Why jogging promotes creativity
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
Creativity - the ability to create. No matter what. This ability of the brain to create new entities, pursuing modeling, analysis and synthesis of information. In fact, these processes take place in our minds all the time, but do not always give us the desired result in the form of new solutions. The state of "flow" when the brain "creative" efficiently and on request, can be achieved purposefully. Let's see why running contributes to this.
Flow concept was proposed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. According to his theory, there are several features of the activities that contribute to the experience of streaming condition:
- clear goals
- Concentration
- Loss of sense of self-awareness
- Distorted perception of time
- The feeling of total control over the activities of
All these features are inherent in the run. They are easy to see and manage:
- Clear goals. When you go out for a jog, you have a certain goal. This can be a certain distance, workout time or the passage of a specific route. In fact you do not think about this. It just exists in your subconscious mind and memory. How is the purpose of the run can be linked to other objectives? The fact that such a clear but simple aim is a kind of a center of attraction for other purposes deliberation. All the goals that concern you are in your head, the brain is constantly processing them. As soon as one of the goals of "rising to the surface" active thinking, she pulls the other end. But you can not think of a few things at once. However, the purpose of the run does not require mental effort and that this frees up space for active deliberation other purposes. Try to clearly define the purpose already in motion. So clear, so you can mentally "feel it."
- Concentration. Thus, a simple objective facilitates concentration of the run. But most of all it contributes to the process itself - monotonous, measured movement introduces you into a kind of trance. Perhaps you have noticed this condition for a while running. At this time, the brain will minimize the amount of processed information from the surrounding world, and focuses on a single thought. The main thing - time to notice this "shove" the right brain thought. To do this, do not try to tell myself firmly, "I think that's about it." On the contrary, you need to gently "rolling a" thought like a bowling ball, and observe its movement.
- Loss of self-feelings. This merging of action and awareness. In other words, you can not separate yourself from the process. You may have noticed that sometimes it becomes very easy to run, you stop noticing how do the steps and do not feel these efforts. That's what characterized this condition in the race. In this case, the brain "accelerated" - thought at the same time flow faster and "deeper" assess the problem. You can easily control the train of thought, and are in the "flow." To enter the state, try to look at a single point ahead and clear the mind of extraneous thoughts. Stop consciously notice the surrounding changes.
- Distorted perception of time. Given the above symptoms and conditions, you stop noticing the time. This happens because the brain does not need to do it, and all resources are concentrated on the other. To do this, remove all possible reminders of time intervals - alarm clock, voice-guided program tracker and so on.
- The feeling of total control over the activities. When your consciousness is merged with the normal course of business, you can feel the full control over every detail of the process. For example, if you focus directly on the run, you can feel every muscle, you will understand how to tense and relax the muscles, as there is movement in the legs space. If you're thinking about what that idea - you suddenly realize that you can view it from all sides, you can play all the components of thought to your liking. Try to do it consciously.
- Automatic search of associative links. I'd add that the movement in the space of the brain contributes to finding new associative links. That certainly increases the quality of information processing. As an example, the bright Steve Jobs with his love for long walks during reflection. This activity is just not necessary to try to be aware of what is happening around. The brain does it for you without the involvement of RAM.
Being in a state of flux, certainly helps solve problems, finding interesting targets, ways and ideas. Those. creativity increases. Running helps to enter into a state of flux. Thus, according to the definition of a simple categorical syllogism, we can say that running promotes creativity.