The Psychophysiology of self-awareness : rediscovering the lost art of body sense /
Alan Fogel
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c2009
- xiv, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The practice and science of feeling our movements, sensations, and emotions. Embodied self-awareness is the practice and science of our ability to feel our movements, sensations, and emotions. As infants, before we can speak or conceptualize, we learn to move toward what makes us feel good and away from what makes us feel bad. Our ability to continue to develop and cultivate awareness of such body-based feelings and understanding is essential for learning how to successfully navigate in the physical and social world, as well as for avoiding injury and stress.