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This the ability to notice your physical responses, e.g. tension in the shoulders, shivers down the spine, a sense of relaxation and ease. Our bodily sensations may be telling us something about the world around us and can be comfortable or uncomfortable. These responses, representing our autonomic nervous system, are aspects of the bidirectional connection between body and mind that represent unconscious responses to the myriad of information that is received from the environment and others around us (Van der Kolk 2015).

We have varying levels of embodied awareness; some of us are more connected than others, and more able to notice, in the moment, what our bodily responses are. But this capacity can be developed (or re‐learned) through training and techniques such as mindfulness. A note of caution – some embodied responses can be representations of past trauma, and reawakening them may not be wise without appropriate support (Van der Kolk 2015). Mindful meditation, for example, for all its popularity and benefit, may not be without risk for some groups (Farias et al. 2020).