The Art and Science of Interoception

We will be moving into deeper connection to our intuitive selves, developing full-body awareness. The fancy word for this is interoception. When we cultivate this capacity, we will have felt sense, which is a bodily knowing inside of us that allows access to all the parts of us that have experienced warmth and goodness (our Inner Nurturers), those

Some 80 percent of the fibers of the vagus nerve (which connects the brain with many internal organs) are afferent; that is, they run from the body into the brain.6 This means that we can directly train our arousal system by the way we breathe, chant, and move, a principle that has been utilized since time immemorial in places like China and India,

This is what Dan Siegel refers to as the window of tolerance. In this zone, your body can hold more energy—both yours and others—and it’s also where karmic change, sublime connection, and profound inspiration exist. For example, your capacity to withstand and hold a feminine storm of emotion—especially if directed at you—and then powerfully choose