Follow Your Joy (10-Minute Meditation For Creators)

Reconnect with one of the most powerful forces in your creative life — joy. As artists, storytellers, and creators, you have permission to use everything inside you to tell your story. That includes the full spectrum of emotion and expression. Joy can sometimes feel hard to access, but it's simple, abundant, and everywhere (once you begin to look for it).

WRITING PROMPTS:
Some days, the river of creativity runs clear.
Some days it hits a dam.

Your job as a writer isn’t to force the river.
It’s to be resourceful enough to find the piece of wood in that dam you can actually pull today.

Where is the flow already happening in you right now?
Not where you think you should write from.
Where there’s energy and movement, where it feels lighter.

Name what’s most accessible today.
Then write from that place.

If your topic is heavy, that’s okay.
Let your access point be ease.

End with this line:
“When I follow the flow instead of forcing it, I find _____.”

Transcript

Hello and welcome to the Writer's Club. My name is Darius and I'm so grateful that you and I get this time together. Let's begin our practice. If your eyes are open, I'd like to invite you to close them now. As we begin to go inwards together, Nice and slow, Taking longer, Deeper breaths. With each inhale, Imagining new creative energy coming into your system. With each exhale, Old stagnant energy leaving with ease. As we continue breathing in and out, We are accessing new creative energy. We are getting lighter, More confident, More focused and present. Feeling your feet beneath you, Grounded, Supported, Tall, Gentle spine, Heart open, Voice open, Vision open, Crown tall, Open, Ready to receive, Ready to receive. Our theme today is joy, Beautiful, Simple, Sacred joy. We are writers, We are artists, We are storytellers. And in order to be effective storytellers, We need to be resourceful. Some days we go into the depths of our shadow and use pain and sadness and anger to create. Some days we go into the depths of our joy and bliss and pleasure and find energy to create. You are a storyteller, You are an artist, You are a writer. And you are allowed to use everything available to you to share your stories. Let's take a deep breath here, Breathing in, Hold at the top of your inhale. Big exhale out. Where is your joy? Can you feel it in your body? Maybe it's subtle. Maybe it's loud. Continue taking deep breaths and your joy will find you. Joy is incredibly simple. Joy is incredibly abundant. It's everywhere. You can feel it even 1%. Breathe into that place, Allow it to build. Today we will follow our joy and let it guide us. Today we will allow joy to light our path. There's nothing that needs to happen here, Dear artist. If you are trying to make something happen, Joy will be very elusive. Simply be here, Now. Breathe here, Now. What's here, Now. Bravo, Dear artist. Bravo, Dear writer. You made it to the end of our meditation and for that I am so grateful. For those that are joining live at the Artist Morning Writers Club, I'm going to put 66 minutes on the clock and share an optional writing exercise on our theme of joy and allow you to continue diving deep with your writing and your creative exploration today. Of course, If you're catching us on a replay, Perhaps on Insight Timer, You can also do the same. Thank you so much for meditating with me. My name is Darius and I will see you next time.

Reviews

Ready to be creative with whatever meets me today!

Good morning! What a beautiful meditation. I think that I feel joy the most is when I’m actually creating….
It might take me a few minutes to get into the flow but once I do it’s such a settling feeling. You know I’m not a writer “yet” but when I’m painting or knitting it’s just when a piece starts to take life I just want to keep going. I’m always looking ahead for what the next thing will be.
I’m still working on my watercolor journal from pictures I took. And I actually am going back over most of them to add more detail. I’ve always had some form of creativity through out my life and it’s always been something that calms and centers me.
If I hit a dry patch it’s ok to take a break. I’ll work on something else. 😉
Thanks D have a magical day. 💕🙏🏻