About our perception channels

Physical perception occurs through the so-called kinesthetic sensory system. This system also has two directions: You can feel into your body and you can sense your environment with your body. The outward-facing sensory organ is your skin. The skin is an isolating, protective, and at the same time sensitive boundary to the outside world. Your skin reacts to external kinesthetic stimuli – to touch, pressure, and temperature. The hands are our kinesthetic contact organs. Unfortunately, this type of contact with our environment usually happens completely unconsciously. We touch our steering wheels, our computer keyboards, etc. without actually noticing this sensory touch. Many people have forgotten that our hands are not just grasping tools, but sensitive sensory organs that help us perceive and understand our world.

Once you have conquered your environment in a kinesthetic way, direct your perception inward. Breathe consciously and feel your whole body. As soon as you direct your kinesthetic attention inward, you come into contact with a huge potential of interesting information. On this path, countless sensations will meet you, such as the perception of the internal organs, the blood circulation, and the muscles. The movement of your breath in your chest, your sense of balance, and the feeling of pleasure and pain are also received through the kinesthetic system. Can you feel how your metabolism works and sets your whole body into fine vibrations? These subtle body perceptions are the gateways to the art of yogis – but you can also learn to connect more closely with your body.

Now we switch from olfactory qualities to the gustatory world. We are now exploring the last dimension of our representation system: taste. The gustatory orientation system not only has a vital special function, ensuring the quality of our food, but also acts socially selective in modern life. People with good taste attract us, while tasteless contemporaries are rightly perceived as repulsive. Thus, we do not speak in vain of a tasteful home decor or a tastefully coordinated lifestyle. Personal taste is an expression of human individuality. The criteria are often deeply anchored in the unconscious.