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Interoception: Inner sense

While we are familiar with our five external senses, sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell — science now sheds light on a more profound, quieter sense within us: interoception.

Interoception is the ability to sense the internal state of our body. It is how we feel our heartbeat quicken with excitement, notice the tightness of breath under stress, or recognize the quiet emptiness of hunger. It is the bridge between our physical body and our emotional world.

 

The brain constantly receives signals from inside the body — from the heart, lungs, stomach, and even immune system — and uses these signals to shape our emotions, thoughts, and decisions.
 

Research indicates that strong interoceptive awareness is associated with enhanced emotional regulation, greater resilience to stress, and improved decision-making.

Ancient wisdom traditions understood the importance of this inner listening long before science named it.


Practices like mindful breathing, yoga, meditation, and conscious movement strengthen interoception and reconnect us to the living intelligence of our bodies.

In a world where it is easy to get lost in external noise, developing interoceptive awareness offers a path back to ourselves — a way to cultivate deeper presence, emotional clarity, and embodied wisdom.

Interoception at the intersection of neuroscience and self-awareness reminds us that the journey of understanding the brain is also a journey of coming home to our inner life.

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