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Evidence Shows We Have at Least Six Senses, with the Ability to Learn a Seventh
We’re capable of more than we realize
During my almost decade-long career as a licensed massage therapist, I studied the human body differently than doctors do. I learned to use other senses besides my sight to ‘see’ what was happening beneath the skin of my clients. For example, I can’t see adhesions or energy blocks, but I can sense them. I (and the client) experience a physical sensation when they release.
Similarly, sometimes we’re aware of a sense but don’t totally understand it or have the language to describe it. While others we’re conscious of, but they happen so naturally that we don’t register them as a sense — like proprioception. But there’s also a sense we’re less aware of, one that’s perhaps atrophied, but it’s likely our ancestors used it thousands of years ago — echolocation.
Humans Have Proprio-what?
Why must science always have hard-to-pronounce terms? Sigh. Thankfully, in this case, proprioception is easier to say than it looks. It’s pronounced “pro-pree-o-ception,” and it’s our ability to know the location of our body within the space around us when our eyes are closed.
In other words, if you can close your eyes and stand up, then touch your finger…
