Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Part 1 In the Zone
Welcome to the Zone! 13
White moments 16
Optimal Zone 19
The features 22
The dark side of the Zone 34
The fake Zone 37
Measuring the Zone? 38
Flow or Zone? 40
Zone at will! 42
Optimal conditions 44
Zone for everybody? 55
Inner sun 59
What prevents us from reaching the Zone? 61
Now what? 64
Part 2 The Zone is within
Limits 69
Neurosciences 72
Modified perceptions 75
To shift our attention 79
A gold vision 86
Body awareness 89
Posture and rhythm 93
Breathing 96
To let go 100
Tim Gallwey and the Inner Game 103
Conscious, Unconscious 107
A Zen Zone 111
Phil Jackson: a Zen master in the NBA 115
Yoga and Zone 124
Don't do 128
Quiet mind 130
Keep it simple 132
From instinct to intuition 136
Effortless 140
To be a child again 144
The links 147
The missing piece 155
Connection 159
To do it 165
Don't think, feel! 169
Endnotes 178