As #children, we are all naturally creative and joyful. However, some of us had our spontaneous creativity trained out of us at an early age. It could have been through an education system, or perhaps when we felt pressured to please others by striving for a “talented” end product.

Inner child drawings are a creative way to regain contact with aspects of yourself that you might otherwise ignore or repress, or have forgotten. Inner child drawings are typically done with your non-dominant hand so that you are not tempted to try and control them with your authoritarian left brain. Buy yourself a box of kid’s crayons or pencils to support your inner child’s creative process!

I recently had the opportunity to explore my inner child again at a lovely hotel in Mumbai. It was a joy to see all the different colors and then start applying them to the blank canvas and see what would happen. I felt connections with a self from long ago that I had not realized was still there. It made me smile to see a rainbow appear on the page and all the colors interlocking to provide a beautiful hue. I felt happier for the experience.