Beyond the Five: Understanding Our Eight Senses
Through a Social Work and Functional Nutrition Lens When most of us think about the senses, we recall the familiar five: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Yet human perception is far more complex. We are guided not only by these external senses, but also by internal ones that help us navigate our bodies and […]
Eight Senses
We think of ourselves as having five senses, but we actually have eight. The first five that are commonly thought of are; sight, hearing, taste smell and touch. The others are balance, body awareness or energy, and internal body awareness. The first five are assist us with external stimuli and our perception, like sight we […]