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Fling the Beast: Yoga and Creativity Training
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Fling the Beast: Yoga and Creativity Training

ByJeffrey Davis

To sit in the mystery of your best self’s offering is delicious and unnerving. You see the vision of who you are becoming and of what you can give. But when the mouth of possibility awes open, you also feel, well, terror creep its little hairy fingers right up the back of your neck.

One way to fling that hairy beast off your back altogether is to lift off. Take gut action toward what you know rings right for your best self. Trust. Let uncertainty exhilarate you toward the great blue yonder of your heart’s desire.

A Bias for Mystery & Deep Curiosity
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A Bias for Mystery & Deep Curiosity

ByJeffrey Davis

The day can blaze past in a flurry of to-do’s. We can chase indiscriminately after knowledge and tips and advice so we can shore up our emotions against so much uncertainty. And yet another part of the day also rides the mystery train. How do we get on board? Lost creator J.J. Abrams tells the…

Creativity + Yoga + Story-telling Anthology & Website Launches
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Creativity + Yoga + Story-telling Anthology & Website Launches

ByJeffrey Davis

Hi, All, I brim with enthusiasm. Two years ago, I trained the first set of Yoga as Muse Facilitators to bring the creativity-yoga goodness to their respective tribes throughout North America. Then, they set off on a publishing adventure. And the result of their impressive creative momentum and creative collaboration is here – both in…

Vigilant Compassion in Coaches, Facilitators, & Your Best Self
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Vigilant Compassion in Coaches, Facilitators, & Your Best Self

ByJeffrey Davis

My pal Michael Bungay Stanier of Box of Crayons posted this thoughtful piece on Fierce Love about coaching. He writes, This is what rings most true for me at the moment, a mantra of service. Fierce reminds me not to get too comfortable in the conversation we’re having. To push myself to be as bold,…

Motivate Your Team to Thrive – Without Compromising Your Brand
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Motivate Your Team to Thrive – Without Compromising Your Brand

ByJeffrey Davis

When you invest your heart and ingenuity into developing your brand – even if you come into developing your brand sort of through the creative back door as I have – you feel you have a lot at stake when you hire someone or train someone to carry out that brand. How do you let that brand grow with a little love, trust, and wonder instead of so much fear?

Free Follow-Up Offer for Writers – Correction
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Free Follow-Up Offer for Writers – Correction

ByJeffrey Davis

Note: This is the follow-up in the Be Possible Writing Project  series. The introduction to the Be Possible Project will get you up to speed on the science behind the project. Day 1: Symphonic Activity Day 2: Creative Dexterity Day 3: Rhythmic Creative Actions Day 4: Creative Packs *** Update: Hi, All! Thanks for your…

Don’t Go It Alone ~ Gather Your 3 Creative Packs This Year
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Don’t Go It Alone ~ Gather Your 3 Creative Packs This Year

ByJeffrey Davis

Most creatives I know and work with have some variation of this conundrum: how to get optimal doses of solitude and of social interaction. Today’s writing invitation – the final one of the Be Possible Writing Project – takes us into this conundrum.

The New Social Face of Lit Mags & Publishing
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The New Social Face of Lit Mags & Publishing

ByJeffrey Davis

Full disclosure: I’m Fiction Editor for TIFERET: A Journal of Literature & Spirituality. We launched our remodeled website today. I’m also a writer who has subscribed to numerous literary magazines since he was a poor college student. So, I have my biases. 1. A Village with a Magazine Center If you’re like most people –…

Open & Nourish Your Mystery Box – Only 5 Spots Left
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Open & Nourish Your Mystery Box – Only 5 Spots Left

ByJeffrey Davis

When I was a tow-headed boy, The Box in the Woods down the road kept my secrets. In the middle of The Woods towered a maple, an “X” carved with a butter knife in its bark. With no other kids in sight, I’d scatter the leaf shards, dig a few inches of dirt with the…

Where Creatives Find Know-How, Community, & Affirmation
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Where Creatives Find Know-How, Community, & Affirmation

ByJeffrey Davis

This morning in a courtyard in Taos, New Mexico, I guided fifteen writers through a meditative yoga flow. When I asked them to check in with questions such as, “What am I here for?” and “What am I writing for?” a couple of them had watery eyes. This group makes up 15 of about 180…