The Somatics of Intuition: Flashes, Hunches, and Gut Feelings in Mind, Body, and Brain

Intuition is our inborn capacity for rapid and embodied response, permitting automatic and rapid reactions within an uncertain and unpredictable world. Intuition is the body’s flower of compassion and creativity, offering a set of embodied capacities that lies at the heart of our uniqueness, spontaneity, and capacity for connection. How intuition manifests differs from person to person, depending upon genetics, personality, upbringing, and culture. Although each one of us continually uses intuitive faculties to navigate our physical, social, and spiritual worlds, the topic is all too rarely discussed. This course examines intuition from multiple angles—its evolutionary origins, neurobiological roots, expression in the body, individual differences, utility and shadow sides. We cover intuition’s uses and abuses, its ordinary and extraordinary edges, as well as ideal circumstances for its enhancement. Module 1: What is Intuition and Why do We Need It? We explore the nature of intuition a