Mihaly Csikszentmihaly is a theorist and professor of psychology who has contributed pioneering work to our understanding of happiness, creativity, human fulfilment and the notion of ‘flow’ – a state of heightened focus and immersion in activities, such as art, physical activity and work.<\/p>\n
I read one of his books about ten years ago while training in Brazil in preparation for the final World Cup stop in Fortaleza. I found myself studying the book, rather than just casually reading it, and ended up writing out pages and pages of information by hand so that I could go back to my favourite parts at any time. Analysing and understanding flow was pretty ground-breaking, not only for my career as a pro kiter, but for my life in general.<\/p>\n
Read more about Flow<\/strong> and the Power of Silence and how kitesurfing can guide you the way to integrate these\u00a0powerful states even into our daily life off the water,<\/strong>\u00a0in this article in Surf a Vela!<\/p>\n If Spanish isn’t your mother tongue, no worries, here’s the German version<\/strong><\/a>, the Italian,<\/strong><\/a> and the English one.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I leave you here with the words of Francis Bacon: Enjoy! Mihaly Csikszentmihaly is a theorist and professor of psychology who has contributed pioneering work to our understanding of happiness, creativity, human fulfilment and the notion of ‘flow’ – a state of heightened focus and immersion in activities, such as art, physical activity and work. I read one of his books about ten years ago while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[1995,1989,1993,1611,1994,1992,1892,154,611,1644],"class_list":["post-11369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-various","tag-bacon","tag-confucius","tag-csikszentmihaly","tag-flow","tag-francis","tag-mihaly","tag-silence","tag-spain","tag-surf","tag-vela"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\u201cSilence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGabi x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"