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  teamwork challenges, 131–32

  terror versus horror, 128–29

  as a way for participants to feel empowered, 127–28, 130–31, 134

  transcranial magnetic stimulation, 160–61

  “Tree Roots: Facts and Fallacies” (article), 177–78

  trust, 76, 140

  23andMe (genetic testing), 56–57

  ultrarunning, 182–83, 204–5

  universal demonstrations of joy, 111–13

  ventilatory threshold, 105

  volkssporting, 44–45

  Wallace, Nykolette, 30–33

  Wall of Greatness at DPI Adaptive Fitness, 141–43, 146–48

  “Warrior” (song), 104

  we-agency

  charity athletic events as an example of, 89–90

  effects on active participants, 87

  produced by muscular bonding, 85–86

  as a source of military strength throughout history, 86

  “We Are Family” (song), 108–9

  Weekes, Karen, 185–86

  weight training

  deadlift preparation, 139–40

  Pamela Jo Johnson’s kettlebell training, 136–37

  Araliya Ming Senerat’s deadlifting goal, 127

  Weiss, Jennifer, 82, 84–85

  White, Josh, 122

  Whitehouse, Harvey, 205

  Widdicombe, Lizzie, 127

  Wilson, E. O., 156, 169, 175

  Wolpert, Daniel, 5

  Woolf, Virginia, 121

  Worden, Julie, 114–15

  work songs, 100

  yoga

  class response post-9/11, 72–73

  flow yoga, 72

  king pigeon pose, 140

  social bonds from, 72–73

  “You Can’t Stop the Beat” (song), 110

  Yukon Arctic Ultra, 189–90, 191–92

  Zanda, Roberto (“Massiccione”), 189–90

  Zumba events after Hurricane Harvey, 91–92

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., is a research psychologist, a lecturer at Stanford University, and an award-winning science writer. She is the author of the international bestseller The Willpower Instinct, The Upside of Stress, and Yoga for Pain Relief. Her work has been published in twenty-eight languages. Since 2000, she has taught dance, yoga, and group exercise in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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