
Saved by Stuart Evans
The Art and Science of Interoception
Saved by Stuart Evans
Hungry? Cold? Sleepy? Have a racing heart? Need to use the bathroom? You know how your body is feeling thanks to our eighth sense, interoception. This sense is key to our day-to-day functioning as a person living within a body. It helps us identify the state of our organs and what needs to be done to maintain homeostasis, or a balanced state.
The authors of this e-book maintain that the physical receptivity of Repose leads to a type of mental receptivity that can have a profound impact not just on health but on consciousness.
Insight into the subtle nature of sensation and its relationship to internal breathing patterns is believed to be the key to insight into the true nature of the mind.