Listening to the body from within: what interoception is
Besides the five familiar senses, we have a sense that tells us what is happening inside the body. Scientists call it interoception, and it is closely linked with how we experience emotions.
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The body scan and MBSR: the eight-week programme that brought mindfulness into hospital
In an American hospital at the end of the 1970s, a molecular biologist began teaching patients with chronic pain to lie down and notice the body part by part. From this experiment came one of the most studied mindfulness programmes.