Spring in Cleveland is like a moody friend, excited to see you for a day or two then completely gone for the next few. With all of its hesitancy and resistance, we are witnessing the birth of a beautiful new season.

Something else is birthing in my life. It is a new sense of being - a sense of feeling fully alive and being “in flow”.

I am intoxicated by my recent trip to Buenos Aries, Argentina. It’s a bit hard for me to believe, I didn’t touch the computer for 17 days. Instead, I danced Argentine Tango, day and night, every day.

For the past 6 years of leading a boutique leadership & strategy coaching business, I have been feeling blessed to have found my calling. I love the work so much so that I didn’t want to go to sleep at night and couldn’t wait to get up in the morning. I often forgot the sense of time.

But this time in Argentina, in this very March of 2022, this immersive dance experience made me feel more alive than ever.

I was part of a 20-person international ladies tango performance team. We studied Argentine tango with many masters, we performed at iconic tango venues, we overcame many unforeseen challenges, we immersed ourselves in the technique, art, and spirit of tango.

Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the pure human connection, maybe it was the exhilaration from performing, maybe it was my own permission to be fully in the moment, I felt totally “in flow”. More than once, I found myself overtaken by the moment - by the magic of life.

I returned to my normal life feeling in love with the universe, and I came back to my professional calling more passionate than ever.

Two questions resonate in my head. How can I feel more “fully alive” and “in flow” every day? How can I help clients feel that way more often?

I do not have eloquent words or clear answers. With all of my own hesitancy and resistance, I commit to learning to be fully alive and to be in flow, and to allow what wants to come through me in life.

Besides the spring, what else wants to birth in your life? What brings you fully alive?

Fully Alive and In Flow

Yan Maschke