
The Inner Secret
Module One: Interoception (Stillness)
Welcome to Module One of The Inner Secret. Kevin Schoeninger and Stephen Altair welcome you to this empowering program. You’re about to learn the secret to a more calm and centered way of being.
The Inner Secret
Module One: Practicing Stillness
In this video you will learn your first interoceptive practice. This practice is very simple. Tune into the sensations inside your body and feel the stillness of your body. These few moments lay a foundation for profound shifts in how you relate to yourself, others, and Life. Enjoy this simple Interoception of Stillness any time you need to unwind, let go and reset throughout your day.
Explore mindfulness and inner body awareness to deepen interoception, cultivate a calm, open, nonjudgmental attitude, and master the 3rs: recognize, release, and return for anxiety relief.
practice mindfulness by sensing inner body sensations through interoception, using the 3Rs to refocus attention, from toes to head, and sustaining calm, centered awareness throughout the day.
Cultivate interoception and a calm, grounded presence by sensing the feet on the ground, releasing tension through foot massage, and connecting with the earth's Schumann resonance for daily balance.
Explore the posture of awakened clarity to shift thoughts and feelings. Learn sitting up straight, open postures, power posing, and Breathing Calm Happiness meditation to cultivate calm, present confidence.
Engage a seated meditative posture by grounding the feet, softening the hands, and lifting the spine to awaken interoceptive clarity and calm.
Discover how the Buddha smile fosters calm happiness by pairing appreciation and gratitude with a subtle smile, activating the vagus nerve, heart-brain coherence, and immune function for present moment clarity.
Discover the final interoceptive secret for a calm, centered life through a five-cue breathing meditation: grounded feet, relaxed hands, upright spine, buddhist smile, and calm heart via slow abdominal breathing.
Awaken your interoceptive powers and practice mindfulness to groove grounding, release, upright spine, Buddha Smile, and breathing calm in the abdomen into a stable calm life.
Deepen your meditation with breathing calm happiness and five interoceptive cues—grounded presence, softening of the hands, upright posture, the Buddha Smile, and abdominal breathing—to cultivate calm, gratitude, and clarity.
Learn the secret to a more calm, centered, happy way of being.
We live in a time when attention overload, anxiety, and stress affect us all. We are inundated with outer sensory stimulation and information processing, endless tasks to do and choices to make, and countless things to buy. This demands every ounce of energy and attention we can muster. We try to recover and bounce back using a variety of coping mechanisms. Some are healthy and helpful; others merely add to our stress and wear us down even more.
Our culture suggests that we calm stress by controlling things around us and trying to fix things. This is an endless task that is never complete or satisfactory. Life is always challenging us with changing circumstances and more to do. We can’t relieve stress by controlling the world around us.
What if there’s a simple, yet profound, solution? What if we have an innate capacity which, when awakened and cultivated, can transform the way we relate to ourselves, others, and Life? This short course will guide you simply and effortlessly to activate and enjoy this forgotten inner skill: Interoception.
Interoception revitalizes your brain, attention, and focus. It helps you recognize and release years of stored tensions, feel your connection with your deepest Being, others, and all of Life. Interoception supports intuitive knowing that can lead you forward, step by step, to a healthy, fulfilling, and purposeful life. By the end of this short course, you'll take away a simple, yet profound, meditation practice to support you in living a calm, centered, happy life.