Listening Through Contact: Ting Jin and the Sensing Body
How ting jin develops listening through contact, viewed alongside touch, proprioception and learned sensorimotor sensitivity.
Mindxbody explores how attention, breath, posture, movement, contact and sustained practice shape the way we sense, regulate, act and live.
The central proposition and the capabilities Mindxbody seeks to understand.
Read the foundation →How practice traditions and science can illuminate shared questions through disciplined comparison.
Read the comparative stance →A five-stage method moving from practice and observation to interpretation, possible mechanism, testing and renewed practice.
Read the working method →How Mindxbody works
The Practice Hall
Short, repeatable practices provide the experiential ground. Practice traditions and research offer deeper layers when they are useful.
How ting jin develops listening through contact, viewed alongside touch, proprioception and learned sensorimotor sensitivity.
How dantian breathing coordinates breath, pressure and structure—and where vagal regulation may illuminate part of the process.
Yi describes how directed intention can organise attention and movement before force is expressed, offering a traditional practice concept that can be examined alongside modern motor science.