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A systems view of biological health

Section 1: Introduction

1 : Orienting towards Health

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Health instead of Pathology

Boundary and Relationality

Symbiosis : the body as an ecosystem

Life is self referential

Identity

Function and Form

Pulsations Polarities Rhythms & Gestures

Innate survival agendas

Adaptation, adaptedness & adaptive capacity

Optimisation of Energy and Structure

Consciousness and Intelligence

A vast ocean of information

The various timeframes of the present moment

The Window of Attention

Meaning making

The constant flux of calibration

The Direction of Flow of Meaning

Predicting the future

The two kinds of survival

Left Brain, Right Brain

Feedback loops and conversation theory

The Imaginary and the Imaginal

Expectation and Anticipation

Gestalts - learning to expect how the world is

Mirror Neurons and the primacy of movement

The asymmetry of safety vs danger

The 40-second rule

Internal employees

Attentive engagement

Loose coupling

Not One, Not Two

Not just biology

The Autonomic Nervous System

The Three Compartment Body Plan

From Shrimps to_Mammals

Living in the Safe enough zone

Emotions of connection

Normal adaptation: Plan A Plan B

Surviving extremes

From Mammals to Hominids

Conclusion

Summary of main points


 
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