Mystic Cool: A Proven Approach to Transcend Stress, Achieve Optimal Brain Function, and Maximize Your Creative Intelligence Book

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction by Valerie Land Henderson xi

Prologue: Up to Me xv

1 Ordinary Genius 1

2 Dragon, The Primitive Brain 13

3 Apollo, The Neocortex 27

4 Mars, The Emotional Brain 43

5 The Mystical Brain 67

6 Awareness: The Storm 85

7 The Eye of the Storm 107

8 The Neuroplasticity of Practice 119

9 The First Quality of Mystic Cool: Quietly Engaged, Fully Present 125

10 The Second Quality of Mystic Cool: Calm and Clear Inside, Regardless of Outside 137

11 The Third Quality of Mystic Cool: Connected and Connecting 147

12 The Fourth Quality of Mystic Cool: The Whole that Transcends the Fragments 165

Epilogue: Never, Never, Never Give Up 175

Addendum: A Simple Practice 179

Notes 183

Index 199