Meditation For Interoception And Meeting Needs

Interoception is the capacity to sense what's happening inside your body, for example, when you're feeling hungry, tired, or anxious. It is the means by which your body communicates its needs and prompts you to take action to meet those needs. Nervous system imbalance, for example, due to living with chronic stress or past traumatic experiences, interoception may be disrupted.

For example, you may be too alert to potential external threats from others - their emotions and moods - to notice your own body signals or have developed coping mechanisms that numb you to anything uncomfortable happening inside your body, because it can feel scary. This lying-done meditation may support you in gently re-developing your capacity for interoception.