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Beyond Surviving with Rachel Grant

How to use external senses to build internal awareness

Using the sensory data from our external world is a great way to increase internal awareness. And as we know, internal awareness is critical when it comes to decreasing activation and nervous system regulation. I take you step by step through an easy and repeatable exercise that will help you use your senses to boost your interoception.


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