As I have mentioned in a previous post(“If you’re happy and you know it”) I watched the documentary “Happy”. Mentioned as a secret to happiness was the concept of “Flow” which peaked my interest. What flow is in terms of psychology is what some people may call “in the zone”-being totally absorbed by a task. This aligns your emotions,channels them into the task at hand. Examples of tasks to immerse yourself in may be work,dance,yoga,meditation, music, whatever is of great enough interest to get lost in.

Upon further research to wikipedia it states that

Schaffer (2013) proposed seven flow conditions:

  1. Knowing what to do
  2. Knowing how to do it
  3. Being aware of  how well you are doing
  4. Knowing where to go
  5. High perceived challenges
  6. High perceived skills
  7. Freedom from distractions

I found the idea of flow to be very interesting and I will post further bits and pieces in relation to flow again. Till then feel free yet again to comment and give thoughts-maybe experiences.

Have a nice day!-Eva x