16. Embodiment (Part 2)

Published: Feb. 22, 2017, 4:57 a.m.

Are You Connected To Your Body? Do You Wonder What It Means To Be "Embodied," And How Embodiment Is Linked To Your Mental Health? Are You Ready For An Experiential Episode Where You Can Practice Embodiment Right Now? Then Grab Your Body And Join Us! Much of our day is spent processing our external world and ignoring the sometimes wild and sometimes subtle internal world. In this episode Dr. Diana Hill and Dr. Debbie Sorensen will continue to explore the concept of embodiment--awareness of your body from the inside. We will draw from the lessons of Dr. Bo Forbes and Katy Bowman to experience how entering our bodies can support mental wellbeing and psychological flexibility. Dr. Hill will guide Debbie Sorensen (and YOU!) in experiential exercises to explore embodied awareness.  In this episode you will EXPERIENCE: Why attachment to comfort leads to physical and psychological inflexibilityWhy Diana is ditching her couch and sitting on the floorHow bare feet are a metaphor for neuroplasticity and growthHow to practice Bo Forbes's "embodiment check-in" Resources to explore: Body Scan Meditation with Kabat Zinn on You TubeMove Your DNA by Katy BowmanWorkshops and Intensives with Dr. Bo ForbesBo Forbes on YouTube Research on Interoception Mindfulness meditation training alters cortical representations of interoceptive attention (Segal and Farb, 2013)Interception, contemplative practice and health (Farb et al., 2015)The role of interception in an eating disorder prevention program (Brown, 2010)The impact of acceptance versus control rationales on pain tolerance (Hayes et al., 1999)