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The Benefits of Interoceptive Awareness
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The key to a good meditation practice is to be able to flexibly and dynamically engage with the world around you. Interoceptive awareness can help you achieve this by allowing you to focus on your breathing or third eye center for a short period of time.
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The perception of time varies based on our focus and attention, with a broader focus leading to the slicing of time in bigger bins, according to a neuropsychologist.
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The perception of time varies based on our focus and attention, with a broader focus leading to the slicing of time in bigger bins, according to a neuropsychologist. This process balances interoception, exteroception, and dissociation, thus enabling the brain to cross the different time domains it encompasses using vision.
ChapterThe Benefits of Interoceptive Awareness
EpisodeHow Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations
PodcastHuberman Lab
The practice of Interoceptive Awareness Meditation involves focusing on your breathing or third eye center for three breaths, allowing you to flexibly switch between interoceptive and exteroceptive awareness when engaging in conversation or work.
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The practice of Interoceptive Awareness Meditation involves focusing on your breathing or third eye center for three breaths, allowing you to flexibly switch between interoceptive and exteroceptive awareness when engaging in conversation or work. This method exercises the human mind's ability to deliberately place perception at specific locations along the interoceptive-exteroceptive continuum.