Flow State should be taught in school. That would be the most valuable thing anyone could ever learn. Thank you for sharing and educating people. Gratitude is also one of the most important concepts to learn. Aloha from Hawaii.

@AlexShailer

3 жыл бұрын

Aloha, I 100% agree.

@oisinhaughey1681

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@zhizhuodejourney4232

2 жыл бұрын

Flow state is important knowledge yet it falls way short compared to principles that relate to self knowledge like Gratitude. Quadrant Life Management is important to know what to do to make a meaningfull change. After that learn skills like flow state to use it in the right direction.

@kingzingo1784

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer least people know about this as possible

@bonnyd.5334

2 жыл бұрын

NO IT SHOULD NOT BE ROUTINELY TAUGHT. The US has an epidemic of mental illness. People who have problems due to trauma or substance abuse / alcohol abuse / process abuse (such as gambling to excess, pursuing sport to the point of this interfering with one's life, etc) probably are familiar with disassociative states. People who have ADHD and who have a problem with hyperfocusing can easily label their behavior as 'flow'. THIS SORT OF TRAINING IS APPROPRIATE FOR PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY ADULTS OVER 25, WHO HAVE A FULLY MATURE, HEALTHY ADULT BRAIN. This means that the ways to obtain the flow state at will should only be taught by an experienced, mature adult who understands the risks of this training, who can provide appropriate guidance, who can identify people who this training has the potential of being harmful.

i remember a few times i had flow state, i was listening to music and drawing after breakfast, it always happened early day, i went into full focus, i kept drawing and focusing but at the same time happy about the progress, i didnt get bored at all and i loved it, i felt euphoric and excited and the music helped intensify the excitement for me, those days it happened, k drew the best drawings i ever have

@leobamabaconator

3 жыл бұрын

Flow state can be annoying because it could happen suddenly and then you do nothing but one thing important or not for as long as you can go without somebody budding in because a flow state is near impossible to escape from because you don’t realize you are in a flow state because you are thinking and are just acting purely off instincts that have been developing since the beginning of time and you develop more instincts the more you do one thing...aaaaand I just went into a flow state....

@leobamabaconator

3 жыл бұрын

See it can be annoying because you could just waste a bunch of time on a useless thing

Your mind: **has the ability to move without thinking and act purely on instinct** Also your mind: *chair is demon*

Jump to 4:24 if you're already familiar with flow and just want the techniques he recommends.

@Lawlietl5795

Жыл бұрын

Tysm

“Follow your bliss.” -Joseph Campbell Do what excites you and gives you joy. That’s how one gets into the flow.

me just trying to achieve ultra instinct

@umarahmad8371

3 жыл бұрын

sleepyzeth lol

@Null_Knight

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@acans42

3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone I can relate to

@ace_eater87

3 жыл бұрын

The closest thing to ultra instinct is true zone

@StepstoSuccess933

3 жыл бұрын

lol same

HERE GOES ULTRA INSTINCT

@ArcaneSorcery

4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@mdmonowar7339

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for this, I been tryin to find out about "theory of flow csikszentmihalyi" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Fiylianaton Glorious Framework - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a smashing one off product for discovering how to hack your flow state and succeed minus the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.

@umarahmad8371

3 жыл бұрын

AARON Saturday Lol

@Thenamelessgod-cz9em

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@animelovercodm6087

3 жыл бұрын

That u xd

A few days ago I did a meditation using binaural beats. After I was done, I found myself in the deepest, strongest flow state I’ve ever experienced. It lasted for 8 hours and persisted all the way up until I slept that night. Flow states are usually very fragile, but NOTHING could shake me out of this. I’d never felt so happy in my life. Was that a preview of enlightenment? I think it may have been. Now my every moment is dedicated to getting back there.

@AlexShailer

2 жыл бұрын

Well, enlightenment isn't a state. As I understand it, it's the recognition of our essential self as the aware spaciousness out of which our experience arises. The recognition of your true self beyond the separate sense of self. What you experienced was a particular state that could be put under the umbrella as flow. However what links them, is that in both cases, there's a recognition of oneself beyond the thinking person entity, a connectedness with the 'happening'. But you don't have to be in 'flow' to recognize that. You can try to recreate a particular state, and that can be helpful. But don't try to 'get' to enlightenment because self-realization isn't a state. It's more akin to the end of something, or the recognition of your true self.

@swinnyuk6584

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexShailer The reason I said that it may have been a preview of enlightenment is that there was no me, which is, I think, the reason why my flow couldn’t be broken. I couldn’t talk, either. I had this “resistance”(for lack of a better word) to thinking at all. To my surprise, I could fully understand what was going on around me, as well as follow what people were saying, without the mind. It was an intelligence beyond the mind, and that’s not really something that can be spoken about.

@swinnyuk6584

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexShailer At least that’s how I experienced it. There was no mind.

@lcvtv5705

2 жыл бұрын

Can you send me the link to the exact video you meditated with ?

@swinnyuk6584

2 жыл бұрын

@@lcvtv5705 kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3p60saRldDPgrQ.html It was this one.

Great and honest video. Flow is such a vague concept for so many. Really nicely explained. Have an amazing week!

@ashleydias5691

4 жыл бұрын

Finding Awesome with Nena Lavonne wlĺmmmmmķmmmm mm???

@ashleydias5691

4 жыл бұрын

Finding Awesome with Nena Lavonne wlĺmmmmmķmmmm mm???

Missed your content mate. Good to have you back. Your videos always pop up at the right time. Keep it up Mr. Shailer.

@AlexShailer

4 жыл бұрын

Lot's more to come :)

I was searching for video that would explain.. this is 4th one and finally found what I needed to hear! Thank you!🙌🏻

@AlexShailer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to have helped

Brilliant video and commentary. Most helpful. Thanks for posting.

So cool to hear your thoughts on being in the flow state!

i think i entered the flow state on school i was pretty much talking fast and i answered my english class with no wrong answer i dont know if i was actually in the flow state but i wanna feel it again

I still remember one saturday where i played Oblivion and the whole day i was in a state of flow and it was the best playing session ive ever had, hence why i still remember it 7 years later.

@danielBRG

4 жыл бұрын

ye i realise that i tap into flow state when fighting when i lose i get triggered it feels great

@trollingisasport

3 жыл бұрын

I had a similar masturbation session.

@ItzSlashyyy

3 жыл бұрын

@@trollingisasport kek

@clxudedseiko4483

2 жыл бұрын

It happens whenever I play cod or dragon ball and it’s a bunch of times I’ve had flow state in the past with the nostalgic memories

I think that on that Challenge to Skill chart, confidence would be a better word than skill.

Everytime in cs I'm down by 8 or 9 rounds when we close the gap to down by 2 I enter flow state and my hs % goes from 30-80 while I'm motivated, happy it is just insane

I experience this. It is incredible.

the moment I clicked on this video the sun came out 👍✌

Explanation genuis!

for some reason if i stare at the crosshair of my game it instantly takes me to "Control" state but i dont reach flow state.

It was amazing ,thanks

Im starting to be able to activate a beta version of flow, it isn’t actually flow but it improves my focus and helps me relax.

Ok but how do i give someone the arousal state, cause damn that'd be useful to know

@Null_Knight

3 жыл бұрын

lol

I went into flow watching this, thank you

@jakemason7428

4 жыл бұрын

If you think you went into flow then that means you didnt get into the flow. When you enter the flow state,you will lose all sense of space and time,you have no clue where you are or how much time has passed,your just focused on the one task your tryin to do. By the time you realize you were in a flow state it has pretty much ended. When your in the flow state...you not really thinking...just doing

@peterluna593

4 жыл бұрын

Yup that’s exactly what happened

@mandymendez7862

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakemason7428 wait what

@mandymendez7862

3 жыл бұрын

@@jakemason7428 all memmories will be Gone?

@jakemason7428

3 жыл бұрын

@@mandymendez7862 no your memories wont be gone, lets put it this way,memories are put off to the side cuz any distraction will get you to come out of the flow state instantly

Great video. Subbed

very well made video good work g

@AlexShailer

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers g!

I find the annotations you put when you're speaking to be stimulating for the video

Love ya bro

My business is healing, by surgery and many other ways. Flow presents itself, but to be more deliberate about it would be ideal.

I feel flow when I speak British English accent. It is my Ikigai. I am expert in British English accent. I love British English accent.

The easiest way in my experience is getting beat hard- to the edge of defeat- and JUST GIVING UP.

I've had flow state before when I was focused and then randomly zoned out

Certain people don’t want us to discover this natural skill so they put things in our way that’s why this isn’t taught. For those of you who think you can’t do this skill be healthy and better yourself constantly. You have to feel for the thing that you are doing, that thing is now part of you. However this is not the case for everything you may not want to do work (say you don’t like writing) you have to find/make a reason to do that thing. One other thing for me if I’m facing someone less skilled than me it is almost impossible to get into flow state because that sort of takes away the reason, like in anime the MC most of the time discovers a new power or skill when facing something greater than them. That last part I thought I would throw in there but everyone works differently so do you👍

Does it work for math

Once i was running for a long period of time, and when i was coming to the end i felt a aqaurd feeling, it felt like my body was moving by it self, and i was thinking less, but i pushed myself out of that feeling, i don't know if that was a flow state? But it felt like it tho

@Anonymous-qb1gm

3 жыл бұрын

that’s more like what athletes and coaches call “second wind” whenever your at your limit, there’s a chance you break that limit by pushing yourself to not feel pain and tiredness for that activity. i had that when conditioning for football, all my tiredness, heaviness in my legs, and pain in my chest went away and i felt like i could run another mile. when your in that state, you actually can push yourself as much as you can until you hit “third wind” it’s really fascinating

@pcr_lol8856

3 жыл бұрын

@@Anonymous-qb1gm whoah, thanks for the information

@Anonymous-qb1gm

3 жыл бұрын

@@pcr_lol8856 no problem!

Basically tapped in yo instinct at Will like goku

2:20 yeah I tuned out at like 2:10

Nice

people: flow state me: *The Gamer State*

Basically focus on something alot and turnoff your brain

@PringlesOriginal445

3 жыл бұрын

Basically, idk why all these videos waffle so much. They never seem to get to the point.

@nirmalvinod.413

3 жыл бұрын

@@PringlesOriginal445 hey man i know what you are talking about but the only way to understand this is by practice, there is no perfect "definition " for this but if you like drawing, or playing a instrument or writing or gaming ...., you can experience flow by thinking about nothing while doing this....... do not multitask but u can use some white noise, i usually use some melody on loop and its just bliss.... try it sometime.

@carzeh8219

3 жыл бұрын

@@nirmalvinod.413 I want to try it while gaming, when you say think about nothing do you mean like meditating? If so wouldn't focusing on your breathing only and letting your body do what you are doing in that moment put you into the zone. I've been trying to find a way for long so any help will be appreciated thanks

@JLCL01

3 жыл бұрын

@@carzeh8219 When I watched this, it did remind me a bit of meditation, or at least aspects of it. Basically, not being too attached to certain feelings (especially frustration). It's fine to observe them but it's mostly important to just work on the task at hand. I may have done a bad example explaining it but it's like...a way to transition your mind into the flow state.

I go into a flow state whenever I play guitar with my dad lol.

How is this channel so small. My feedback - Yes I know this video is about focus, but it was quite boring seeing you sitting there for the whole 13 minutes. Perhaps occasionally adding clips, or audio that matches? Maybe the a fpv clip of a kayaker when you talked about that

@AlexShailer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I actually wanted to cut in more stock footage but ran out of time.

Bro went over all the History and all that Good Stuff and all these quotes and never got into the Actual "How to"!

Can you explain what is considered immediate - feedback?

@AlexShailer

4 жыл бұрын

For example, whilst driving, you make a turn, and the car immediately turns. The action you put is immediately fed back to you by the result of it. Obviously all actions have some level of immediate feedback, but some are more or less related to your desired outcome. There's a reason why there's lots of flashing lights and spinning things on a slot machine. It's attempting to keep you engaged with what's going on. Whilst playing an instrument, the feedback is very visceral. Drive your attention deeply into the now by becoming intimate your experience as you're performing your actions, moving your attention into your senses.

@MyVoid312

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexShailer Thanks alot of in a sense the task has to make you mindful of every aspect so u are focus ye? So how do you deal with math and school by definition they have no immediate feedback and they dont stimulate anything almost compare to video games how can we create an immediate feedback system, because honestly how can u be one with the task it's not stimulating :/

@MyVoid312

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexShailer and when u say the immediate feedback is sometimes less related or more related to you desired outcome what u mean is like the immediate feedback has to be related to what u are trying to achieve so you will refine your actions according to the feedback

@AlexShailer

4 жыл бұрын

Well yes you are correct, they are less engaging due to the lack of immediate feedback. This is why learning developers are often looking into "gamification". Doing sums on paper is challenging for me. But there are apps that make it fun due to their gamification of the process. What we can take from this is: How can we make what we want to be engaged with, more or a game or play?

@MyVoid312

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexShailer I think making the problems more visual and irl less theory would be the easiest solution also you need these school tasks to capture you and your senses

I just wanna go Ultra Instinct and catch things in mid air

@connorfancher3582

4 жыл бұрын

Same :)

I don't think you need high skill to reach flow state. I reached it multiple times when I was bad at the game. It should be more like confidence in your skill vs the challenge

8:50 So basically Ultra Instinct on Whis' level. The only way to obtain that optimal flow is to have a challenge that meets it. As a result, the previous challenge may become automatic which will be a good thing depending on the task. Is there such a thing as Easy Flow (repetitious work) and Hard Flow? (Thought process work; like working out fighting through the pain)? Or are they all under the same category?

i got vsauce vibes damn

show us the homework folder

I entered the flow state in dodgeball

@Louganda

3 жыл бұрын

I have entered a state that I call the stream state it allows me to alter all of reality to my own liking

@benharper4603

3 жыл бұрын

@@Louganda I've reached ultra instinct but now I need to reach the stream state

@Electro-et3sd

3 жыл бұрын

I enter flow state when I master bait

I found this by searching how to achieve ultra instinct

I learnt this from Kuroko no Basket

the flow state is basicly ultra instinct from dragon ball super episode 110

I was in flow state when fighting it was so weird i was just watching but my arms and legs was bruuuuu.and i wrecked my enemy so good but when you realize that you are in flow state it will end imededly

@kash3518

3 жыл бұрын

That didn't happen

@kash3518

2 жыл бұрын

@7visk bro come on you fr can't tell

@getsomehelp6261

2 жыл бұрын

@@kash3518 how do you know x2

@getsomehelp6261

2 жыл бұрын

your arms and legs were moving at its own right? I want to get into flow state once can you tell me more details

@getsomehelp6261

2 жыл бұрын

oh wait its 10 months ago nvm sorry to bother

How resting can increase motivation and wellbeing, or an autotelic experience, a simple procedure from affective neuroscience Procedure: Consistent alternation between a resting protocol (e.g. mindfulness) and the pursuit of meaningful behavior will increase motivation and positive affect (arousal and pleasure). Explanation: Resting elicits opioid activity, or feels pleasurable, and meaningful behavior, as defined as behavior that has branching novel and positive outcomes (writing that great novel or just making the bed) elicits dopamine activity which causes arousal. The awareness of subsequent meaningful behavior while engaging in relaxation protocols such as mindfulness elicits a ‘priming’ response, namely dopamine release that increases opioid activity, and vice versa, making meaningful behavior seem self-reinforcing or ‘autotelic’. Although mindfulness reduces discursive thought or mind wandering; it does not inhibit concurrent non-conscious awareness or anticipation of behavior or events subsequent to meditation that can in turn shape or ‘prime’ affective responses during a meditative session. A priming response, like the salivary response that precedes food or the sexual arousal that precedes intimacy, is a preparatory response that often occurs non-consciously, and changes the affective value or ‘feeling’ in the moment. Similarly, relaxing due to ‘being in the moment’ is pleasurable, but if we were told to expect ‘bad’ news or ‘good’ news in the near future, just the awareness of future events is enough to depress or elevate our feelings, but not altering in the slightest our ‘mindful’ or relaxed state. It follows that if mindfulness is paired with the awareness of subsequent positive or meaningful behavior, then rest in mindfulness will have a greater affective tone or ‘feel better’ than if such a prospect was absent. This is perhaps why ‘savoring’, ‘loving kindness’ meditation, and ‘flow’ experiences represent highly pleasurable and arousing experiences that map positive ideation to relaxed states and contrast with a lower level of pleasure during typical states of rest that generally precede a return to meaningless discursive thinking. The essentials of my argument are on pp.25-28 and pp.45-53 of my linked book on the psychology of rest. The Psychology of Rest www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing Meditation and Rest- The American Psychologist/David Holmes www.scribd.com/document/291558160/Holmes-Meditation-and-Rest-The-American-Psychologist The Psychology of Rest and Meditation, from the International Journal of Stress Management, by this author www.scribd.com/doc/121345732/Relaxation-and-Muscular-Tension-A-bio-behavioristic-explanation Berridge Lab, University of Michigan sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/

Video starts at 4:35

@Mayanksharma-ss8xj

2 жыл бұрын

U saved my 1 min

@cindyfuller8556

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

IT’S GOKU TIME!!!

Can someone please tell me how to enter the flow state

@thameswrites

4 жыл бұрын

First Name Last Name Watch the video wtf

@FirstNameLastName-mn8hp

4 жыл бұрын

@@thameswrites i ain't understand shit

@PringlesOriginal445

3 жыл бұрын

@@FirstNameLastName-mn8hp LMAO

@SHIR_5

3 жыл бұрын

@@FirstNameLastName-mn8hp High challenge + the ability to do said challenge=flow The number mihaly csikszentmihalyi uses is 4% higher challenge than skill because if you’re doing something slightly harder than you can do, specifically 4% harder, you can increase your skill in anything extremely fast

@murtithinker7660

3 жыл бұрын

no

I remember i was flighting and i was losing then i get blinded by darkness and i slow motion and i was moving fast. And i punched him in hes eye soo quickly i know what i did but couldn't see it and i asked the person punched in the face what did he see and said i just turned around and you punched me so fast.

phones can't copy and paste 𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱𒀱⃢ 𒀱😂 but they can.

I used to be able to get in the flow playing guitar and writing music. After getting married and having kids that has become a distant memory

I always enter the flow in useless things I don’t wanna enter the flow in

Hello

Me trying to pass my driving test

Jesus christ. This video could have been alot shorter than 13 or even 7 minutes

I wish KAIOKEN was real too

Who else catches a flying controller after watching this

DakhaBrakha - Baby (Live on KEXP) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2V_xql9dc7Qj7g.html

@AlexShailer

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah nice. KEXP always host awesome people. Check out Nadishana

To me the model isn’t accurate

@murtithinker7660

3 жыл бұрын

me neither

@victor260698

3 жыл бұрын

reason?