Though while we sit we ordinarily are oblivious to our subtle shifts in posture and the like, these small movements relieve stress that’s building in our body. When you don’t move a muscle, that stress can build into excruciating pain. And if, like Richie, you are scanning those sensations, a remarkable shift in your relationship to your own experience can occur where the feeling of “pain” melts away into a mélange of physical sensations.
