{"id":1207,"date":"2024-02-07T19:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2024-02-07T19:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T19:29:06","slug":"the-phenomenon-of-goosebumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/the-phenomenon-of-goosebumps\/","title":{"rendered":"The Phenomenon of Goosebumps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1208\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_222291264.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_222291264.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_222291264.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_222291264.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_222291264.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/innerview.ca\/press1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AdobeStock_222291264.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever gotten goosebumps watching the sunset, during meditation or prayer, thinking of someone, hearing someone sing or say something profound, or experiencing a moving piece of theatre, music, or art?<\/p>\n<p>Scientifically speaking, goosebumps occur when the sympathetic nervous system triggers the tiny muscles at the base of our hair follicle to contract and, as a result, the hair on our skin to stand on end. This happens as an involuntary or natural physical response to cold, or when you have a strong emotional experience, in which case you are reacting to something on a deeper level, and it is resonating with you. Your bodily cues are sending signals for you to pay attention to the underlying message. Something is speaking to you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, if you are not running a cold or fever or dealing with something physical, then you need to put it in context with what you are experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>In a stressful situation, it could be the Fight or Flight response, a surge of energy to help protect you and deal with the stress on hand.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional response, it can be a form of inspiration, excitement, joy, guidance, validation, physical attraction, warning, fear, anxiety, or fright.<\/p>\n<p>On a spiritual level, it can signal a deeper connection, remind us that we are not alone, or be a source of divine intervention and guidance. This heightened sense of awareness guides our intuition and insights and provides us with confirmation that we are on the right track.<\/p>\n<p>Next time you get a chill or that jolt of energy flowing through your body, take a moment to become present, and tune into the incoming message. Awaken to the subtle clues that have been triggered by connecting with your most genuine self &#8211; a level of deeper knowing that comes through our body and aligns us with a higher power and purpose.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Antoinette Giacobbe M.A.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever gotten goosebumps watching the sunset, during meditation or prayer, thinking of someone, hearing someone sing or say something profound, or experiencing a moving piece of theatre, music,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart","category-mind","category-soul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerview.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}