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Mobile Diaphragm
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Happiness
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
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Assertive Calm Selfassured
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Positive Thinking Worldview
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Sociable Leadership Playfulness
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Positive Human Interactions
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Sharing Helping Mending
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Contentedness Optimism
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Confidence Positive Affect
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BEHAVIORAL
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Muscular Sustainable
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Diaphragmatic Breathing Resting Microbreaking Optimal Length
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Deep Long Smooth Relaxation Optimal Posture Loading Optimal Blood Flow
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Dominant Displays
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Muscle Regeneration
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Limber Open Inviting
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THE DIAPHRAGMATIC
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MUSCULAR
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Elongation of Trigger Points
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Optimal Alignment
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Muscle Growth
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Even Use Hypertrophy
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Physical Pleasure
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BREATHING CYCLE
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Emotional
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Pleasure
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PHYSIOLOGICAL
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Parasympathetic Upregulation
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Deaging Chakra Healing
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Homeostasis Anabolism
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Beneficial Developmental Plasticity
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Endorphins Oxytocin Serotonin
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Optimal Heart Rate High HRV
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PFC and Hippocampus Growth
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Figure Diaphragmatic breathing creates a virtuous cycle
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A Genes Eye View
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The scientific evidence suggests that we are here on Earth because a complex molecule got
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stuck in a rut of selfreplication Our situation as survival machines for DNA can be given a
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negative or positive valence Our pain and the pain we inflict on each other can make this
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situation a curse It is too often a frenzied freeforall where as Tennyson said nature is red in
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tooth and claw But if we are actively engaged in improving the quality of our life and other
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sentient beings lives then we transform the condition from a curse to a blessing believe
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making this transformation gives life meaning Your every action display and word may have
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reverberating repercussions on reality that will continue to echo in the physical universe
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forever Instead of contributing to pain through abusive communication contribute to peace
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and love
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The nerves that course trauma through our bodies are the reigns by which our selfish
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genes control us From our genes perspective happiness and confidence are risky and might
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get us killed They are only to be expressed in utopian environments Our cells operate on the
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assumption that aggression and submission keep us on the straight and narrow that living
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without them is problematic applicable only when our environment is sending us reliable cues
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that it is unrealistically hospitable We must overcome the genetically hardwired negativity bias
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and fear of relaxation To do this we can use diaphragmatic breathing to trick our organs and
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Chapter Conclusions
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cells into thinking that our world is an unparalleled paradise This will give you the elbow room
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you need to coddle your inner pet encourage your inner child and admire your inner
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caveperson If we can do this we all no matter our age or the extent of our trauma have the
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developmental plasticity to become genuinely happy
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Turn Off the Behavioral Inhibition System
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Jeffrey Alan Gray proposed the biopsychological theory of personality in and it remains
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a widely accepted model The theory hypothesized two systems a the behavioral inhibition
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system which stops us from doing things out of fear and b the behavioral activation system
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which causes us to do things out of positive motivation for reward He proposed that these two
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systems are constantly interacting and that people vary in the extent to which these systems
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influence their behavior
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People who have an overactive behavioral inhibition system spend their life repressing
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their impulses and restraining their desires They are sensitive to punishment and perceive it as
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highly aversive A predisposition toward behavioral inhibition starts in infancy Toddlers who
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are behaviorally inhibited have higher heart rates higher stress hormone levels tighter vocal
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cords and highly reactive amygdalae would assume that they are also predisposed to
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distressed breathing
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The behavioral inhibition system has been proposed to be the causal basis of anxiety and
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depression It is what keeps us from dancing laughing and improvising and pulls us to retreat
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into our shells The behavioral activation system is the opposite It promotes approach
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behavior cheerfulness spontaneity and sociability As you might have guessed the exercises
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in this book aim to activate the behavioral activation system The following table offers
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further detail
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Behavioral Inhibition System Behavioral Activation System
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Emotion Fear of pain Excitement for pleasure
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Motivation Avoid punishments Approach rewards
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Arousal Sympathetic Neutral Parasympathetic
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Personality Introverted Reserved Extraverted Outgoing
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Personality Disorder Anxious Depressed Impulsive Exploitative
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Hierarchical Station Submissive Dominant
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Affect Negative Positive
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Outlook Cynical Hopeful
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Table Comparing the Behavioral Inhibition and Activation Systems
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You will find that the consequences of these two systems reach into every facet of your life
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For instance as shot a basketball in my twenties would retract from the ball in a cringing
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motion This was the behavioral inhibition system in action Today my hand follows through and
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remains briefly in the air at full arm extension Disinhibiting your followthrough is integral to
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your ability to score Be an exhibitionist and treat everything like a game you are playing to win
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We need to be accepting of the fact that we will continue to suffer social failures We will
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displease some and not be liked by others But if we let our fear of these things lead to
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PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
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inhibition social defeat will be inevitable Never choose to withdraw when confronted by a
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stressor Always approach When you find yourself upset dont pull away Push back playfully
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You deserve to be loved and respected while being your true unfiltered self
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