Contents
Part I: daily possibilities
- Prologue: the evening the music changed
- Reader’s guide: research, assumptions and philosophy
- What Is an Inner State?
- The Inner-State Cycle
- Sound and music: choosing what you hear
- Food and the Gut-Brain Axis
- The Body and Clothing
- Breath and the Nervous System
- Light, Rhythm, and Environment
Part II: psychology and philosophy
- The larger question: what supports your wellbeing?
- Polyvagal theory: considering safety
- Stoicism: the Dichotomy of Control
- Love and the urge for contact
- Attachment and Codependency
- Buddhism: Detachment Is Not Indifference
- Osho: loneliness and being alone
- Deida: personal direction within a relationship
- Tolle: thoughts and recurring pain
- Frankl: the will to meaning
- Internal Family Systems: language for inner conflict
- The Hedonic Treadmill
- Tantra: making room for feelings
- Byron Katie and non-duality: examining thoughts
Part III: connections and sources
- Putting the perspectives side by side
- The two pillars in daily life
- Epilogue: another evening
- Sources and editorial notes
- About the authors