Attunement: Paying Attention to Our Feelings, Thoughts, and Sensations with Dr. Pam King

30/09/2024 7 min Temporada 1
Attunement: Paying Attention to Our Feelings, Thoughts, and Sensations with Dr. Pam King

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What’s happening right now? What do you feel? What physical sensations are present from head to toe?The first step in practicing the 5 A’s of Spiritual Health is Attunement—a simple, direct process of connecting to reality, perceiving your experience of the present moment, and paying attention to our physical sensations. It’s as simple as a clear-eyed consciousness: listening, feeling, acknowledging, being aware of basic sensations.In this episode, Dr. Pam King explains attunement and the foundation it lays for cultivating greater agility and adaptivity. She oconsiders theological and psychological grounding for the benefits of attunement, and offers practical techniques, including a body scan and breath exercises.ANNOUNCEMENT: With & For Season 2 launches on January 6, 2025!Show NotesJill Westbrook introduces the episodeANNOUNCEMENT: With & For Season 2 launches on January 6, 2025!What is attunement? And how does it support personal agility and adaptivity?Connecting to reality, the present moment, and our physical experience and sensationsClear-eyed consciousnessListening, feeling, acknowledging, noticing sensationsEmbodiment and rooting in the bodyOur bodies are part of the created order.God has given us bodies to know and serve God.Pain and stress, joy or pleasureHow do we attune?How to perform a body scanBreath exercisesWalking as a spiritual practice of attunementBreathingAndrew Huberman’s breath exercises: “the physiological sigh” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSZKIupBUuc
About the Thrive CenterLearn more at thethrivecenter.org.Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenterFollow us on X @thrivecenterFollow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter About Dr. Pam KingDr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.  Follow her @drpamking. About With & ForHost: Pam KingSenior Director and Producer: Jill WestbrookOperations Manager: Lauren KimSocial Media Graphic Designer: Wren JuergensenConsulting Producer: Evan RosaSpecial thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.

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