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There are many ways to quiet our minds and set aside the daily on-goings of life. Meditation, walks in nature, or simply giving attention to your breath are just a few wonderful ways to achieve this.
Today, I want to share with you a fun and creative way I use as often as I can to find peace and ease in my own daily life. It's called Upside-Down Drawing.
Upside-Down Drawing to Dispel Mind Chatter
It’s so natural for our left brain to be in charge that we often can’t even stop it. This exercise will give your creative and intuitive right brain a chance to take over for a bit.
When you look at a photo right side up, you give it dimension and order. You see the top, bottom, sides, etc. It makes sense to your left brain. But if you look at that same picture upside down, suddenly it’s chaos. Your brain can’t make as clear sense of it. This is even more pronounced when you try to draw it upside down. Herein lies the doorway to opening up your right brain.
Follow these few steps and you’ll begin to nourish this remarkable and largely untouched side of who you are!
- Find a picture of a person you want to draw.
- Be in a quiet space with 30 minutes of uninterrupted time where you can draw comfortably.
- Turn the picture upside down and begin drawing on your clean sheet of paper. Start exactly where you feel drawn to. There is no right or wrong place to begin. Don’t try to figure out what you are drawing, just draw what is before you. It’s imperative that you don’t turn the picture right side up, for obvious reasons, or you will shift right back to the left brain and awaken it.
- You may want to cover what you are drawing with another piece of paper and then gradually reveal more of it as you draw. When I learned this technique, I found it to be incredibly helpful. In this way, the picture I was drawing was not so overwhelming; it seemed manageable to draw it piece by piece, slowly making my way down my drawing.
Just this past week I had one of those non-stop, whirlwind-like days. You know that kind of day - we all have them. To boot, later that evening I received some difficult news about a close friend. I promptly sat down with my pen, picture and paper and began drawing. In just moments this brought me right back to peace and ease.
Have fun reducing mind chatter with drawing. When combined with meditation, grounding, and running energy, you have a powerful combination of simple techniques you can use daily to clear the chaos and find balance in your life.
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Warmly,
Medium Michelle
