Flow, Artistik & Psychologie
Inviting
body, mind and attention
into meaningful flow.
Wie zum Flow gefunden habe
During my psychology studies, I discovered hula hooping. What began as playful movement became a direct entry point into the flow state: focused presence in which learning, action, and experience naturally align. Flow arts became an important resource for meeting the mental demands of my work - including forensic settings and crisis support.
Not as distraction, but as a way to stay regulated and internally connected. Regular flow experiences strengthened my self-regulation and attentional control, especially meaningful after being diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood. I understand flow arts as the art of entering movement - and just as consciously returning to stillness. The body becomes a dialogue partner, not a tool.
Flow Psychology - Happiness, Learning, and Health.
Flow psychology is often called the psychology of happiness. Not euphoria, but a state where brain, body, and attention move into balanced cooperation.
Flow is associated with increased neuroplasticity, improved emotional regulation, and well-regulated nervous system activation. It arises through genuine engagement - while creating art, repairing a car, playing chess, or swinging a hula hoop.
In clinical contexts, the focus lies on symptom reduction. In my work, I also keep health development and resources in view - even when something is no longer pathological, yet still feels blocking. Flow emerges when people let evaluative thinking recede and follow informed bodily intuition. An open, non-self-judging attitude creates the conditions for this. Fear and joy are physiologically similar - learning not to interpret activation as danger expands access to flow.
Flow Arts as applied Psychology
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Flow Arts as applied Psychology
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Flow-Künste machen deutlich, wie Aufmerksamkeit, Selbstregulierung und Lernfähigkeit zusammenwirken.
Through rhythmic, playful movement - often involving bilateral stimulation familiar from EMDR - an experiential space opens that interrupts rumination, strengthens self-efficacy, and allows change. Not as a technique, but as a stance. This perspective informs my therapeutic and consulting work as well as how I design seminars. Change does not arise from insight alone, but from a curious, sometimes playful relationship with oneself.
Lehren, Lernen, Umsetzen
For several years, I've been contributing to international flow course formats, translating psychological concepts into accessible, embodied learning. My work as a self-taught performer has trained me to make abstract ideas tangible - through rhythm, metaphor, and physical presence.
Sichtbarkeit, Mut und Vertrauen
Ich weiß aus eigener Erfahrung, wie sich starkes Lampenfieber, Auftrittsangst und das Gefühl, ein Betrüger zu sein, anfühlen – und wie man damit umgeht. Als autodidaktischer Künstler habe ich gelernt, trotz Unsicherheit präsent zu bleiben und meinem eigenen Ausdruck zu vertrauen.
Der Wunsch, Menschen dabei zu helfen, zu glänzen – sowohl in performativen Momenten als auch in Einzelarbeit oder Seminaren – zieht sich durch alle Bereiche meines Lebens und meiner Arbeit.
Halloween Lighttrails in Quarry Bank Mill, Oktober 2025.
Verkörperung einer Feuerhexe für Let's Circus bei den Halloween Lighttrails von Culture Creative.