Over the next few weeks sprinkled between interviews and episodes, I‘m going to do an episode about each step of the FLOW Planning Process — center, vision, decide, schedule, and follow through. In this episode, I talk about why getting centered is the most critical first step to planning. I also share the seven ways I recommend to get centered, and what it looks like in practice.
Planning is just making choices in advance. Choices made from “centered” energy are different from choices made from fear, sadness, frustration. Part of the advantage of making choices in advance is that we have the time and space to get centered.
So step 1 of the FLOW planning process is getting centered.
This looks different when you are sitting down to plan a season, month, week or day, or a home project, product launch, website project, offerings, a week of diners, set of habits, a family trip.
7 ways to center and plan
Gratitude: Today page and what we do as a group on Friday in FLOW365
Breath: Pausing
1 deep breat or a 15-minute practice.
In FLOW365 our OM pratitioiners
Writing:
Brain dump
Journal for a bigger thing
Idea is to get out of your head because empty usually feels centering.
Meditation:
Movement:
Nourishment: Water + Food + Rest
Talking it out:
Process something out loud
Process a trauma or mindset blocks
That said, I always start with breath.
If I’m about to make some big life changes, I might have a mini breathing session.
If I’m planning reconfirming my plan for the day, one deep breath might do.
Outside
Walk around the block
Go to yoga
Process something out loud
Get a good night sleep
Move somewhere else
What is centered for this set of choices?
FLOW
Food and Wellness: tend to your body
Lifestyle: Tend to your surroundings
Om: Tend to your heart soul
Work: tend to Your Legacy
Planning a launch in your business?
Or a presentation at work?
Meal planning your week?