Body awareness includes noticing bodily position, movement, contact, and internal experience. Observation, interpretation, and diagnosis are different operations. You can notice a tight feeling without knowing its cause.
A worked situation: Chair support
Fictional example. A reader notices chair contact and a shoulder sensation, then realizes the word stressed is her interpretation. Keeping those entries separate prevents an observation from becoming an unsupported explanation.
Work through these questions: Chair support
| Question or field | Fictional completed example |
|---|---|
| Contact observation? | Chair support |
| Movement observation? | Changed sitting position |
| Internal observation? | Tight feeling |
| Interpretation? | Maybe related to the task |
| Unknown? | The cause |
Three kinds of observation
Contact with a chair concerns the external support; knowing where an arm is concerns position; noticing an internal signal concerns a different sensory question. Everyday body awareness can include all of these without becoming a validated clinical measure. Describe the observation before assigning a cause. The exercise page is the separate place to try brief optional examples.