Holidays are hectic. Even when sales are down due to recession, holidays are hectic. So this week’s Mental Yoga exercise is about quieting your mind. You may already be a meditation or yoga practitioner. In that case, this exercise will be easy for you. You don’t have to spend an hour-and-a-half in lotus position to … More Mental Yoga Week #25: Clear Your Mind/Mini Meditation
I love Roger von Oech‘s Creative Whack Pack. It’s my favorite creativity stimulating tool. So, you’ll probably see several more of his ideas in the next 32 weeks. Here’s one called: Combine Ideas — Gutenberg combined a wine press with a coin punch to create the printing press. What different ideas can you combine? Pick … More Mental Yoga Week #20: Combine Ideas
One of my clients turned me on to this really cool magazine for those who need fairly regular mental stimulation. http://www.mentalfloss.com/ The magazine’s tagline is “where knowledge junkies get their fix.” The periodical is an odd combination of articles about the origins of things, like this month’s well known medications in your drug cabinet; brain … More Mental Yoga Week #8- Read Mental Floss
I learned this one from artist/teacher/hypnotist/friend Zebe Pearsall who teaches students how to balance left and right brains. (You can read other methods for brain hemisphere balancing throughout this blog.) Zebe says she learned to use this technique when she found herself getting overly emotional (especially angry to the point of tears) in situations where … More Mental Yoga Week #7: Practice Long Division in Your Head
Last week I bought an above-ground pool while my youngest nephew was visiting. He’s a Capricorn, so work is play to him. He wanted to be in charge of putting together the ladder. Try though he did, and as determined as he was, he could not figure it out. Neither could my 80-year-old next-door-neighbor, who … More Mental Yoga Week #4: Mind Power for Kids
If you haven’t read the article about Flow that I wrote a couple of weeks ago, go back and read it first. If you have, let’s get started. Remember, FLOW is about being present in the Moment. The concept of being here now is deceptively complex and amazingly simple all at the same time. But, … More “Exercise #1 for Getting in the Flow of Life”
Almost 20 years ago, a Hungarian psychology professor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, published his ground-breaking work, ‘Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.’ I’ve been a fan of Csikszentmihalyi, (“chick-send-me-high-ee”) ever since that time. According to “flow” theory: people are most happy when they are in a state of flow— a state of concentration or complete absorption with the activity … More The Science of Happiness: Getting in the Flow of Your Life