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What is body attunement/interoception? Interoception is the science-y word for body attunement. Tiffany’s definition is being intune with/or connected to our body so that we have an increased awareness of our needs. Here are a few of the definitions we found in the medical journals in case you want to do some deep reading. On the origin of Interoception: What is generally agreed upon by most current scholars is that interoception is the perception of the state of the body. On Interoceptive Awareness Skills for Emotion Regulation- Interoception is the perception of sensations from inside the body and includes the perception of physical sensations related to internal organ function such as heartbeat, respiration, satiety, as well as the autonomic nervous system activity related to emotions (Vaitl, 1996; Cameron, 2001; Craig, 2002; Barrett et al., 2004). Much of these perceptions remain unconscious; what becomes conscious, i.e., interoceptive awareness, involves the processing of inner sensations so that they become available to conscious awareness Cameron, 2001.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985305/ We discuss barriers to having body attunement such as: Adverse Childhood Experiences Untreated mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, physical pain, shame, and stigma Environmental, behavioral, and cultural barriers include “numbing,” screens, busy-ness, being shut down, being connected is not modeled Disconnected eating including having “shoulds” around food, food rules, and attempting appetite suppression Last but not least, we share what we can do to increase body attunement — listen in to learn how! We invite you to subscribe to our podcast, and tell us the ways in which you’re breaking free in our free Facebook community: Breaking Free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/breakingfreecommunity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakingfreerecovery/message