Write down a list of activities or skills you practice a lot, are relatively good at but are not necessarily easy, and enjoy.

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Write down a list of activities or skills you practice a lot, are relatively good at but are not necessarily easy, and enjoy.

A special look at one final altered state of consciousness: Flow

The optimal state of being!

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Flow is:

A state of mind identified by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a leader in the modern “Positive Psychology” movement

The mental state in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.

Single-minded, completely absorbed

“In the zone,” or “in the groove”

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How do you know you are in a flow state?

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How do you know you are in a flow state? Cont.

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What leads to flow?

Overlearning:

Stretching:

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What flow looks like (upper right hand corner)

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Flow in sports

Legendary soccer player Pele: "I felt a strange calmness.. . a kind of euphoria. I felt I could run all day without tiring, that I could dribble through any of their team or all of them, that I could almost pass through them physically.”

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Football

“There are moments in every game when ''time seems to slow way down, in an uncanny way, as if everyone were moving in slow motion. It seems as if I had all the time in the world to watch the receivers run their patterns, and yet I know the defensive line is coming at me just as fast as ever.” -Tom Brady

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Sports (cont.)

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Performance

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Performance, cont.

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Music

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Music (cont.)

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Art

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Religious/spiritual practice

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Hobbies

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Gaming

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Computer-based creativity

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Why is flow so beneficial?

Perhaps it is the true secret to happiness!– Research clearly shows that flow leads

to:• Greater life satisfaction and more positive

affect• better performance

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Can people experience flow in their work and at school?

What do you think?

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http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.html– Definitely watch this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h9FuQ9AVYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI755iUMtHI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfsgsFtgFs&feature=related

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0DD1E3FF93AA35757C0A96F948260&scp=1&sq=pele+%22felt+a+strange+calmness%22&st=nyt

http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19970701-000042.html

Watch and read more about flow.

http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.html

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