How do we make the changes in our life that are necessary to get to that place? What do we need to eliminate? What do we need to work harder at to bring change? We often get comfortable or lazy in life, not wanting to reach toward the ultimate and instead settling for a life that is “good enough.” Good enough doesn’t bring flow or the ultimate bliss that comes along with it. What are our passions? What brings us happiness? We need to know this before we can move in that direction.
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Life is full of challenges, but when we can align ourselves and our lives with our ultimate goals, we can move toward happiness and flow.īut first we have to figure out where it is that we want to be. Off the mat we also have to do the work that’s required to get to our desired place. Proper alignment also (literally) opens us up, allowing energy to flow through our meridians more easily. We need to know the poses and alignments so that we can stop thinking about them and just do them. If we’re too busy thinking about our foot placement or where our hands are supposed to go or what the pose looks like, we can’t get into the flow. On the mat that translates to knowing our asana (postures and alignments) and being able to execute them without letting anything else, especially our minds, get in our way. Csikszentmihalyi points out, we need just the right amount of challenge (in activity) and skill to take on that challenge-we need to find our achievable challenge and work at it. We have to make efforts to get to that space, no matter what we are doing. Well, as mentioned, being in the flow is a work in progress-the key word being work. So, how do we get into flow? Easier said than done, right? When is the last time you felt content or, moreover, in flow? 3 steps to get Into the flow: 1. Even just as human beings-as moms and dads, entrepreneurs or just regular ol’ folk making our way-we all desire to be in a state of ease, having the feeling that we are at our peak, effortlessly creating and exactly where we are meant to be.
Csikszentmihalyi, who asks the question “What makes a life worth living?” He concludes that pleasure and satisfaction in lasting activities that bring us “flow” (versus the material or superficial) are the only answer.įrom yogis to composers to star athletes, we all seem to want to be in that flow space. I did a bit of reading on the subject of how creatives “get in the flow,” and much of the research comes back to a Professor of Psychology, Dr. When we feel like all within and around us is just moving in the right direction or we are just “in the zone” and operating at our best. I taught last weekend at MayFest on finding our flow (both on and off the mat.) So, how do we do that? It’s an ever-progressing task and, even though teaching on the subject, I must admit, I very often have days where I don’t feel in flow. It’s always a work in progress and indeed I believe we all come in and out of flow.īut, when we are in that space, doesn’t it feel so good? When all seems aligned and we are in the place of effortlessness and fluidity. Nature is an amazing and beautiful thing, constantly renewing itself and allowing the seasons to take their course.
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