Science of Flow - How to Enter a Flow State of Mind

Learn how to enter a flow state of mind in four different ways based on the latest flow science research. Flow states involve intrinsic reward and optimal mental functioning.

The third and fourth types of flow are less well-known. They allow us internally derived access to the brain’s blissful neurochemistry.

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Liam is a forest monk who has taught meditation internationally. He advises on advanced meditation research for Harvard Medical School & Mass General Hospital. Liam holds a BA from Yale and an MSc in applied neuroscience from KCL.

Timestamps
00:00 | Intro - Science of Flow States
01:42 | Automatic Flow
02:39 | Problem-Solving Flow
04:16 | Meditative Absorption Flow
08:06 | Natural Flow

Resources
Paper 1: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/3/496/2375154
Paper 2: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645498/full
Paper 3: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811913008732
Paper 4: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69448-3
Paper 5: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ejn.15014
Paper 6: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132583/
Paper 7: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550614555028
Paper 8: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0361923010000614
Paper 9: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/np/2013/653572/
Paper 10: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13415-015-0358-3
Paper 11: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811916300581
Paper 12: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00183/full
Paper 13: https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/article/39/6/1343/1883760
Paper 14: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00440/full
Paper 15: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00647/full
Yogalap breathwork video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUGLzEi5ik
Tibetan Yoga book: https://thamesandhudson.com/tibetan-yoga-9780500519264
Sustainable Happiness book: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203854815/sustainable-happiness-joe-loizzo-robert-thurman-daniel-siegel

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