Where does creativity come from?
According to Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong, creativity is an energy that exists around you in the natural world. When you know how to tap into this potent energy, it can expand your mind, helping you become awakened to new ideas and possibilities.
In Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong, creativity is connected to the season of spring. Therefore, if you live in the northern hemisphere, right now is the perfect time to cultivate your creative potential.
In this blog, you’ll learn how to channel the gifts of springtime to fuel your artistic and inventive pursuits.
If you look around during springtime, the natural world is rich with beauty and wonder. It’s like all of the plants and animals are celebrating the warmer temperatures and longer days.
Most scientists attribute this pattern to the increased abundance of sunlight following the winter months. While this explanation is certainly valid, Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong offer some additional insights.
The season of spring carries a certain form of energy. This energy is connected to the Wood Element as well as your Liver. Wood Element’s qualities include strength, resilience, vision, and creativity.
These qualities are visible everywhere you look in the natural world.
In the plant kingdom, these gifts present themselves in the form of young seedlings bursting forth from the soil, or buds blooming into radiant and colorful flowers.
In the animal kingdom, resilience and creativity can be seen when baby birds leap into the air to fly for the first time, or fawns take their first steps on wobbly legs.
Each plant and animal has its own unique way of expressing resilience and creativity. However, each of them embody the same, potent energy that springtime and the Wood Element offer.
Humans may not be able to grow radiant flower petals or leap into the sky with widespread wings, but you can still channel the season’s gifts in wonderful ways.
For humans, creativity can take many forms.
For some people, creativity comes in the form of art or music. For others, it manifests through writing or photography. And others yet find creative expression through business, teaching, or activities in nature.
Just as every plant and animal has its own unique way of manifesting the season’s energy, the same is true for humans. Each individual person brings forth their own special way of channeling the gift of creativity.
To channel the gift of creativity, it’s important to get in touch with your own personal truth. Try to pay attention to whatever you feel called to pursue.
In many cases, following your creative calling means casting off the limiting beliefs or barriers that hold you back. Sometimes, your greatest creations come to life when you overcome ingrained patterns that don’t reflect your deepest passions or desires.
One great way to tap into your inner truth and cultivate creativity is simply to spend time in nature during springtime. When you immerse yourself in the season’s gifts, its energy naturally flows through you. In doing so, the season of spring can help fuel your inspiration and bring your ideas to life.
Another wonderful way to harness the season’s gifts is to practice Qi Gong.
Certain Qi Gong practices are designed to help you cultivate the Wood Element within your being so you can unlock your creative potential.
One such form of Qi Gong is called Swimming Dragon.
Swimming Dragon Qi Gong focuses on strengthening the Wood Element. In doing so, it unlocks an abundance of strength, resilience, and creativity.
When you practice Qi Gong, it allows you to attune your mind more deeply to the energy around you. That allows you to soak up the creative gifts that the season offers.
If you’re interested in learning Swimming Dragon Qi Gong for yourself to harness your creative potential, be sure to check out the on-demand Qi Gong for Spring Workshop.
In the Qi Gong for Spring Workshop, you’ll learn powerful Qi Gong practices that are specifically geared toward helping you cultivate strength, resilience, and creativity. And because this is an on-demand workshop, you can enjoy the lessons whenever you want from the comfort of your own home.
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