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Somatic Listening: How to Listen to What Your Body Is Telling You
Sometimes your body seems to notice something before your mind can put it into words. You might feel your stomach tighten during a difficult conversation. Your shoulders may become tense when you’re under pressure. You may notice yourself feeling restless when you’ve been pushing yourself too hard. These experiences can make you curious: “Is my…
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How to Develop Better Awareness of Sensations in Your Body
Your body is communicating with you all the time. You may notice the warmth of sunlight on your skin, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the movement of your breathing, or the tiredness that arrives after a long day. But sometimes, we become so absorbed in our thoughts and responsibilities that these sensations…
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Somatic Awareness vs. Mindfulness: What’s the Difference?
You may have come across the terms somatic awareness, body awareness, mindfulness, and somatic mindfulness and wondered whether they all mean the same thing. They overlap, but they aren’t quite interchangeable. At their simplest, both somatic awareness and mindfulness involve paying attention to your present experience with curiosity rather than immediately judging or changing it.…