- Body intelligence to get out of your head and on with your life
(aka – The Modern Jedi Manual)
- by Mark Walsh
The Body and Leadership – Book Chapters
Chapter 1 – Foundations - Why your body is much more than “a cart to carry your head around on”
Extracts:
How we have lost our bodies, why this is a problem and what to do about it
The Bodies of Hope, Adventure, Love and Choice - Narrative Extracts
Chapter 2 – Awareness, Acceptance and Intention
- You’ve got to be in to win it, you’re perfect…but what the hell do you want?
The Body of Awareness and Transmission – Illustrative Narrative Extracts
Chapter 3 – Fundamentals - Know thyself
The Bodies of Dreams and History – Illustrative Narrative Extract
Chapter 4 – Centring - …and get thyself together
The Body Off-Centre - Illustrative Narrative Extract
Chapter 5- Rhythms, Types and Tools – Jedi bodymind tricks, operating systems and groovy stuff
More Tools – Three Centres
Leadership Rhythms – Life Cycles
Putting the Tools to Use – Working on Yourself
Chapter 6 – Embodied Emotional Intelligence - The touchy-feely bit my ex-girlfriends insisted on
Chapter 7 – Getting Along with Others – Read this if you’re not a hermit
Chapter 8 – Leadership Impact and Presence – Why Harrison Ford is cool (and the meaning of your life)
Chapter 9 - Shadow and Embodied Exploration – You’re what you think you’re not
Chapter 10 – Spirituality - Surprise, you’re The Force
Chapter 11 – The Use of Imagery - Imagine you’re small, green & your arm’s a light-sabre
Chapter 12 – Practice and Making Change Stick - How to get better at stuff
Chapter 13 – Applications - Money, sex and nonviolence – get more of what you love, and want less of what you don’t
