Inner Sense

23/11/2022

Rangan and Howard changing the way we view pain...

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18/02/2022

Usually, when we see someone tremor or shake we assume they are in distress or maybe suffering from some unfortunate condition. But what if these movements could be a pleasurable or therapeutic exercise?

I enjoyed speaking about this with George Horlock as he described his experience of practicing TRE - which stands for Tension or Trauma Releasing Exercises. TRE was developed by David Bercelli. Here's our conversations 👇

George Horlock is personal trainer based in Brighton, UK. In this interview we talk about his experience of practicing TRE - which stands for Tension or Tra...

24/11/2021

Finding the right words to explain how we feel can be tricky.

Especially if things ‘get emotional’. Emotion words can mean different things to different people and may end up being directed towards people or objects in seemingly blameful ways.

But what if there was a simple way to link real changes inside your body to your emotional state?

Enter valance and arousal!

In psychology, valence simply describes how ‘good’ or ‘bad’ something feels. Is it pleasant or unpleasant? Positive or negative?

Arousal is a measure of how excited or calm we are. Is your body revved up to go, or wound down, ready for sleep?

Emotions can be nicely mapped against valence and arousal. From here we can link how we feel to our basic physiology.

Can you start to see how each emotion you feel links to how activated or calm your nervous system is and whether the level of activation feels good or bad?

This way of looking at our emotions still allows for individual differences between people based on their personal experience at the same time as helping us find a shared way of understanding how we feel and behave around each other.

Maybe you can tune in to your body to find out what’s driving thoughts and actions.

22/11/2021

Lovely quote from the novelist and essayist, Lesie Jamison.

She points towards the idea that paying attention to bodily sensations can help us savour the good things in life.

Wishing you a pleasant, embodied week ahead 🙂🙏