The Power of the Herd (78 page)

as management tool,
243

messages behind,
246
,
271
,
321

nonverbal communication of,
381

reading,
245–46

sadness and,
246–47

anger management,
312

Angier, Natalie,
77–78

animal-assisted therapy,
108

animal cruelty laws,
209

animal research,
221–22

animal slaughter, kosher,
124–25

antisocial personality disorder,
43–45
,
248

anxiety,
247–48
,
271

Apache Springs Ranch (AZ),
9–10
,
11–13
,
332–39
,
341–42
,
372
,
384

Apache tribes,
152

apathy,
243
,
246

apologies,
395–96

appreciation,
410

Arab (horse),
41–42

archetypes,
355–56

Argento, Stephanie (pseud.),
29–31
,
38

arousal,
43
,
182
,
311

Artemis (horse),
360
,
367

artists,
233–34
,
235–36
,
259
,
284

Asita (sage),
167

assertiveness (Guiding Principle
4
),
135–37
,
320–24
,
331

Assunpink Creek, Battle of (1777),
52–53

Asvins (Indian mythological figures),
358

atheism,
202

Aurora
(newspaper),
190–91

awe, sense of,
413

baboons,
77–78

Bache, Benjamin Franklin,
190–91

Baldwin, Ann Linda,
310
,
408–11

Barasch, Marc Ian,
78

Barletta, John,
25–28

“Battle at Kruger” (YouTube video),
367

Becoming an Empath
(McLaren),
237
,
263

Belyaev, Dmitri,
116–17

Beyond the Cherry Tree
(Hodges),
59

Bible,
110–11
,
113–14
,
126

black-horse wisdom,
153–54

blame,
210
,
211
,
218–19
,
303

Blassingame, Wyatt,
40–41

blood pressure

during emotional suppression,
34
,
277

during evaluation apprehension,
186–88

of horses, indicators of lowering,
278

horse training and,
165
,
278

oxytocin and,
118–19

personal space boundaries and,
308

Blueskin (horse),
56

body

dialog with,
292–96

mistrust of,
24

primacy of,
282

body, listening to (Guiding Principle
2
)

author's experience,
280–82

body as horse and,
278–80

emotions as arising from body,
275–76

emotions as contagious,
276–77

hidden emotions and,
277–78

intuition,
363

messages attained through,
289–92

overview,
229

philosophical/religious origins of,
283–84

tension/relaxation as “binary code” in,
285–86

See also
body scan

Body First Theory,
275–76
,
282

body language,
280

affect contagion and,
299–300

boundary setting through,
315

consciousness-altering nature of,
276

of horses,
275

incongruent,
300–301

interpersonal challenges revealed through,
301–2

paying attention to,
299–300

triggers revealed through,
304

body-mind connection,
276
,
278–80

body posture,
289

body scan,
283

affect contagion and,
299

benefits of,
284–85

case studies,
289–92

for fear management,
364

method for,
292–96

sensation mapping,
286–89

bonobos,
77

boredom,
243
,
246

Borodin, Aleksandr,
105

boundaries

overstepping,
243
,
258
,
295
,
313
,
321

overview,
230

boundary setting (Guiding Principle
4
)

benefits of,
316

case studies,
325–29

compassion and,
218–19

consensual leadership and,
386

crescendo-into-immediate-positive-feedback approach,
315–16
,
320–21

emotional space,
307

fear of,
218

herding techniques,
204

with horses,
180–81
,
308–9
,
316–17
,
326–29

mistakes in,
316

motivation vs.,
320–24

nonverbal protocols for,
310–11

with people,
317–21

personal space,
307–12

at workplace,
306–7
,
312–15
,
386

Boyatzis, Richard,
16
,
18
,
20
,
32
,
33–34
,
35–36
,
39–40
,
42
,
276

Brands, H. W.,
195
,
198

Brannaman, Buck,
81
,
178–80

breastfeeding,
120

breathing,
165
,
286
,
289–90
,
300
,
364
,
398

Brown, Brené,
216–17
,
218–20

Bucephalus (horse),
42–43
,
167
,
170

Buck
(documentary),
178–81

Buddha

as horse trainer,
166
,
167
,
168
,
170–71
,
183
,
184
,
226

on ignorance,
223

nonpredatory wisdom of,
154–55
,
156
,
168–70

on significant teachings,
166

solitude in nature,
113

Buddha
(Chopra),
170–71

Buddhism,
113
,
154

aggressive behavior of adherents of,
157

appeal of,
172

“dependent co-arising” in,
184

mindfulness practice in,
223

nomadic pastoral tribes influenced by,
124
,
369

nonattachment,
172–73

nonpredatory wisdom of,
155–56
,
205

nonverbal aspects of,
183–84

Stone Age Power Tools used in,
202

bullying,
203–4
,
392

Bush, George W.,
50

businesses

boundary setting in,
306–7

emotional intelligence and success in,
235

interpersonal strife at,
77
,
301–2

nonpredatory power needed at,
369

predatory practices of,
199
,
369

Stone Age Power Tools used in,
202

See also
workplace

“Cage of Shame, The” (equine-facilitated personal-development seminar),
220–21

Cain-and-Abel myth,
110–11
,
125
,
126
,
130–31

California, phony energy crisis in,
101–2

Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness,
3

Campbell, Joseph,
174–75
,
355
,
394

capitalism,
100
,
101
,
106
,
189

captivity,
173

Carson, Rachel,
410

Carter, Carol Sue,
141

Castor and Pollux (Greek mythological figures),
357–58

cathedral thinking,
7–9
,
12
,
192–93
,
205
,
214
,
225
,
324
,
369

Catholic Church,
126

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
(documentary; 2011),
401

Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit
(Whitley),
401
,
407

Celtic mythology,
406

Charger (horse),
29–31
,
38

charisma,
296

Chastellux, François Jean de Beauvoir, marquis de,
53–54

Chauvet Cave
(Whitley),
403

Chauvet Cave paintings (France),
401–5
,
406
,
407

Chemistry of Connection, The
(Kuchinskas),
120

Chernow, Ron,
66
,
68–69
,
71
,
86–87

Cherokee Indians,
197

Chinkling (horse),
57

Chopra, Deepak,
170–71

Christianity,
154

aggressive behavior of adherents of,
157

nonpredatory wisdom of,
155–56

as social control,
225

Stone Age Power Tools used in,
202
,
224

See also
Judeo-Christian philosophy

Churchill, Winston,
40–42
,
226

Cicero,
125

city life,
92–93
,
111
,
114
,
125
,
130
,
156–57
,
160

civil rights movement,
2

Clinton, Hillary,
96–97

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence
(Wall),
256
,
372–75

Cochise (Commanche chief),
341

collection,
71–72

Cologne Cathedral (Germany),
8

Comet (horse),
152
,
184
,
383–84

Common Ground
(journal),
106–7

communism,
2
,
106

competition avoidance,
104–5
,
385

connection,
144

consciousness,
353

Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations,
36

contagious emotions.
See
emotions, contagious

Continental Congress,
65
,
86
,
88–89

Continuum (design firm),
200–201
,
202

control,
158
,
203–4

conversations, difficult (Guiding Principle
9
),
231

case studies,
375–82

consensual leadership and,
386

emotional heroism and,
395
,
400

format for,
373
,
374–75

productive behavior acknowledged,
373

conviction,
51

Cooper, Robert K.,
46–47

Corbett, Jim,
111
,
112
,
113

corporate culture,
102
,
106

Coryell, Deborah Morris,
260

Coyne, Nancy,
220–21

creation stories,
110
,
206

creativity,
15
,
402

crescendo-into-immediate-positive-feedback approach,
230
,
315–16
,
318
,
320–21
,
328

crying,
257
,
258–59

Cuban missile crisis (1962),
205

Custis, George Washington Parke,
57

cynicism,
243
,
307
,
381

Damasio, Antonio,
284

Darius I (King of Persia),
90–91

Dark Side of the Light Chasers, The
(Ford),
213

Darwin, Charles,
103
,
107
,
116
,
366

Darwinism,
103

Dasborough, Marie,
32

Daugherty, Sherry,
409

Dawkins, Richard,
102

“Deadly Duo” (objectification/projection),
210–16
,
222

Declaration of Independence,
233

defensiveness,
302

democracy,
192–93
,
197

“dependent co-arising,”
166
,
184

depression

author's experience,
264–66

clinical, symptoms of,
261

cost of,
260

equine-facilitated therapy,
261–62

in horses,
264–65

messages behind,
266
,
274

suicidal urge and,
267–68

treatment avoidance,
263–64

workplace environment and,
261
,
263

deregulation, financial,
2

Descartes, René,
46
,
232
,
269

Descartes' Error
(Damasio),
284

Deuteronomy, Book of,
114

de Waal, Frans,
77
,
78
,
275–76
,
282