Creative Calm - Drawing, painting and gentle crafts for mindfulness and inner peace

Framed around the seven chakras, with a beautiful and calming design.
Creative Calm is a practical mixed media art and craft book for those seeking soul enrichment and a more calming gentle life through a creative practice. Written and illustrated by qualified art therapist Sandy Cousens, this holistic guide explores the various ways we can connect with our more creative selves and find peace and fulfilment.

Creative Calm is a book for those seeking soul enrichment and a more calming gentle life through a creative practice. Written and illustrated by qualified art therapist Sandy Cousens, this holistic guide explores the various ways we can connect with our more creative selves and find peace and fulfilment in doing so. Touching on all areas of life, this guide is for all those who feel they lack purpose, and would like to nurture their more creative selves.The book features step-by-step guides to practical art and craft projects designed to draw out the innate creativity of the reader, and allow them to connect with their purest selves through mindfulness, meditations, mantras and journaling exercises. The book is designed to be accessible and socially conscious, asking the question - are we creating or consuming? - and looking at what that means in the context of introducing a spiritual and artistic practice.The seven chapters all speak to the seven chakras, and the book takes the r eader on a journey through the self as they explore the various ways they can generate feelings of self-love through art and self-care. Each chapter explores how that creative energy of that chakra can be explored in the physical world, with drawing practices, watercolour practices, and gentle crafts. Throughout, Sandy's unique wisdom and perspective guide the reader on a journey of calming creative discovery towards a sense of peace, while learning new skills or brushing up on dormant ones.Perfect for people who want to explore their creativity through a mindfulness lens, Creative Calm is beginner-friendly and full of inspiring projects to help more experienced creators stretch their artistic muscles and find a new sense of joy and peace in the moment through art.

Leseprobe:

Creative awakeningThank you for joining me on this journey of creative exploration and self-discovery.This book was inspired by my voyage of self-exploration that started many years ago when life was presenting me with challenge after challenge, leaving me exhausted and feeling there was no way out. Then, one day, in a rare moment of quiet, I found myself doodling on a scrap of paper (as a child, I doodled to forget my worries). I felt a tremendous sense of calm, and I realised that I was 'in the moment'. I wasn't thinking about work, my to-do list, family commitments, or anything. From that moment on, I embraced the mindfulness that creativity brought me. I became a 'creatarian'! Creativity has always been a crucial part of who I am and led me to set up an interior design business and art studio. What I hadn't realised was how creativity could spiritually awaken me. Watching others in my studio experience the joy of painting and drawing inspired me to study art therapy and mindfu lness. This learning experience confirmed in my mind that self-love, acceptance and trust in the greater good are fundamental to living a calmer life.I hope that Creative Calm will help you tap into your innate creativity, nurture self-love and help balance your chakras (energy centres). You don't need to be 'good at art', just remember that you are unique, valuable and worthy. Your potential is limitless! Creative joy to you.