In the Zone
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In the Zone

Transcendent Experience in Sports

Michael Murphy, Rhea A. White

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In the Zone

Transcendent Experience in Sports

Michael Murphy, Rhea A. White

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About This Book

Michael Murphy, bestselling author of Golf in the Kingdom, explains the power of athletics to transform the body, mind, and spirit Athletes and coaches often say they feel "in the zone" while participating in sports or other endeavors, and Esalen Institute cofounder Michael Murphy carefully documents this phenomenon in one of the most comprehensive works of its kind. Murphy and coauthor Rhea A. White categorize twenty types of extraordinary athletic feats, exalted states of consciousness, and altered perceptions that, they say, evoke the richness of a spiritual practice.This wide-ranging compendium includes insights from amateur, Olympic, and professional athletes, such as Michael Jordan, Mario Andretti, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2011
ISBN
9781453218846
Topic
Ciencias sociales
Subtopic
Sociología

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. The Spiritual Underground in Sports
  7. 2. Mystical Sensations
  8. 3. Altered Perceptions
  9. 4. Extraordinary Feats
  10. 5. Sport and Mysticism
  11. 6. Mind/Body Training
  12. 7. Evolutionary Possibilities
  13. A Biography of Michael Murphy
  14. Bibliography
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Index