Creative Ashram Workbook
— Focus & Flow.
Part contemplative toolkit, part neuroscience manual, part call to awakening. The operating manual for your own creative practice.
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Eight chapters. Soul and Science side by side. Every chapter is a practice.
- CH · 01
Arriving — The Space to Create
How to clear the room before you can hear your own thinking. Swedish Death Cleanse for creatives.
- CH · 02
Understanding Focus & Flow
What focus is, what flow is, and how they feed each other. The science of a trainable skill.
- CH · 03
Nervous System & Attention
Polyvagal theory for writers. The vagus nerve as the first condition of creativity.
- CH · 04
The Ritual of Deep Work
Ritual as neural entrainment. How to design the cues that drop you into state.
- CH · 05
The Ecology of Creativity
Nature, body, substances, fuel. Straight-up guidance for the whole creative organism.
- CH · 06
Moving Through Resistance
Procrastination equals fear. The Bridge visualisation. What to do when you can’t start.
- CH · 07
Designing Your Creative Ashram
Altar, space, tools, rhythm. How to build a container that works on a Wednesday.
- CH · 08
Integration & Practice
The habit tracker. The don’t-miss-two-days rule. How the practice becomes the path.
“To the wild and wondrous creatives of Belfast — the city that raised my creative heart and gave it space to beat. You taught me that creativity is not a luxury — it’s survival, it’s connection, it’s rebellion, it’s love.”
— from the Belfast dedication
Who it is for
Writers, scholars, artists, activists, entrepreneurs, professionals, and changemakers. Anyone ready to stop consuming and start creating.
What it is
A beautifully made object. Heavy paper, ribbon marker, diagrammatic spreads, a workbook you actually want to open. Published through IngramSpark (bookshops & libraries) and KDP (Amazon).
Belfast first. Then everywhere.
Belfast launch event
A reading, a ritual, a book in your hands. Crescent Arts Centre or No Alibis — details when the date is set, first to the list.
Bookshops & museum shops
Waterstones Belfast, Queen’s University bookshop, No Alibis, MAC, Ulster Museum. Further retailers rolling out through autumn.
Online and global
Shipping worldwide via Amazon KDP. Workshops, reading guides, and companion audio to follow.