Body awareness can be trained through special forms of therapy, e.g. Basic Body Awareness Therapy. However, it can also be optimized through other techniques, e.g. mindfulness exercises, relaxation techniques, meditation, yoga, Qi-Gong, dance variations, e.g. Biodanza or Tai Chi. You can also train your body awareness with individual exercises. You can find examples of this on the TK website, for example. Here you will be given tips on what you should pay attention to when doing body awareness exercises and you can determine the level of difficulty yourself by choosing between lying, sitting and standing exercises.

You can't sleep and are lying awake in bed? Then this is the best time for a body scan! The point of a body scan is to actively perceive your body without wanting to change these sensations. Start with your feet and actively perceive this part of your body. Are you able to feel each toe individually? Or even the spaces between your toes? When you are ready, detach yourself from this part of your body and feel your calf. Have you ever felt your calf like this before? Detach yourself from it and move on to your knees. Can you feel them?

You can scan your body in small steps during the exercise. Like with your feet, for example: first the toes, then each individual toe, then the spaces between them, then the ball of the foot and the heel. You might also feel the back of your foot. At the end, look at the entire foot. Of course, you can also perceive your body in larger steps. After all, it's your perception. The important thing is that you stay with your body and let go of the thoughts that pop into your head. That's the trick - try it out!

If you would like to do the whole thing with instructions , you can listen to an introduction and a guided body scan, with or without music, on the TK website.