We want to make our bodies our home, a safe place we can return to every time we feel overwhelmed. 

Yet most of us tense up when we turn our attention inside. Neglect as well as tightness in the musculature of our bodies are the two main reasons.

Using mindfulness techniques like the one we described, you can begin to untie the knots caused by this tension and increase your sensitivity to interoceptive signaling.

Scanning your body will eventually lead you to understanding how your emotions affect your physicality and vice versa.

Here’s the research on the topic:

1. Mindfulness, Interoception, and the Body: A Contemporary Perspective
2. Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Body Awareness
3. The relationship between mindfulness and objective measures of body awareness

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