental attitude of the mind. From a scientific perspective, much more definition clarity is involved but I won't hassle you with it.
Anyways, enjoy the creative process! I always feel so much more inspired to write after a good yoga class.
Namaste,
Kelly