The topic of senses in aesthetics concerns experiencing movement through all possible mediums.  People have five senses and each can be stimulated through participation in movement.  Because of this connection with the senses, movement can also be used to seek out certain feelings and emotions.  It allows people to express their emotions in a unique way.  This expression stimulates the body into more intense feelings from moving.  Senses allow people appreciate and recognize the aesthetics in other's movement and their own.
 
A list of relevant links:

The irie man speaks in his own words.  (http://www.malibu-rum.bb/silver/silver-features1.html).
The feelings experienced through wind surfing and how it affected one man's life.

Dance art.   (http://www.salc.wsu.edu/classes/DomainOfTheArts/students/mbrown/dance).
The perception of dance art is created by the senses working together for a complete consciousness.

Charles, J. M. Experiencing the aesthetic.  (http://swem.wm.edu/Class/char31.html).
Several college students descriptions of how experiencing and watching sport can be aesthetically pleasing.

Freeman, W. J. The physiology of perception.  (http://virtual.sai.msu.su/~bond/Physio.Percept.html).
An overview of the physiology behind sensory perception and how people can detect environmental stimuli.

Harding, K.  Formlessness.    (http://www.denayer.com/bujinkan/sgforml.htm).
The feelings experienced from formlessness and acquiring other techniques of the martial arts.

Jannot, M.  Getting in touch with your motions.    (http://outside.starwave.com:80/magazine/0994/949bget.html).
The benefits of accurate kinesthetic awareness with movement functioning and appreciation.

Mcgregor, H.  Should I practice meditation?    (http://www.denayer.com/bujinkan/u01medit.htm).
This article discusses how meditation can make one's senses more acute for improved performance.

Potts, P.  Children's expression through movement.   (http://www.sfol.holowww.xom/sfol/kids/tumble/dance.html).
Creative movement can build confidence and is a child's primary medium of expression.

Thomson, B. The importance of the body in therapy.  (http://www.camft-sandiego.org/body.htm).
An explanation of movement as an expression of feeling and how this connection is utilized in the healing process.

Vaniata, M. Osho sacred movements.  (http://osho.org/news/features/sacred.htm).
A description of the way Osho sacred movements can feel familiar by mirroring one's identity and life.

 McEvoy, Jeff.  Why Paddle?  (http://www.qed.com/ack/ack/1996/apr96.htm#story4).
A persuasive article to attract paddlers based on the stimulated physical and emotional senses while participating in the sport.

O'Cork, Shannon.  Odyssey of a beginning runner.  (http://www.runnersworld.com/beginrun/wrbegin.html).
A short summary of how if feels to begin running.  Sensations felt in the feet, legs, and muscles because of the exercise and the environment.

Pennington, Brad.  An abstract medium.  (http://www.skydivewww.com:80/first_jump.htm).
A story describing the exhilaration and stimulation felt during someone's first skydiving experience.
 

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