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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

• What is proprioceptive awareness or proprioception also called our “sixth sense”

• Experience your proprioceptive awareness or proprioception with a quick demo [00:04:13]

• How to observe proprioceptive awareness or the lack thereof in yourself or others, and why your teen slouching is not always done to irritate you [00:07:40]

• Why proprioception is important and how it impacts day-to-day life and performance in work and sports [00:11:44]

• How bodywork and breathwork can be helpful in helping to release trauma [00:13:22]

• Techniques that emphasize proprioceptive awareness.[00:14:23]

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Resources + Research:

What is Proprioception?

Proprioception - Science Direct - Neuroscience Topics

Proprioception - Pain Science

Han, J., Waddington, G., Adams, R., Anson, J., & Liu, Y. (2016). Assessing proprioception: a critical review of methods. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 5(1), 80-90.

Proprioceptive Accuracy

Horváth, Á., Vig, L., Ferentzi, E., & Köteles, F. (2021). Cardiac and proprioceptive accuracy are not related to body awareness, perceived body competence, and affect. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 575574.

Horváth, Á., Ferentzi, E., & Köteles, F. (2019). Proprioceptive accuracy is not associated with self-reported body awareness, body competence, and affect. Physiology International, 106(4), 347-354.

Proprioception + Sports Psychology

Gottwald, V. M., Owen, R., Lawrence, G. P., & McNevin, N. (2020). An internal focus of attention is optimal when congruent with afferent proprioceptive task information. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 47, 101634.

Salmon, P., Hanneman, S., & Harwood, B. (2010). Associative/dissociative cognitive strategies in sustained physical activity: Literature review and proposal for a mindfulness-based conceptual model. The Sport Psychologist, 24(2), 127-156.

Samuel, R. D., & Brom, D. (2022). Potential Applications of Somatic Experiencing® in Applied Sport Psychology. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 1-13.

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