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7 habits to cultivate the ‘flow state’
You know that moment when everything just flows? There’s nothing else but you and the experience.
You become the writing. You become the dance. For that brief moment in time, you are yoga. It’s like you and the experience become one, if only for a fleeting instance.
You call it ‘being in the zone’, academics call it ‘accessing the flow state’. It’s something we can slip in and out of.
We know we usually feel good when we’re in this state of being, but how can we access it more frequently?
1. Take a walk or exercise
‘You can walk yourself into a low-grade flow state…it’s a great reset. If you’re doing something creative and you didn’t get into flow and it was frustrating, this is a way to reset and start over” — Steven Kotler
By moving, it seems to help the flow of ideas and our ability to focus.
Studies have shown that exercise switches off the pre-frontal cortex, and essentially allows for our conscious, chattering mind to quieten down.
Nicolas Cole has tried this with writing, documenting an extremely insightful 7 minute home workout routine.
