Body

Embodiment: The embodied experience of the body- how we experience ourselves and the world through our physical bodies.

Intersubjectivity: The way in which our bodies are situated within a social context and how we experience and communicate with others through our bodies.

Perception: How we experience and interpret the world through our bodily senses.

Orientation: How we navigate through the physical world and orient ourselves in space and time through our bodies.

Lived Body: The everyday, practical experience of the body as it is lived and expressed in our activities and interactions.

Body Image: The subjective experience of our body and how we perceive its appearance, shape, and size.

Health and Illness: The ways in which the body and mind are interconnected in health and illness.

Pain and Suffering: How we experience and interpret pain and suffering through our bodies.

Sexual Identity: How our bodily experiences and desires shape our sexual identity.

Aging and Death: How our bodies change over time and how we experience the end of life through our bodies.

Gender: The cultural and social construction of gender and gender identity, and how these shape our experiences of embodiment.

Disability: The experience of disability and the challenges and opportunities it presents within a phenomenological perspective.

Affect: The ways in which our bodily experiences are infused with emotion and how we express and understand them.

Kinaesthetics: The study of bodily movement and how we learn through and express ourselves through movement.

Touch: The role of touch in communication, health, and intimacy, and how it shapes our bodily experiences.

Embodied cognition: The idea that our thinking, perception, and reasoning processes are grounded in and shaped by our bodily experiences and interactions with the environment.

Body schema: The unconscious, pre-reflective sense of our body's shape, position, and movement in space, which allows us to navigate and interact with the world without consciously thinking about it.

Body image: The conscious, reflective sense of our body, including our physical appearance, identity, and self-esteem, which is influenced by social and cultural norms and often distorted by personal biases and dysfunctions.

Somatic markers: Bodily sensations and emotions that accompany or signal important events, decisions, or memories, and shape our affective responses and intuitive judgments in similar situations.

Interoception: The ability to sense and regulate internal bodily states, such as heart rate, breathing, hunger, pain, and arousal, which play a key role in bodily awareness, emotion, and health.

Body phenomenology of illness: The lived experience of bodily dysfunction or distress, which can lead to various forms of disability, stigma, marginalization, and identity formation.

Erotic body phenomenology: The bodily experience of sensuality, sexuality, desire, and intimacy, which can involve different levels of awareness, intentionality, pleasure, and meaning.

Affective body phenomenology: The bodily experience of emotions, moods, and feelings, which can range from subtle bodily sensations to intense bodily reactions and expressions.

Embodied spirituality: The bodily experience of transcendence, mystery, and sacredness, which can involve different spiritual practices, rituals, and beliefs, and can be seen as an integration of body, mind, and soul.

Embodied creativity: The bodily experience of artistic expression, innovation, and imagination, which can involve different forms of sensory, motor, and emotional engagement with the world, and can be seen as a source of personal and cultural growth.