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Body Awareness
Conscious, attentional focus on internal sensations, including consideration of
the physical, physiological, psychological and existential aspects of self. Such
perceptions are subjective and phenomenological aspects of proprio- and
interoception and are considered modifiable by mental processes including
attention, interpretation, appraisal, beliefs, memories, conditioning, attitudes and
affect. Enhancing body awareness is considered a key mechanism of action in
various therapeutic approaches such as yoga, body-oriented psychotherapy,
various movement modalities and MT. Increased body awareness can assist with
management of certain physiological and psychological symptoms (e.g. anxiety,
tension and habitual stress-response patterns) associated with chronic pain, stress
disorders and trauma.