Reflections on Thriving Mindfully as a DMV Creative: The Meaning of CURRENT & Highlights from Creative Mornings DC Gathering

This morning, I started thinking about who I am in the CURRENT moment while attending my favorite monthly Creative Mornings DC gathering at the Goethe Institute. This month’s global theme is CURRENT. That word evokes the “flow and glow of water.” It also reminds me of our birthright of mindfulness, the ability to be aware of what’s happening inside and outside of us in the present moment.

During this morning’s gathering, I pressed paused on my exploration of who am I in the CURRENT moment so I could take in the insights of three community member speakers, Alex Smider, Alisa Tang, and Morgan Davis. I enjoyed each of their talks because they reminded me of how courageous, inspiring, and powerful it is to stand before others and share parts of yourself and creativity. What gifts they gave us! Thank you Alex, Alisa, and Morgan!

After the gathering, I stopped by Brew on U to get a matcha with coconut milk (today’s treat). While walking home and sipping my matcha, I resumed my inner conversation about who I am in the CURRENT moment. I started with a revised two-part question.

QUESTION: Who am I in this CURRENT moment and what is my “flow and glow”?

PART 1 OF MY ANSWER: I am a human BE-ING born and bred to be a creative with a multi-passionate heart that guides my embodiment, energy, existence, expression, and evolution as a multidiscplinary artist, author, mindfulness professional, and community builder. What a mouthful! It definitely doesn’t camouflage my love of long sentences!

PART 2 OF MY ANSWER: My “flow and glow” refers to how I choose to show up and move through my daily life. It finds its rhythm in my spoken word song, “Flow and Glow” that appears on my Thriving Mindfully As Theresa’s Daughter album. It is best explained by a CURRENT acronym I received as a divine download that turned into soul medicine earlier this week.

C: Slow down and be intentional about my daily CHOICES and how they support my ability to be present, well, and the real me

U: UNAPOLOGETICALLY,

R: ROOTED in my values, and

R: RESILIENT due to my heart-centered commitments that nurture my

E: ENERGY and

N: NERVOUS system.

T: I call it THRIVING mindfully!

---

MY INVITATION TO YOU: Slow down and explore who you are in the CURRENT moment. What is your “flow and glow”?

Please share your insights with me in the comment section of this post or via email – ananda@anandaleeke.com.

Need some inspiration to “flow and glow”? Listen to my spoken word song, “Flow and Glow.” The music was composed by Garnet Jay, my BFF soul brothalove, music producer, and founder of Footprint Productions.