Body Literacy Helps to Regulate Emotions

Body literacy entails the skill of attuning ourselves to sensations originating from within our own bodies, much like how we acquire reading literacy in childhood. We can develop the ability to tune in to these bodily sensations and decipher how our "body sense" influences our daily decisions and behaviors. As Gendlin (2007) noted, one can directly perceive their living body (their sensory experience) beneath layers of thoughts, memories, and familiar feelings. Becoming aware of these sensations provides what Gendlin called a "body-sense of meaning," granting conscious access to information about life experiences through bodily sensations…

Body literacy extends to understanding how the nervous system responds to our thoughts and emotions, enabling us to distinguish between pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral sensations linked to our feelings, memories, and thoughts. This discrimination allows us to consciously choose our focus.

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