The Body’s Responses: Difference between revisions

==A Handy Recap==

Responses in your hands tend to be the most versatile, however there are many situations in which another body part might be more convenient to use to get information from your body. Different body parts might also feel more natural for different queries. This is especially the case if the body part you are querying with is directly involved in physically performing the intended action.

To get a response to a query from your hand, attend to your hand and intend to perform an action. A positive action-directing sensation in your hand moves towards performing the intended action, while a negative sensation moves away from the intended action. For actions that have no direction, this tends to be in front of you or behind you, respectively.  

This works similarly throughout your body. It takes practice to get used to recognizing the sensations. If a sensation is confusing, don’t worry. You’re not the one confused in that situation. Your internal systems don’t have an answer for you yet. Ask again. You may get a clearer answer, or you may trigger a rebuild. Either way, you’re making progress.

===Lesson: Finding and Using the Sensations===

#Pay attention to your nose.

#Imagine or intend to drink water. Do not actually drink. This is a query. You are asking your body a question.

#Notice how your nose feels. Does it feel pulled towards the water you intend to drink? Does it feel pulled back, away?

===Practice: Asking Questions===

==Abdominal Responses==

===Lesson: Finding and Using the Sensations===

#Sit up or stand up normally.

#Notice how your abdomen feels. Do you feel a contraction? Is the contraction downward and expansive or upward and compressive?

#Are you noticing any sensations in your chest, throat, or mouth?

===Practice: Asking Questions===

#Notice how your eyes feel. Do they feel pulled towards the water you intend to drink? Do they feel pulled away to the side?

| header_background = #f8f9fa | header = Eye Directing Sensations

| footer_background = #e8e9ea | footer_align = center | footer = Positive (green, top) and negative (red, bottom) eye-directing sensation locations when intending to perform an action, such as drink water. The visor shows your vision. The highlighted red or green is where your eyes will be pulled to look.  

| image1 = Eye Directing - Positive.png | caption1 = Positive eye-directing sensations

| image2 = Eye Directing - Negative.png | caption2 = Negative eye-directing sensations

===Practice: Asking Questions===

#Notice how the sensation in your arm moved. Where did it move to?

| header_background = #f8f9fa | header = Arm Directing Sensations

| footer_background = #e8e9ea | footer_align = center | footer = Positive (green, top) and negative (red, bottom) arm directing sensation locations when intending to perform an action. As shown, areas and ranges of motion are the same for positive and negative responses. It's mainly the relative direction of the sensation compared to the intended behavior that will indicate whether the sensation indicates a positive or a negative.

==Other Upper Body Responses==

There are many areas on your upper body that each provide their own responses to intended actions. The most useful one is the back of your neck. The tingly sensation in the back of your neck tends to be pleasurable and is useful if you want to reward yourself for taking care of your body.

#Imagine or intend to drink water. Do not actually drink. This is a query. You are asking your body a question.

#Notice how the back of your neck feels. Does it feel tingly and relaxing? Does it feel squeezed stiff?

===Practice: Asking Questions===

These other areas don’t provide the same pleasurable response that the back of the neck produces, but they can still be useful areas for querying.

| header_background = #f8f9fa | header = Upper Body Directing Sensations

| footer_background = #e8e9ea | footer_align = center | footer = Positive (green, left) and negative (red, right) mid-back directing sensation locations when intending to perform an action.

Certain areas of the upper body only provide directional information, such as your side, your overbust and your underbust. In those areas, the only difference between a positive and a negative response is whether the sensation is pulling towards or away from performing the intended action.

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| footer_background = #e8e9ea | footer_align = center | footer = Positive (green, left) and negative (red, right) side, overbust, and underbust directing sensation locations when intending to perform an action. These locations only provide directional information.

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Finally, with attention on the bust itself, responses appear to occur in other areas of the torso rather than in muscles within the bust itself. The responses can appear in your back, directly behind the bust. They can also appear to the side of the bust. This seems to help direct where a breast points, in ways that the muscles within your breast are not able to assist you with. This behavior of your body providing breast-pointing instructions from areas that do not include the breast itself could be evolutionarily selected for, as pointing the breast at a mouth is important for both breastfeeding and relationships.

==Pelvic Responses==