What is Creative Reset?
Calming the Chaos: Creative Reset is a 6-week guided experience that blends creative exploration with nervous system regulation.
Each session is designed to help you:
- Slow down and settle your mind
- Express and process what you’re holding
- Build a repeatable creative practice you can return to
This is not about learning how to “make good art.”
It’s about learning how to use creativity as a tool for calm, clarity, and self-connection.
Each Series is Unique
Each Creative Reset series is a standalone experience.
Every session explores a different set of materials and techniques, so whether you are joining for the first time or returning, your experience will feel fresh, engaging, and expansive.
Current Series Include:
Drawing & Mark Making
Paint & Mixed Media
(More coming soon)
This is for you if:
- You feel overwhelmed and need a way to slow down
- You want a creative outlet without pressure
- You’ve said “I’m not creative” but feel drawn to try
- You’re craving calm, space, and something just for you
What to Expect (Each Class):
Each session follows a simple, supportive structure:
- Arrive + Ground
Gentle breathwork and settling practices - Explore + Create
Guided prompts with freedom to follow your intuition - Reflect + Integrate
Space to pause, notice, and carry the experience forward
You’ll leave each session with a finished piece, and more importantly, a calmer nervous system and a deeper connection to yourself.
What This Is
- A structured creative reset for busy minds
- A guided process to help you get out of your head and into your hands
- A beginner-friendly experience where process matters more than outcome
What This Is Not
- Not a step-by-step “paint this exact thing” class
- Not about perfection or technical skill
- Not therapy (though it can feel deeply supportive)
Materials
All materials are thoughtfully selected to encourage exploration and ease. I choose materials that are forgiving, tactile, and calming - so the process feels safe even if you haven't made art in years!
Depending on the session, you may work with:
- High quality , low-stress tools.
- Watercolors & acrylics
- Ink, charcoal, graphite, and oil pastels
- Mixed media papers & textured surfaces
- Simple mark-making tools
Everything is provided — just arrive as you are.
What You'll Walk Away With
- A simple creative practice you can return to anytime
- Tools to calm your mind through making
- Increased confidence in self-expression
- A body-based understanding of how to slow down
Session Details
- Location: Erin Leigh Studios, Hampden MA and selected partner locations
- Skill level: true beginner-friendly (no experience needed)
- What to bring: nothing - everything will be provided
Why "Calming the Chaos" ?
Repetitive mark-making, gentle focus, and tactile materials naturally shift your attention away from mental noise and into the present moment. These sessions are rooted in the belief that creativity can be a form of grounding — a way to process, release, and restore.
In a fast, noisy world, Studio Sessions offer:
- A pause from constant stimulation
- A return to tactile, hands-on making
- A space to reconnect with intuition and self-expression
This is art as a practice of presence.
A Note from Erin
Calming the Chaos was created as a response to the pace of modern life.
As both a professional artist and educator, I saw how many people felt disconnected from their creativity, not because they lacked skill, but because they lacked space.
This work is about creating that space.
You don’t need experience.
You just need a willingness to show up.
I’d love to welcome you into the studio.
— Erin
The Calming the Chaos Experience
Creative Reset is the entry point into a larger body of work designed to support creativity, clarity, and wellbeing.
- Creative Reset (6-Week Series)
Beginner-friendly, guided experience - Studio Practice (Coming Soon)
For those ready to deepen their creative voice - Workshops & Retreats (Coming Soon)
Immersive, in-person experiences - Online Experiences (Coming Soon)
Create at your own pace - Creative Clarity at Work (Coming Soon)
Programs for teams and organizations