Exteroception, Proprioception, Interoception, Compression and Tensile Stress

medicine, history, philosophy

What are the three main things yoga can be viewed as?

sensations

Yoga directs your attention to your own __________

child’s pose

What pose does yoga normally start with? This keeps us from seeing outside things

exteroception

the five senses being used on things outside of us; we do this everyday

• ex: watching a movie, noticing the color of a flower

interoception

contact with object in organs in torso, or viscera (behind musculoskeletal system)

• ex: full bladder, racing heart, stomach growling

proprioception

sense of touch inside muscle fibers, tendons, and joints that tell us where limbs are; internal sense of musculoskeletal system

• Ex: knowing hand’s position without looking

generating proprioception

done by applying stress to muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia in the body

compressive stress

shorten tissues when bones get closer; builds strength

tensile stress

lengthen tissues when bones get further; improves range of motion; can only be done when a tissue crosses a joint, changing the distance of a bone

stations

where muscles/tissues connect to bone

tracks

muscles/tissues being compressed/lengthened between end points

proprioception

(1) Justin works as a barista at Starbucks. (2) He spends his day listening to customer orders and looking at the espresso machine. (3) He is also constantly using his sense of touch to feel the surfaces of the knobs and handles on the espresso machine. (4) He is also constantly smelling the aroma of coffee, though after a few minutes he barely notices it. (5) Toward the end of his shift, he usually feels a mild clenching in his stomach from not having eaten all day. (6) After work, he goes to a yoga class. (7) In Child’s Pose, he feels a tugging sensation in the muscles in his lower back. (8) He also notices a mild pinching sensation in his shoulder joints as his arms reach forward. (9) The hour spent focusing on interior sensations in yoga helps to balance the outward focus he maintains for the rest of the day.

• Which of the three “-ceptions” is Justin using in Sentence 7?

exteroception

(1) Justin works as a barista at Starbucks. (2) He spends his day listening to customer orders and looking at the espresso machine. (3) He is also constantly using his sense of touch to feel the surfaces of the knobs and handles on the espresso machine. (4) He is also constantly smelling the aroma of coffee, though after a few minutes he barely notices it. (5) Toward the end of his shift, he usually feels a mild clenching in his stomach from not having eaten all day. (6) After work, he goes to a yoga class. (7) In Child’s Pose, he feels a tugging sensation in the muscles in his lower back. (8) He also notices a mild pinching sensation in his shoulder joints as his arms reach forward. (9) The hour spent focusing on interior sensations in yoga helps to balance the outward focus he maintains for the rest of the day.

• Which of the three “-ceptions” is Justin using in Sentence 4?

exteroception

(1) Justin works as a barista at Starbucks. (2) He spends his day listening to customer orders and looking at the espresso machine. (3) He is also constantly using his sense of touch to feel the surfaces of the knobs and handles on the espresso machine. (4) He is also constantly smelling the aroma of coffee, though after a few minutes he barely notices it. (5) Toward the end of his shift, he usually feels a mild clenching in his stomach from not having eaten all day. (6) After work, he goes to a yoga class. (7) In Child’s Pose, he feels a tugging sensation in the muscles in his lower back. (8) He also notices a mild pinching sensation in his shoulder joints as his arms reach forward. (9) The hour spent focusing on interior sensations in yoga helps to balance the outward focus he maintains for the rest of the day.

• Which of the three “-ceptions” is Justin using in Sentence 3?

proprioception

(1) Justin works as a barista at Starbucks. (2) He spends his day listening to customer orders and looking at the espresso machine. (3) He is also constantly using his sense of touch to feel the surfaces of the knobs and handles on the espresso machine. (4) He is also constantly smelling the aroma of coffee, though after a few minutes he barely notices it. (5) Toward the end of his shift, he usually feels a mild clenching in his stomach from not having eaten all day. (6) After work, he goes to a yoga class. (7) In Child’s Pose, he feels a tugging sensation in the muscles in his lower back. (8) He also notices a mild pinching sensation in his shoulder joints as his arms reach forward. (9) The hour spent focusing on interior sensations in yoga helps to balance the outward focus he maintains for the rest of the day.

• Which of the three “-ceptions” is Justin using in Sentence 8?

interoception

(1) Justin works as a barista at Starbucks. (2) He spends his day listening to customer orders and looking at the espresso machine. (3) He is also constantly using his sense of touch to feel the surfaces of the knobs and handles on the espresso machine. (4) He is also constantly smelling the aroma of coffee, though after a few minutes he barely notices it. (5) Toward the end of his shift, he usually feels a mild clenching in his stomach from not having eaten all day. (6) After work, he goes to a yoga class. (7) In Child’s Pose, he feels a tugging sensation in the muscles in his lower back. (8) He also notices a mild pinching sensation in his shoulder joints as his arms reach forward. (9) The hour spent focusing on interior sensations in yoga helps to balance the outward focus he maintains for the rest of the day.

• Which of the three “-ceptions” is Justin using in Sentence 5?

exteroception

(1) Justin works as a barista at Starbucks. (2) He spends his day listening to customer orders and looking at the espresso machine. (3) He is also constantly using his sense of touch to feel the surfaces of the knobs and handles on the espresso machine. (4) He is also constantly smelling the aroma of coffee, though after a few minutes he barely notices it. (5) Toward the end of his shift, he usually feels a mild clenching in his stomach from not having eaten all day. (6) After work, he goes to a yoga class. (7) In Child’s Pose, he feels a tugging sensation in the muscles in his lower back. (8) He also notices a mild pinching sensation in his shoulder joints as his arms reach forward. (9) The hour spent focusing on interior sensations in yoga helps to balance the outward focus he maintains for the rest of the day.

• Which of the three “-ceptions” is Justin using in Sentence 2?