Everyday stress at work and personal life when goes for a longer period of time leads to burn out.
I remember I was the last person to recognise that I was going through chronic stress. I was sitting at GP surgery and filling out the questionnaire, ticking the right boxes that reflected how I felt and the result – Chronic Stress.
My initial reaction was, no way I feel normal – this is how I have been progressing; doing my work, chores, child care routines, ticking checklists – I felt completely normal.
Chronic Stress or Burnout means that we are running on a survival mode for a longer period of time.People who go through Chronic Stress or Burnout don’t know what symptoms to look out for.
Here are some signs to know that you are stuck in survival mode:
- Always tired , even after rest.
- Scattered focus and racing thoughts.
- Reacting instead of creating
- Guilty when resting , but burnout when working
It is impossible to work in flow when we are stuck in survival mode.
In this Blog, let’s explore the transformation map to switch from survival mode to flow state
Step 1: is to recognise that our system is out of sync
Do a simple reset:
Take 3 deep breaths
2 mins of movement
Connect to the silence within you
Flow begins with stillness
Step 2: Activate Flow State
Here is the method that I practise everyday to train myself to focus on the projects that I work on.
- Full Body workout – do at least 5 mins of exercise daily; this clears the tension in our body.
- Left and Right Brain Synchronisation – When we are in survival mode, different parts of the brain work in isolation ; this is why we have racing thoughts; one moment you want to read a book, another moment do laundry; another moment cook dinner; next moment – panic about not finishing the project work; scroll phone 20 times in between all of these. Do cross body movements and alternate nostril breathing that helps synchronise the left and right side of the body.
- Heart Brain Coherence – it is proven by heartMath institute that we perform between when heart and brain are in sync. 3 mins of slow deep breathing, paying attention to the breath between heart and brain – this exercise helps to synchronise the heart and brain waves.
- Spine Flow alignment – when the spine fluid flows freely, it brings our body into a calm state (parasympathetic ) . This means you move out of the stress or survival model into a calm state ideal to work in a flow state.
- Emotions like anger, frustration, fear makes the brainwaves go out of sync. The elevated emotions like love, joy, gratitude, curiosity, excitement helps synchronise the heart and brain waves.
- Stillness : I’m so obsessed about connecting to the stillness within. It’s a very difficult for starters to connect to stillness as our brain is constantly working and particular when we are survival mode, we are fired to keep up with the to-do list and sitting in stillness, doing nothing makes us feel like we are not productive. Every time when our brain jumps to a task, gently bring it back to stillness the more you do this, the more time you spend in stillness. When we connect to stillness, your creativity enhances and ideas flow effortlessly without overthinking.
Step 3: High Performance State (Working in flow State )
Once you prep the body and mind, you can then continue working on your project in flow state.
This is where you are,
Deeply focus on the project
Emotionally aligned
Physically energised
Creativity flows naturally.
You are in the creating zone; You are in Flow;
Task feels effortless;
Time disappears
You are calm but laser sharp
Ideas and Insights drop in naturally
You feel energised, not drained
This is your genius zone. You can build this every day.
Try this and share your thoughts on how you prepare yourself to work in flow.
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