BEING IN FLOW STATE

The Kiss - Constantin Brancusi 1907-1908 (image captured at Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas)

You’re in flow state when your body knows what to do, based on your established yet natural patterns. The perfect combination of self awareness and intuition create a circulation connecting your mind to your physical body. When you’re in flow state, your intent and your heart are in alignment because balance has been welcomed into your energetic field. This is a difficult practice because it requires a deep concentration and presence in each moment. When you’re in flow state, you are birthing personal rituals like beads on a necklace. In a constant flow state, you experience bead after bead of the goodness you have created for yourself. This requires studying what you need and what feels good. This looks like discovering how your mind works. Flow state takes dedication to studying your temperament in this world and positioning yourself for the maximum comfort.

Flow state is a time when all of your energy is being used to sustain your well being. The longer you’re in flow state, when you come out of it (inevitably), you're still connected to a high level of proper decision making and elevated consciousness. It is a sacred realm that is upheld by one powerful selective moment at a time. When you come out of a flow state, there is a path back to it through the habits you’ve designed for your life. I want so  badly to exist in a stable flow state. For me, this has looked like: 

  • Becoming more present in general (listening intently when other people speak, finishing one task at a time, spending time in quiet without music, or podcasts) 

  • Consciously making better choices, so that good choices begin to flow from me effortlessly

  • Getting serious about my time and understanding how much can realistically be done in one hour or one day

  • Listening to my intuition about my immediate actions throughout the day

  • Understanding when my body is trying to give me a message about being hungry or feeling anxious 

  • Sticking to my workout routines even when I want to skip because the “post workout high” is good for my mental health and self confidence 

  • Understanding that my goals will not be accomplished if I don’t chip away at them everyday 

  • Limiting social media intake so that I can preserve my unique thought pattern 

Flow state can serve as an invitation to others who are flowing in the same realm as you, at comparable speeds. When you are out of flow, you attract things, people and situations that are incompatible. Flow state is when you lean into complexities and see misfortunes as moments of research and understanding. This is when you worship your body by getting rest as well as movement. This is when you strive for peace in your life and provide others with peace. 

Initially flow state is a series of constructive movements that become customary practices. This is when you’ve been dedicated long enough to your boundaries - that others also respect you and your boundaries. Flow state is when you are finally free to understand how big and small you are on this earth. Ginormous because of your ability to inspire and enhance realities for others. Small because you are a single being in one place amongst others just like you. To be in your groove, and have the ability to exercise positive free will equals the best life possible.