Finding my flow state, by Chad Sanders
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Like so many of us, Chad Sanders has strived to belong for as long as he can remember — thwarted in the shadows of other people’s judgements of him. Fortunately, life has its way of giving us glimpses into our limitless possibility, when we allow our natural creativity and curiosity to embody our highest expression, regardless of the friction that people and circumstances place upon us. A magical high school experience in English class, and later in life, an auspicious walk with the iconic filmmaker, Spike Lee, give Chad unforgettable windows to find his flow. Turns out, by letting go of how others think he should be, Chad is finally able to walk into every room and every environment as himself.
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| 0:00.0 | When I'm here, the friction goes away. |
| 0:05.0 | When I'm here, the friction goes away. |
| 0:21.6 | English class is the one place where I feel like I'm in orbit. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm in space. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm like a fish in water. |
| 0:32.6 | As I put down my own thoughts and ideas, |
| 0:36.6 | everything slows down for me. I feel things. I just get it. |
| 0:52.4 | As a student, Chad Sanders often felt like a fish out of water, except in one magical, creative classroom, where he found a sense of belonging and flow. |
| 1:05.0 | As he starts climbing the corporate ladder, though, that fish out of water feeling comes back in force. |
| 1:11.6 | He sees the hierarchies and ingrown systems around him, |
| 1:15.0 | adding friction to every step he takes. |
| 1:18.5 | He realizes he needs to do something bold |
| 1:20.8 | to regain the pure creativity, the curiosity, |
| 1:25.0 | that lets him walk without friction and unabashedly be himself. |
| 1:31.7 | In this series we combine immersive first-person stories, |
| 1:36.9 | breathtaking music and mindfulness prompts |
| 1:40.2 | so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories. |
| 1:46.0 | And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives. |
| 1:52.0 | From Wait What? This is meditative story. |
| 1:58.0 | I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. |
| 2:18.6 | The body relaxed. The body breathing. |
| 2:23.6 | Your senses open. |
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