A weekly blog post on issues of interest for artists and those who want more creativity in their lives and at the same time live robust and vibrant lives.
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I like these suggestions for mediation, something that many of us struggle with because we have a preconceived idea of what meditation is...here is a cut and paste from the main article which offers two apps to download:
Quote from ARTWORKARCHIVE
"When starting a new habit, it’s helpful to have some guidance. Here are two favorite apps from this Artwork Archive staff member and yoga teacher.
Simple Habit: This app is marketed as a meditation app designed to help busy people. You don’t have to go to an ashram to get your meditation on. You don’t even need to be seated cross-legged with sage burning by your side. With Simple Habit you can select meditations based on the time you have (even as short as five minutes) and select guided meditations based on your activity—taking a walk, commuting by train, etc. They have categories for different types of intentions too: career, parenting, sleep, happiness, etc..
Insight Timer: This app features guided meditations, music and talks posted by contributing experts. You’ll find sleep music for falling asleep faster and deeper, which will help you approach your studio rested and refreshed the next day. You'll also find yoga nidra meditations for relaxation, poetry to ease the mind, and more.
Meditations to Ease the Artist’s Mind
COVID-19 got you stressed out? Here are mindfulness techniques to help alleviate anxiety.Good morning Queensland and afar. Its a quiet day here in the bush. Dogs sleeping, music playing, candle flickering, coffee cup empty now...I have planted vegetables over the last few days. Some seeds have already sprouted. Others have not...This morning, on this quiet morning, I send love to those of you who are reading this. I send hope. And I send just a little bit of wildness.
This is the question I ask myself each morning, as I begin with the Ritual of Awakening: "What do I want to frame today, as in focus on, as in invent...what do I want to create today?"
PS On my home page Margi Brown Ash, I am compiling a list of resources that you may find useful. Check them out if you need help answering your ritual of awakening question.
When things get tough it is sometimes good to talk with someone just outside your circle. Perhaps I could be that person.
I am offering free creative/conversations/counselling/coaching for Queensland artists and clients of 4change for the next few weeks as we renegotiate a new way of being in the world. Please send an email to margibrownash@gmail.com
I am aware that many of you have lost many gigs. This afternoon at 4pm La Boite is live streaming a gathering of arts workers as we discuss what is happening. Tune in (thank you Craig Wilkinson for live streaming...a safer option that turning up).
Many of you could even be thinking that social distancing (or self isolation) is going a bit too far... (in my opinion, and many of the health experts) it is the only way forward...all organisations need to go online...the technology is there. We can stay in touch/work/create through social media, Skype, Zoom etc. If we all turn up to this crisis, things will turn a corner. If we don't we will be stuck in this groove-of-fear for a very long time.
A difficult time for many of our arts community...I am offering free on-line coaching/counselling/creative conversations to my clients and Queensland artists...if you want to chat, even if you don't know what to chat about, please email me on margibrownash@gmail.com or send a private message on Facebook...we can chat and reframe what is happening. Tuesday afternoon I have several sessions available. We work together, we support each other, we get through...
Here you will find some more information about this project:
NAME: "My Re-Enchantment Project"
This is a 5 month indwelling of creative practice.
You will create your own project in community with like-minded artists, and at the same time, expose your practice to new ways of seeing.
You will participate in a range of different workshops by leading arts practitioners.
You will engage in Bootcamp writing sessions as well as one-on-one coaching sessions with Dr. Margi Brown Ash.
MY RE-ENCHANTMENT PROJECT IS ABOUT TO BE BEGIN
An image from my play EVE 4change coaching has been operating firstly out of Metro Arts for nearly 2 decades, and now out of Pullenvale, in the leafy western suJune 19, 2019 post accessed on https://www.margibrownash.com/single-post/2019/06/19/Choose-not-to-be-harmed-and-you-havent-been