How meditation and mindfulness can boost creativity

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-rothschild/the-science-of-how-medita_b_5579901.html

This is an article called "How Mindful Meditation Boosts Creativity and Innovation" written by Bianca Rothschild, very interesting and worth reflecting over.

In the article you can read about what mediation does for the brain and our neuro chemistry and also find a link to a meditation program that you can practice.

She also writes:

Mindfulness meditation is a great technique to learn to help improve creativity. It has side effects which have been shown to reduce the reactivity of the reptilian brain, increase resilience, stimulate the neocortex, as well as improve emotional intelligence. All these assist in getting ideas flowing directly to your best creative thinking brain: the neocortex.

The Walt Disney Company was an early adopter of meditation in the workplace, as they noticed a dramatic increase in creativity after employees meditated on creative solutions. General Mills is another company which reports improved innovation as a result of sitting in stillness and has meditation rooms available to their staff. Google has an in house mindfulness program called ‘Search inside Yourself’ and has built a labyrinth for mindful walking meditations.

There have been studies done specifically to measure the cognitive rigidity of people who meditate and their ability to solve problems in novel ways. The research shows non-meditators had greater cognitive rigidity than regular meditators, and they also had a tendency to apply difficult or outdated solutions to easy problems based on their past experiences, this was not the case for people who meditated.

So now I´m gonna try to find some inner peace and meditate before the Midsummer party starts:)