Movement and Flow
Flow is a state where we feel our best and perform our best.?
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi?
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To Move and be in a Flow State represents the delicate relationship between challenge and skill. Flow state is where all Focus and concentration come to the present moment. The worries of the future or the past are put aside for a moment, and we’re fully engaged.
We move freely in complete harmony and understanding with the activity we are engaged in.?
It can be a jazz musician playing together with his band, a surfer sharing the waves with the ocean, a painter who creates beautiful images for hours without pause, or a public speaker who loses a sense of time on stage.?
One of my many experiences in a deep flow state was when I gave a TEDx Speech, “Why Lifestyle Matters More Than Happiness” here in Tahiti.
I completely lost a sense of time as my full concentration came to the present moment. Luckily, the speech was well rehearsed, and I didn’t pass the strict TED eighteen-minute time limit. ;)
Even today I can only remember the opening lines and the outro of my stage performance, and everything in between is a blur. It was a short yet deep experience of flow state. I was fully present, performing at full capacity and potential.
These are?the Peak Life Experiences?(PLE’s for short), which we now create with my Coaching clients instead of setting ordinary Goals!
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The common denominator in these states of Flow is the presence of Movement.
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It can be emotional, mental, or physical movement yet most of the time all three are present. Coaching, trail running and writing are three of my favorite flow activities where I feel fully engaged.
When we feel our best and push the boundaries of what we thought wasn’t possible, we learn and grow.
We find out what makes us feel truly alive and stay in the present moment. To connect with flow means to be at our very best without any masks, hesitation or feeling inadequate.?
To me:
Movement equals freedom, and freedom leads to flow. And when in Flow everything about life is better, more vibrant and alive.??
This writing was a part of my article from our latest book: Pathways to Fulfillment, Life Coach’s Guide to Self-Discovery!
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Perform with Purpose,
Tuomo
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10 个月Movement and exercise regulates my energy, helps me be and stay present, and able to bring my best self to my work!
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10 个月For me, movement is not just physical progress, but above all mental agility. Thinking in different directions, beyond the usual paths, thinking outside the box, that's what flow is for me and that's what I want to live out in New Work. Thank you, dear Toumo, for your article!
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10 个月Love this my friend Tuomo! Beautifully expressed. I relate a lot to the feeling of flow when writing. I am not a coach. But. When i engage in deep conversation within a group or 1:1 at work or with strangers or friends or family i also feel the flow. It is as if i connect with the divine spirit of creativity and my speech or writing is carried away by a force beyond me, a spirit. So i can relate also to the coaching and flow since, it is an analogous scenario i suppose. Trail running i have no experience in, but i intuit what an amazing experience it must be to move within nature and climb mountains and smell the forests and avoid obstacles. It must be very conducive to flow cause i can imagine it being too dangerous for injuries if not locked in and in flow.
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10 个月Motion leads to emotion leads to passion. I will say passion about things we like to do and engage in for an extended period through intentional practice gives us joy which we feel as flow. I cannot back it up with science but I can back it up with my personal experience.
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10 个月So beautifully written!