Feminist Survival Project

61: How to Listen to Your Body: Part Four

Jun 28, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Tai Chi Reconnected Her To Her Body

  • Amelia began Tai Chi after hospitalization and found it connected movement with body awareness.
  • Tai Chi teaching about weight and noticing the body helped her feel how much space she occupied.
INSIGHT

Weight Shifts Ground You Physically And Existentially

  • Tai Chi's weight-shifting exercises teach you precise distribution of weight in your feet.
  • That grounded sensation links physical position to a larger sense of self and connection.
INSIGHT

Where Proprioception Sensors Live

  • Proprioceptors live in muscles, tendons and joints, not the skin.
  • They report limb position, movement speed, and load to construct body location.
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