Seven Sublime Morning Rituals For CREATIVE FLOW

Dear one - do you have a morning ritual, changing or permanent, that fills your first light with joy? If not, check this out for some fresh ideas I hold close.

Psss. I bet you didn’t see number seven coming!

Every morning I wake up with a double cow-lick in my hair. You know, that special genetic gift for looking like a calf had it’s way with your hairline - one lick up in each direction.

It used to frustrate the hell out of me, but now I’ve embraced the taming of the cowlick as part of my morning rituals. But there’s much more juicy stuff that comes first.

Here are we go!

Photo by Janet Brubacher in Haiti at www.Chichateau.net ` Edited using the Amanacer Radiance Presets

Sublime Morning Rituals For Creative Flow

I use them almost every day, and will for as long as they continue to bring joy, vitality, imagination to my days.

ONE

Say no to snoozing.

OK so it may not sound “sublime” but the impact of jumping out of bed at the first buzz is absolutely delicious.

Taking control of my day, my mood, and my willpower starts at the very beginning by not fighting the alarm. Most days I naturally rise with the sun but travel can throw it all off.

Can you imagine what it would feel like to hear an alarm and want to bounce out of bed with joy, so excited for the day head? Creativity requires courage, and laziness is one of the greatest enemies. So by breaking that first resistance and hopping out of bed right away, you will make the rest of the day so much more prone to fearless, playful moments.

This simple - yet difficult AF - act sets the tone for every moment that follows. Knowing I’m not “allowed” to snooze pushes me to get into bed early too, which has a myriad of positive effects. So, say it with me now “I will resist the snooze.”

TWO

OK I know these were supposed to be easy morning rituals so I promise number two is a lot more fun. The second way I spark creativity in the morning is putting on a gorgeous silk robe. The sumptuous aqua fabric is so beautiful, sometimes it makes me laugh. It’s just kind of ridiculous how pretty it feels on my skin.

If anything “sparks joy” for me immediately, Marie Kondo style, it’s a hand painted silk kimono. I basically pretend I’m Elizabeth Taylor when I wake up, and you can too. Wear works of art, and you’ll likely feel more like making it too.

THREE

I prepare a tray. But not just any serving tray.

Sometimes it’s a full-on breakfast tray. Most times its a hot beverage, journal, and more tools I use to gently tune in to my own creative intellignece. Most of the time it looks like a portable altar. Sure, maybe you think it’s weird to be your own butler and go to the effort of preparing a tray. After all we just got through putting on a radiant queen level robes, but there’s a ritual joy to be found in this simple act. Trust me!

It takes intention and focus to place a candle and light it, then put my deck of oracle cards, prepare and place tea, coffee or cacao in a beautiful cup. The crystal that’s resonating with me at that moment also has pride of place on the resin art tray. These days, my morning ritual tray looks something like this:

Resin Tray Handmade in Jacmel by Amanacer. Base carved by artisan woodworker Mr. Belony

Here’s what’s on my tray these days:

Bergamot scented candles
Freshly brewed hibiscus flower tea
Saje essential oils “energizing” blend
Rose quartz crystals
Goddess Oracle Cards

FOUR

Oils, deep breaths.

Most mornings I’ll do a holotripic breathwork routine for 5 minutes based on The O2 Awakening Daily Practice. Shoutout to my sister Victoria and her multi-dimensional crew. Breathwork is a game changer.

The O2 Daily Practice is a circular breathing method my sister Victoria Bauman and her crew teaches around the world and online!

Here are the basics. You get comfortable and begin breathing in and out through your mouth as expansively as you can, not allowing any pauses at the top or the bottom of the breath. It cracks you wide open every time!

Sometimes I’ll finish by breathing in essential oils, cupped in my hands for more 10 deep belly breaths. It’s energizing and gets my thoughts rolling for journaling.

FIVE

Journaling.

I write three pages of pure conscious flow in the morning like it’s a religion.

Journaling in the morning is like a shower for your mind. It’s brushing your mental and emotional teeth before engaging with external influences and other people’s stories.

Whatever I’m scared of, excited about, dreaming of or just whining about comes out on the page without judgment. Don’t you want to clear out the cobwebs that would otherwise clutter your gorgeous mind palace? For me, the writing feels like washing out unconscious odors allowing for a freshness and open vitality of truth to pour out on the day. Grab a journal, baby boo and add three pages of journaling to your sublime morning routine.

SIX

I pull a card from an oracle deck, and say a little prayer. Or I sit and daydream in a natural place, like my tree ensconced balcony in Haiti. Watching the birds fly out for the day, focusing loosely on green leaves and changing colors of the sky brings it own form of silky clarity to my gently awakening mind.

SEVEN

JUMP ROPE. You heard me. I get out of my gorgeous silk robe, throw on some LOUD music on my wireless headphones, head down to the flat parking lot in my building and jump rope like I’m a six year old girl on the streets of Brooklyn in 1975.

I’ll skip for three to four songs, and it only takes 10 minutes but I feel AMAZING after. Only then do I shower, and take care of that cowlick.

Old Amanacer, circa 2018, used to snooze for half an hour, groan, curse that third glass of wine, roll out of bed and into the shower where I’d tackle the cowlick directly. Bangs or no bangs, it pissed me off. But somehow these days I’ve gotten addicted to treating myself like a friggin’ queen every day, and expecting the rest of the day to treat me just as well.