The Pause Principle

Index

Page numbers followed by f refer to figures.

• ADHD, 63, 75
• Adrenaline, 15, 17, 19
• Aggression, 97
• Amygdala, 17, 120
• Anger, 91–92
• Annoyance, 91–92
• Anxiety, see Fear and anxiety
• Appreciation, 93–95
• Asking yourself questions, 89–91
• Automatic reaction, 5, 5f
• Autonomic nervous system, 17, 22
• Awareness, 25–26, 71, 132–134
• Awareness meditation, 124–125

• Baars, B. J., 15
• Back breathing, 74–75
• Bakker, J., 103
• Bargal, S., 78
• Barkley, S., 53
• Beards, 52
• Belly, focusing on your, 60–61, 146
• Belly breathing, 73–74, 114
• Benros, M. Ericksen, 121
• Bentley, T. G. K., 69
• Big deals, 112
• Blaming, 90
• Blood pressure, 19, 69, 70, 78
• Body:
  • communication and the, 14–15
  • and opening up, 97–98
  • signals from your, 45, 48

• Body awareness meditation, 124–125
• Brain, 17, 105–106, 120, 122, 136, 139
• Breath awareness, 132–134
• Breath grabbing, 72
• Breathing. See also Take a Breath (SOFTEN practice)
  • diaphragmatic, 71
  • and focusing on the present, 73
  • and focusing on the present moment, 61
  • and ‘‘put it down’’ visualization, 134–136
  • shallow, 96

• Breath pattern, 69, 79–81
• Bucket, filling the, 98–99
• Bunea, E. M., 133

• Camaraderie, 87
• Carnegie, Dale, 151
• Carney, D. R., 65
• CEO temper tantrums, 2, 85
• Change Me Prayers (Silver), 116
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI), 3
• Chekhov, Anton, 13
• Chest, tightness in, 50, 109
• Chest breathing, 71–72
• Chödrön, Pema, 55
• Chopra, Deepak, 119
• Clear, staying, 111
• Comfort, feeling of, 87
• Communication:
  • as body-mind practice, 14–15
  • importance of, 151

• Compassion (compassion ...