Getting the Flow State - Yogi Explains

Summary

January 17, 2025, 13 min

How the flow state arises when practiced competence lets the subconscious join the conscious mind, drawing on Csíkszentmihályi and the 10,000-hours rule. Meditation follows the same pattern, opening to a deeper superconscious flow from the Higher Self; a walking or jogging witness exercise offers a taste of it.

In this video

Teaches

Flow state

Discusses

RepetitionSubconsciousLet Go and EnjoySuperconscious mindBeing the watcher

Mentions

Mihály CsíkszentmihályiMasteryBrainwavesOM Japa in the ChakrasDownload PhaseHigher SelfHRV ResonanceLow-Idle-StateFour Proofs of MeditationSitting Very Still (SVS)Left and right brain

Key moments

00:00Requests to explain the flow state 00:43Csíkszentmihályi's definition of flow 01:30Football players and musicians build competence through practice 02:04Outliers, the 10,000-hours rule and the Beatles 03:05The subconscious is the juice of the flow state 04:12Football, Yo-Yo Ma and writers flowing with the subconscious 05:58Conscious and subconscious make a whole greater than its parts 06:36Flow in meditation through enjoyment 07:31Superconscious flow from the higher self 09:04A yogini watches herself walk and jog 10:14Try it: watch the automatic process of walking 11:42Recap: subconscious flow and higher-self flow