Chosen Theme : The Body As Experience

However, there are also, internal senses. By the ‘internal senses’ Avicenna refers to the cognitive faculties of the sensory soul other than the external senses. The organs of the inner senses are the different ventricles of the brain in which they are located. It is found in three ventricles of the brain, placing two in each ventricle, with receptive and retentive capacities respectively (Avicenna, pg. 7). These are the senses that make human behavior different from animal behavior. It makes us profoundly conscious of ourselves and the world around us. Our physical and internal senses give us the chance to look for a broader purpose and meaning in life. This sets us apart from animals, whose primary business is confined to just eating, sleeping, defending and mating. Setting our internal senses in active mode means opening up your heart, mind, and soul; and connecting to another person beyond all external considerations and superficiality. On the broadest level, our internal senses give us one of the most amazing opportunities we can have in life: the chance to truly connect with others, as well as to understand and love them for what they are inside and not just for how they appear to our limited physical senses.

The term sensation is used when referencing the process of sensing the environment through taste, touch, sound, smell, and sight (Goldstein, 2014). Moreover, it is the process that occurs once the sensory receptor experiences stimulation, which in turn produces nerve impulses that are sent to the brain to be processed in its raw form, then perception comes into play (Goldstein, 2014). Perception is used to describe the way people interpret these sensations and tries to make sense of everything around them on a daily basis. Perception is the occurrences of the brain

The practices of mind and body focus the interactions among the brain, body, behavior, and spiritual energy.

The main research method presented in this article is through a phenomenological strategy; which Stanford University defines phenomenology as, “The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. The central structure of an experience is its intentionality, its being directed toward something, as it is an experience of or about some object” (2015). Through this strategy, the authors were able to collect their data at a much more in-depth measure of the individual participants lived experiences. The authors also utilized a, Participant Sampling Strategy to successfully maximize the representation of

Humans have five means of sensing information, which are hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, and seeing (Breedlove & Watson, 2013). All incoming information is sensed in a similar way for each of the five modalities. The sensory receptor organs filter the information that we come into contact with by deciding which information to pay attention to and which information to ignore. The event that activates the sensory organ is referred to as a stimulus; hence, feeling a finger on your arm, hearing music, or seeing an object are all referred to as stimuli. Additionally, we have receptor cells within or sensory organs, the receptor cells perceive specific types of simulation and convert the sensed stimuli

The sensation is the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Perception is the process or organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Organisms

way of explaining human life and how our minds are able to interact with our bodies.

The subject of the conscious mind has long been a debate in the world of psychology; what exactly is it and where does it occur in the brain. Unfortunately, the debate still continues as there is no concrete answer currently available. Nevertheless, it is understood what it means to be conscious. One is aware of when they are awake, sleeping, or thinking. The topic of the conscious mind was historically left to scholars in the field of philosophy and religion with little input from the scientific side (Brainbank, 2013). But the more information that becomes readily available about the human brain, the more scientists are ready to tack the controversial subject.

Due to our Ego selves, we have come to solely rely on our physical senses to interpret ourselves, and our world. Yet we are so much

Rogers postulated two “structures” or processes: organismic experiencing and self. Experience refers to everything potentially available to awareness occurring within the organism at any given time. Both conscious and unconscious processes are included with these experiences (Fernald, 2000, p.

• There is an interest of peoples sensory experience. Such experiences include social interaction, the persons physical environment and memory. Researchers have to know what is involved with sensory and embodied experience in order to study the experiences of others. Different methods such as film making have been put forward as ways of putting forward representations of the experiences of groups of people as well as the ethnographer, to an audience.

Is there a distinction between the mind and the body? And if so, where does a person’s sense of self and consciousness lay? If consciousness lies within the

"Experiencing" refers to what you can sense in your body right now as you read this. Human beings have

Consciousness allows a person to recognize their existence, and subsequently, to form their essence. The