The resource is designed to help spiritual directors and others use expressive arts in the context of spiritual direction. It is the latest book in the unique SDI series, designed for professional spiritual directors, but also useful for clergy, therapists, and Christian formation specialists. The Spiritual Directors International Series – This book is part of a special series produced by Morehouse Publishing in cooperation with Spiritual Directors International (SDI), a global network of some 6,000 spiritual directors and members.

Your creative spirit is present when you experience positive energy flowing through you. This energy is ignited when you make a direct connection with God. This vibration state is where you have access to the true you, which is your higher self. Your higher self rules when you work to strip, reduce, or dissolve any negative tampering influenced by a domination of your physical surroundings. Make a connection with something greater than yourself and allow that energy Light to permeate your soul and cleanse it of toxic debris. This will assist in the process of awakening your creative spirit from slumber. Your creative spirit is more than being artistic and getting involved in creativity pursuits, although this is a good part of it. When your creative spirit is activated by a high vibration state of being, then this is the space you create from. You can apply this to your dealings in life, your creative and artistic pursuits, and to having a greater communication line with your Spirit team on the Other Side. Your creative spirit brings your soul into a high vibration state of being because coming from a place of creativity raises your vibration. This is the zone where you create and manifest your visions at higher levels from, while simultaneously moving you into the joy of your life. It is thinking like a kid, unleashing your inner artist, and realizing your soul’s potential. When you claim your celestial power with the assistance of your heavenly helpers by your side on your Earthly life, then this assists in capitalizing the true divine power within you. Awaken Your Creative Spirit is an overview of what it means to have access to Divine assistance and how that plays a part in arousing the muse within you in order to bring your state of mind into a happier space.

Unleash your inner genius and take your life by storm with this supportive guide to fearlessly cultivating your imagination and sustaining your creativity Do you have a nagging suspicion that you're not living up to your creative potential? Do you feel hindered by the deeply embedded programming of social conformity and core limiting beliefs? Most of all, are you ready to shed those shackles and unleash the raging genius deep inside? In Awaken Your Genius, author Carolyn Elliott helps you do just that with a seven-step course that shows you how to live at your fullest creative potential and make manifest your deepest desires and dreams. In Step 1, Hearing the Heart's Call, you'll learn how to determine your true passions and create a vision for yourself at your most fully realized best. Step 2, Accepting the Call, helps you turn that vision into a commitment. Step 3, Meeting the Guide, opens the door to dialoguing with your inner mentor—the subconscious part of yourself that knows what's missing and how to get it. Step 4, Crossing the Threshold, shows you how to let go of socially programed conformity and venture into your own personal imaginative dreamscape. Step 5, Enduring Trials, gives you tools and tips on navigating the inevitable obstacles that arise when doing this kind of transformational work. Step 6, Becoming Divine, shows you how to tune in to your most expansive, unconditionally loving self, which in turn gives you the power to manifest your dreams and inspire those around you. Step 7, Taming Your Genius, shows you how to negotiate with your newfound genius—a mighty power to be reckoned with—so that it gets sustenance without becoming disruptive. Each step comes with excellent explanations of the powers at work, as well as assignments (called "experiments") and check-ins to make sure you're keeping up with the previous steps.

Trust the Creativity within You—Then Get Out of Its Way “[This] is the invitation of the inner creative spirit: you are created to create. The creative potential within you is one of the things that makes you ‘in the image and likeness of God.’ Whether your medium be music, watercolors, clay, gardening, woodworking, writing, cooking, dance or voice, the Creator has gifted you with creativity. Your gift in return is to use it.” —from the Conclusion This inspiring guide shows you how to cultivate your creative spirit, particularly in the second half of life, as a way to encourage personal growth, enrich your spiritual life and deepen your communion with God. Each chapter provides questions for reflection to help you identify your creative energy, overcome your insecurities, and connect with your chosen method of expression. Practical exercises at the end of each chapter help you awaken your creative spirit within. Whether you’re a novice or expert; young adult, middle age or golden age; you will be challenged by this invigorating call to set free your creative potential.

Cultivating Your Creative Life: Exercises, Activities, and Inspiration for Finding Balance, Beauty, and Success as an Artist is a multi-faceted book where creativity and wonder intermingle to show how to live a creative and balanced life while moving toward your goals. You’ll find ideas for keeping your creative well full, an illustrated guide to healing herbs and plants, basic yoga poses and breathing exercises, and tips for moving your artistic career forward. Alena Hennessy's illustration style combines nature, whimsey, delicacy, and a modern sensibility; vibrant pen and ink illustrations accompany relevant quotes ofinspiration, tips, and creative journal exercises. Cultivating Your Creative Life is not only an interactive creativity guide; it is a work of art, in itself—a beautiful, collectible volume—to save and to savor, or to give as a gift to the special creative person in your life.

Most people tend to idealize artists, writers, and others of the “creative class” as uniquely gifted. But the capacity to create is part of being human–whether that means writing, making art, cooking, gardening, sewing, dancing, acting, singing, or virtually any activity. In Chi and Creativity, Kaleo Ching and Elise Dirlam Ching show readers how to use a wide range of strategies to harness the energy of chi to uncover, and cultivate, that often elusive inner artist.Based on their popular workshops, the authors offer an integrative process to generate the joy, wonder, and sense of well-being necessary for artistic self-expression. Specific exercises draw on everything from acupressure and breathing techniques to Chi Kung movement and meditation. Through Chi Awareness, the body, mind, emotions, and spirit come into greater harmony. Through guided imagery, they dialogue. Through journaling, they speak. Through art, they join in creative expression of the inner discoveries along the path to greater balance and integration. Chi and Creativity is the authors’ way of sharing this magical transformative process and can be used by anyone who wants to add fuel to their creative fires.

In Awaken Your Senses, longtime ministers Beth Booram and Brent Bill invite you to engage your right brain in your faith through sensory spiritual practices that position your heart for divine encounter. Readings and a variety of exercises lead you to experience God in new ways through seeing, tasting, touching, smelling and hearing.

Awaken your inner artist! For more than a decade, Rebecca Schweiger has nurtured students' creative spirit, regardless of their skill or age. In Release Your Creativity, she offers 15 step-by-step painting and mixed-media projects designed to get anyone's creative juices flowing. These hands-on projects help beginners develop their singular point of view, so that each finished project is a unique expression of the person who created it.

Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations.

Kevin Hunter is an empowerment author specializing in a variety of genres, but he is most notably known for his work in the realms of spirituality, self-help, and love. He has assisted people around the world with standing in their power, and in having a stronger connection with Heaven, while navigating the materialistic practical world. Now some of his popular spiritually based books are available in this one gigantic volume. The Essential Kevin Hunter Collection is the spiritual bible that contains over 500 pages of content geared towards improving and enhancing your life. It is for those who prefer to have everything in one gigantic book. The content included in this edition are from the books: Spirit Guides and Angels - Kevin Hunter discusses Spirit Guides and Angels, what they are, and how to communicate with them. He touches on the four basic clair channels, empathy and emotional detachment, psychic timing, and psychics insights, as well as what happens when you refuse divine messages, and much more. Soul Mates and Twin Flames - Kevin Hunter passes on some of the messages and guidance he has received from his own Guides and Angels on the topics of love and relationships, Soul Mates, Twin Flames, Dysfunctional Relationships, Reconnecting with an Ex, Karmic Relationships, Friendships, Loneliness, working with the Romance Angels, Dating, Relationships, and more! Raising Your Vibration - Fine tuning your body and soul opens up the portal to receive Heavenly messages and guidance. Kevin Hunter discusses some of the guidance his angels and spirit guides have passed on to him that involve getting yourself into shape so that you can get your life in shape. Included are tips surrounding exercise and fitness, removing addictions and negative substances, avoiding gossip, remaining optimistic, harsh energies, clearing the clutter, as well as cord cutting, shielding, your life purpose, divine timing, etheric creatures, and much more! Divine Messages for Humanity - Kevin Hunter channels messages from the other side surrounding what Spirit has to say about humanity, and what this Earthly life is all about. Some of the many topics brought to light are Hell and the Devil, the real monsters of society, the ego, what happens to your spirit and soul when you die, the soul, the spirit, and power of the light, humanity's destruction, mass hysteria, prayer and affirmations, Jesus, abortion, race, and homosexuality. The Light's ultimate message in the end is what the entire spirit world is bathed in and that is love. Connecting with the Archangels - There are legions of benevolent Archangels in Heaven residing in other dimensions. They act as God’s arms to assist humanity one person at a time in achieving peace in their life. They know that when you are in a place of serenity that you are able to focus on your purpose without worry. They are infinite and can therefore be with everyone at once if you ask for their help. Kevin Hunter gives attention to sixteen prominent Archangels and discusses their specialties. He weaves in his own examples of how he works with the powerful Archangels in his daily life in order to demonstrate their areas of expertise. The five pocket books included in this volume contains the same content in Warrior of Light, Empowering Spirit Wisdom, and Darkness of Ego.