Contents
SECTION ONE THE WILD ORGINS OF OUR HUMAN NATURE: WHAT IS IT TO BE HUMAN?
Chapter 1 Human Origins and the Environment
Chapter 1 Lesson: The Purpose of Posture
Chapter 2 Animal Magic versus Human Magic
Chapter 2 Lesson: Differentiate and Integrate Movement
Chapter 3 Dreams Realized: The Integration of Imagination and Action
Chapter 3 Lesson: Imagination and Motion for Improved Movement and Self-Image
Chapter 4 Human Learning: Necessary Conditions for the Learning Process
Chapter 4 Lesson: Find Your Learning Zone
Chapter 5 Survival and Fitness: It Is Always about Movement
Chapter 5 Lesson: The Difference between Walking and Running
Chapter 6 Fitness as Self-Fulfillment: Beyond Survival
Chapter 6 Lesson: The Universal Human Position of Triumph and Celebration
SECTION TWO HOW SCIENCE HELPS US UNDERSTAND HUMAN POTENTIAL
Chapter 7 In the Beginning There Was Belief
Chapter 7 Lesson: Two Kinds of Confidence
Chapter 8 Obtaining the Prize in Modern Life
Chapter 8 Lesson: Mind-Body Focus
Chapter 9 The Plastic Nervous System
Chapter 9 Lesson: Brain Plasticity
Chapter 10 The Unity of Body and Mind, a More Radical Approach
Chapter 10 Lesson: Use the Wisdom of Your Body to Clarify the Unknown
Chapter 11 A Change in the Brain Can Affect the Physical Structure
Chapter 11 Lesson: Make Fine Distinctions
Chapter 12 Exploration and Self-Fulfillment
Chapter 12 Lesson: Improve Your Walking, Hiking, or Running on Uneven Surfaces
SECTION THREE REDEFINING FITNESS
Chapter 13 The Beginner’s Mind
Chapter 13 Lesson: It Takes an Open Mind to Learn
Chapter 14 Our Current Fitness Paradigm: The Old Fitness Pyramid
Chapter 14 Lesson: Safely Extend Your Back
Chapter 15 The New Fitness Pyramid: Learn First, then Train
Chapter 15 Lesson: More Sensitive Use of Your Hands
Chapter 16 The New Fitness Pyramid: Foundation
Chapter 16 Lesson: Organize Your Skeleton to Carry a Heavy Weight on Your Head
Chapter 17 The New Fitness Pyramid: Process of Improvement
Chapter 17 Lesson: Improve Your Deadlift
Chapter 18 The New Fitness Pyramid: Fitness and Training as a Learning Experience
Chapter 18 Lesson: Come to a Sitting Position by Rolling over an Elbow Support
Chapter 19 Being Fit: High Intrinsic Achievement