The pyloric sphincter is a strong ring of smooth muscle acting as a valve between the stomach’s bottom (pylorus) and the small intestine’s first part (duodenum), controlling the release of partially digested food (chyme) into the intestine and preventing backflow into the stomach. It opens and closes involuntarily, regulated by nerve signals, allowing only small amounts of chyme to pass at a time, ensuring the small intestine isn’t overwhelmed and digestion is efficient.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
