By Arielle Giordano
Enjoying the creative process inspires and remodels our inner reality—our thoughts, feelings and perceptions.
Expressing yourself through creativity can bring renewal and regeneration, whether it is through dance, movement, music and choreography, visual arts, writing, cooking, making, building, or just living. Creativity can transform our painful reactions to situations and help us to heal from traumatic life experiences. Creativity gives us a renewed strength and offers a unique way to give voice to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Through my own processes, I have healed old wounds with catharses of the heart. I have expressed myself in ways that satisfied and transformed me and my life experiences. I now know that seeing life through the lens of creativity is a unique experience that can expand consciousness and human potential.
If you are ready to open that door and step through, start with something simple such as thinking about a topic and then drawing in relation to it. I have found this an interesting and revealing experience in my own creative growth. Moreover, when I am feeling down and dance, the movements exuberate and enliven my body, heart and soul. Thoughts and feelings are integrated, and whatever I was upset about is either no longer bothering me, a solution presents itself, or I just let it go. Dancing takes me out of my own self. It empowers my ability to reach new depths of being alive through the freedom of self-expression.
Enjoying the creative process inspires and remodels our inner reality—our thoughts, feelings and perceptions. Our view of the world shifts in a subtle way. As we take pleasure in looking at a painting, for example, the painting becomes alive as we put ourselves into what is real in the moment.
Self-expression through creativity is an opportunity to gain deeper insights and understanding within ourselves. We get to feel our feelings and think our thoughts. We get to see new aspects within ourselves, our lives and others. A new awareness gets to have form, a voice, a structure, and a constructive expression for our inner and outer harmony.
In her article“Giving Life to Carl Rogers theory of Creativity,”Natalie Rogers writes that “using the expressive arts gives people a safe place to explore their shadow side…the part we have repressed in our lives.” Referring to expressive arts therapy, she says: “The creative process is life force energy. If offers a safe, empathic, nonjudgmental environment, and a transformative process for constructive change…Using movement, sound, color and drama offer opportunities to first become aware of one’s shadow, and then to explore it fully through many media.”
As human beings, we have a natural propensity for and love of beauty. Throughout history, we have followed and appreciated the great masters of Ancient Greece and Roman, the Renaissance, and Egyptian civilization, to name just a few. As human beings, we honor the love of aesthetics and the transformational process of creativity, art and self-expression.
It’s time to let these powerful ways heal human consciousness on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.
Transformational Life Coach Award-Winning Author & Speaker, Professional Dancer. Arielle’s Award-Winning book for Best Self-Help Award: Dancing With Your Story From The Inside is available on http://www.Amazon.com. Her professional career includes the Lead Faculty Area Chairperson and Professor for the College of Humanities, History and the Arts at the University of Phoenix. She is a published co-author of Transform Your Life Books 1 & 2 and author for Tampa Bay Wellness, Conscious Shift & Transformation magazine. She has published her 4th book, an Instructor’s Manual for Barlow Abnormal Psychology 4th ed. and authored Psychology, A Journey 3rd.ed. Study Guide published by Nelson Education, Toronto, ON. She has also studied philosophy at the College of Integrated Philosophy with John DeRuiter for twenty years. Arielle has been a featured guest on radio and television, in newspapers, and the media across the US and Canada. She is a certified Essentrics Stretch and Dance Instructor. Arielle offers coaching sessions, classes and workshops and a free 30-minute Consultation. Arielle’s new book Dancing with Your Story from the Inside Out is now available on http://www.Amazon.com. Websites: http://www.dancingfromtheinsideout.com,
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