Is creativity a skill you develop? Or is a force you invite into your life? On Opening to Shakti, Dr. Rick Jarow looks beyond the cultural perspective on creativity - beyond the fine arts that you associate with it - and sees the truth about the creative spirit: that it comes not from any technique, but as a welcome visitor always at the door.Looking at people throughout history and across cultures, this professor of religious studies shows how you invite creativity into your life. In India, where Dr. Jarow has studied and lived for many years, the goddess Shakti is honored as the supreme source of creative power. Dr. Jarow shares timeless practices for removing obstacles that censor our voice and vision so you may become vessels for Shakti and the transformational energy that makes everything in life possible. With authentic chakra practices and meditations, as well as examples embodied by such creative giants and Rumi and Blake, Opening to Shakti is the first cross-cultural guide for welcoming pure energy of creation into your life.