Week Two: Resourcing
Supportive Symbols and Breathing in the Good
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Now that you have had a chance to experiment with the three aspects of the Creative Inquiry Process, Somatic Awareness, Simple Drawing and Painting, and Uncensored Writing, we are going to focus a bit on developing our creative and somatic resources. Although Creative Inquiry is a fairly simple process, it is also quite powerful in its ability to get underneath our sensoring mind. So not only can we reveal our inner wisdom, but we can also uncover fears and beliefs that have kept us from realizing our full potential. This is why it is important to make sure we have positive resources that can help us when we feel challenged.
Over the last couple of decades it has become more and more clear that in order for us to change patterns of thoughts and behaviours that are not working for us we cannot focus only on what we see as the problem. Neuro-psychology has shown that we also have to find ways to stimulate our sense of what we view as good, nurturing and inspiring. One of the main proponents of this is Rick Hanson and his book Hardwiring Happiness. You can find out more about this at rickhanson.net/key-offerings. The biggest take away I got from his offerings is a process called Taking in the Good, which I have simplified a bit to make it user friendly and focus on breathing, so I call it Breathing in the Good.
Over the last couple of decades it has become more and more clear that in order for us to change patterns of thoughts and behaviours that are not working for us we cannot focus only on what we see as the problem. Neuro-psychology has shown that we also have to find ways to stimulate our sense of what we view as good, nurturing and inspiring. One of the main proponents of this is Rick Hanson and his book Hardwiring Happiness. You can find out more about this at rickhanson.net/key-offerings. The biggest take away I got from his offerings is a process called Taking in the Good, which I have simplified a bit to make it user friendly and focus on breathing, so I call it Breathing in the Good.
