Includes exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials. Interoception is the ability to notice and connect bodily sensations with emotions. Research states that interoception is an important factor to the development of effective self-regulation skills within children, teens, and adults. Many people who experience challenges with self-regulation have underlying interoception challenges. These interoceptive differences are very common in a variety of individuals including those with autism, trauma disorders, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, depression and behavioral challenges. Some clients may experience interoceptive signals that are so strong, they are immediately overwhelmed and confused. Others experience dulled or muted interoception signals, that leave them unable to respond to emotions until they reach a fever pitch.This can lead to significant difficulties with emotional regulation and managing challenging behavior. While traditional self-regulation approaches focus on teaching clients what to do to regulate feelings of anxiety, frustration, overwhelm, etc., these approaches are often ineffective for people with impaired interoception, such as someone diagnosed with autism, ADHD, anxiety disorder or that has a history of trauma. How can you be taught to regulate or control something you are not aware of or do not understand? The good news is that interoceptive and emotional awareness within children, teens, and adults can be improved over time, with the right instruction and supports. In The Interoception Curriculum, Kelly Mahler outlines a systematic, guided process that professionals can use to develop and build interoceptive awareness in their clients using evidenced-based principals. It is strongly recommended that any instructor who wants to use the Interoception Curriculum should study the concepts presented in Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System, first, in order to gain a strong understanding of what research tells us about this sense. Bonus Material: When you purchase The Interoception Curriculum, you will also receive exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials, worksheets and visual supports. Many of these materials can be customized to meet the needs of each individual learner.
How interoceptive awareness works, the impact on self-regulation, signs of modulation challenges, and activities to gain IA.
Spatial perception: what is spatial perception? what systems do we use? what disorders affect this cognitive skill? Can we train it?
So many neurodivergent people struggle with poor interoception. If that's you, let's talk about some ways you can work with it.
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The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness – Version 2 (MAIA-2) is an 8-subscale state-trait self-report questionnaire to measure multiple dimensions of interoception (awareness of bodily sensations). It consists of 8 scales addressing 5 dimensions of body awareness: noticing, not-distracting, not-worrying, attention regulation, emotional awareness, self-regulation, body listening, and trust.
Our bodies are very skilled at communicating with the brain. However, some may have more trouble than others. Learn about what interoception is and how you can improve yours.
This video addresses a frequently asked question – Can Interoception be Improved? – and explains the role mindfulness plays in developing interoceptive awar ...
Why does it matter if you’re more mindful in your day? Because the benefits are astounding. Here’s how to be mindful and find peace as early as today!
Do you have trouble recognizing when you're hungry, thirsty, too cold, etc.? Interoception problems may be impacting you! Click here to learn more about Autism, ADHD, and homeostasis.
In this article are many tips, reminders, and inspiration for practicing mindfulness all the time in all kinds of activities and at rest too.
Interoception helps baby know how they're feeling on the inside. Learn how to it helps baby with feeling hungry and potty training.
Most neurodivergent people deal with some form of interoception difficulties. Click here to lean about the 3 different interoception profiles.
How interoceptive awareness works, the impact on self-regulation, signs of modulation challenges, and activities to gain IA.
How do we develop greater interoception? Learn how somatic practices can teach us how to listen to our body's inner wisdom.
70 mindfulness questions to check in with yourself. Self-reflection for your mindfulness journal, a mindfulness walk and to use daily.
If you're looking for interoception activities for kids to improve internal body awareness and self-regulation, these ideas will inspire you!
Includes exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials. Interoception is the ability to notice and connect bodily sensations with emotions. Research states that interoception is an important factor to the development of effective self-regulation skills within children, teens, and adults. Many people who experience challenges with self-regulation have underlying interoception challenges. These interoceptive differences are very common in a variety of individuals including those with autism, trauma disorders, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, depression and behavioral challenges. Some clients may experience interoceptive signals that are so strong, they are immediately overwhelmed and confused. Others experience dulled or muted interoception signals, that leave them unable to respond to emotions until they reach a fever pitch.This can lead to significant difficulties with emotional regulation and managing challenging behavior. While traditional self-regulation approaches focus on teaching clients what to do to regulate feelings of anxiety, frustration, overwhelm, etc., these approaches are often ineffective for people with impaired interoception, such as someone diagnosed with autism, ADHD, anxiety disorder or that has a history of trauma. How can you be taught to regulate or control something you are not aware of or do not understand? The good news is that interoceptive and emotional awareness within children, teens, and adults can be improved over time, with the right instruction and supports. In The Interoception Curriculum, Kelly Mahler outlines a systematic, guided process that professionals can use to develop and build interoceptive awareness in their clients using evidenced-based principals. It is strongly recommended that any instructor who wants to use the Interoception Curriculum should study the concepts presented in Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System, first, in order to gain a strong understanding of what research tells us about this sense. Bonus Material: When you purchase The Interoception Curriculum, you will also receive exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials, worksheets and visual supports. Many of these materials can be customized to meet the needs of each individual learner.
Pausing is a refreshing perspective on the subject of human happiness. It is the only answer to a more balanced and contented existence.
A primary benefit is that good interoception helps to dissipate unconscious muscular tension in your body – holding patterns you may not even know that you have! When you start to unravel these patterns, you diminish the effects of stress on your system. And that’s always a good thing. In fact, some researchers have suggested that poor interoception lies at the heart of many chronic diseases – think about it, I work too hard, I don't have time to exercise, I don’t pay attention to my diet, I don’t manage my stress, and then, surprise, I have heart disease!
Includes exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials. Interoception is the ability to notice and connect bodily sensations with emotions. Research states that interoception is an important factor to the development of effective self-regulation skills within children, teens, and adults. Many people who experience challenges with self-regulation have underlying interoception challenges. These interoceptive differences are very common in a variety of individuals including those with autism, trauma disorders, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, depression and behavioral challenges. Some clients may experience interoceptive signals that are so strong, they are immediately overwhelmed and confused. Others experience dulled or muted interoception signals, that leave them unable to respond to emotions until they reach a fever pitch.This can lead to significant difficulties with emotional regulation and managing challenging behavior. While traditional self-regulation approaches focus on teaching clients what to do to regulate feelings of anxiety, frustration, overwhelm, etc., these approaches are often ineffective for people with impaired interoception, such as someone diagnosed with autism, ADHD, anxiety disorder or that has a history of trauma. How can you be taught to regulate or control something you are not aware of or do not understand? The good news is that interoceptive and emotional awareness within children, teens, and adults can be improved over time, with the right instruction and supports. In The Interoception Curriculum, Kelly Mahler outlines a systematic, guided process that professionals can use to develop and build interoceptive awareness in their clients using evidenced-based principals. It is strongly recommended that any instructor who wants to use the Interoception Curriculum should study the concepts presented in Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System, first, in order to gain a strong understanding of what research tells us about this sense. Bonus Material: When you purchase The Interoception Curriculum, you will also receive exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials, worksheets and visual supports. Many of these materials can be customized to meet the needs of each individual learner.
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Wake up, interocept. Take a break, interocept.
If you're looking for interoception activities for kids to improve internal body awareness and self-regulation, these ideas will inspire you!
Our bodies are very skilled at communicating with the brain. However, some may have more trouble than others. Learn about what interoception is and how you can improve yours.
170 cards that provide interoception-building activities that require no special materials and can be completed in 60 seconds or less. While these cards are designed to enhance the lessons from the Interoception Curriculum, they can be used as a stand alone resource as well. If you are looking for a fun way to nurture interoceptive awareness, the Interoception Activity Cards are for you!
Research now suggests that the more sensitive you are to interoception signals, the greater chance you can lower stress on your body.
There’s growing evidence that signals sent from our internal organs to the brain play a major role in regulating emotions and fending off anxiety and depression
If you're looking for interoception activities for kids to improve internal body awareness and self-regulation, these ideas will inspire you!
Interoception is the body-to-brain axis of sensations that originates from the internal body and visceral organs. It plays a unique role in ensuring homeostasis, allowing human beings to experience and perceive the state of their bodies at any one time. However, interoception is rapidly gaining interest amongst those studying the human mind. It is believed that beyond homeostasis interoception is fundamental in understanding human emotion and motivation and their impact upon behavior. That link between interoception and self-awareness is supported by a growing body of experimental findings. The Interoceptive Mind: From Homeostasis to Awareness offers a state-of-the-art overview of, and insights into, the role of interoception for mental life, awareness, subjectivity, affect, and cognition. Structured across three parts, this multidisciplinary volume highlights the role that interoceptive signals, and our awareness of them, play in our mental life. It considers deficits in interoceptive processing and awareness in various mental health conditions. But it also considers the equally important role of interoception for well-being, approaching interoception from both a theoretical and a philosophical perspective. Written by leading experts in their fields, all chapters within this volume share a common concern for what it means to experience oneself, for the crucial role of emotions, and for issues of health and wellbeing. Each of those concerns is discussed on the joint basis of our bodily existence and interoception. The research presented here will undoubtedly accelerate the much-anticipated coming of age of interoceptive research in psychology, cognitive neurosciences and philosophy, making this vital reading for anyone working in those fields.
This low prep activity for parents and children is an effective way to teach them about different emotions and how to recognize what they're feeling. It also helps develop self-awareness.
Historically, approaches used in manual medicine to explain patient reported symptoms have been focused on the so-called exteroceptive paradigm. Arguably,...
Most of us know about the seven senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, vestibular, and proprioception. There is also a lesser-known sense, the eighth sense, called interoception. This sense helps a person understand what is going on inside of the body like hunger, thirst, feeling hot or cold, fatigue, or a full bladder. It also affects the ability to…
Awareness of your body’s internal processes—interoception—is a key to wellbeing. Here’s a practice to help you develop interoception.
Most neurodivergent people deal with some form of interoception difficulties. Click here to lean about the 3 different interoception profiles.
Finding Words Through the healing process I support clients in turning towards their bodies to process, to feel, to gain clarity, to release, and revivify. Initially this can be complicated by a nervous system that is more often than not in a state of dysregulation. In addition, we may have little capacity to describe what we […]
Includes exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials. Interoception is the ability to notice and connect bodily sensations with emotions. Research states that interoception is an important factor to the development of effective self-regulation skills within children, teens, and adults. Many people who experience challenges with self-regulation have underlying interoception challenges. These interoceptive differences are very common in a variety of individuals including those with autism, trauma disorders, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, depression and behavioral challenges. Some clients may experience interoceptive signals that are so strong, they are immediately overwhelmed and confused. Others experience dulled or muted interoception signals, that leave them unable to respond to emotions until they reach a fever pitch.This can lead to significant difficulties with emotional regulation and managing challenging behavior. While traditional self-regulation approaches focus on teaching clients what to do to regulate feelings of anxiety, frustration, overwhelm, etc., these approaches are often ineffective for people with impaired interoception, such as someone diagnosed with autism, ADHD, anxiety disorder or that has a history of trauma. How can you be taught to regulate or control something you are not aware of or do not understand? The good news is that interoceptive and emotional awareness within children, teens, and adults can be improved over time, with the right instruction and supports. In The Interoception Curriculum, Kelly Mahler outlines a systematic, guided process that professionals can use to develop and build interoceptive awareness in their clients using evidenced-based principals. It is strongly recommended that any instructor who wants to use the Interoception Curriculum should study the concepts presented in Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System, first, in order to gain a strong understanding of what research tells us about this sense. Bonus Material: When you purchase The Interoception Curriculum, you will also receive exclusive access to 635 pages of downloadable instructional materials, worksheets and visual supports. Many of these materials can be customized to meet the needs of each individual learner.
