Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2011 about Exercise in Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center

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Tuesday 15th March 2011

• Taming the Monkey Mind: Yoga and Creative Focus

  by Christa Avampato and Jennilyn Carson

  The perfect way to wrap-up your SXSW experience: a lively and carefree conversation about how yoga can help you easily access your creativity and imagination at will.

  We all know this feeling of being under the gun with a deadline, needing to access our most creative ideas at a moment's notice. When we really need our creative muse to show up, she somehow has the uncanny ability to hide like a needle in a haystack and then show up at 3:00am as we bolt upright out of bed, making our way in the dark to scribble down the ideas she's handed to us. For too long we've accepted that's just the way creativity and imagination work - unpredictably.

  Yoga - physical postures, breathing techniques, and visualization - helps us tap into our imaginations at will and with ease, exactly when we need them. A regular yoga practice keeps our minds sharp, helps us make connections between seemingly disparate bits of information that may otherwise go unnoticed, and imagine solutions to complex challenges. It gives us a way forward.

  This session is helpful for everyone who needs to tap into their own creativity on a regular basis - from performers to programmers, in all mediums.

  LEVEL: Intermediate

  • Creativity
  • Exercise
  • Yoga

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Tuesday 15th March

  In Rio Grande B, Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center