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Deep Calm - Episode 1: Using Your Breath

Sit back, unwind and discover how to harness the power of the breath to engage your body鈥檚 relaxation response, helping you to rest and restore. With Dr Michael Mosley.

Sit back, leave behind the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new podcast series, designed to help you let go and unwind, each episode focuses on a scientifically proven technique for activating the body鈥檚 built-in relaxation response, and takes a deep dive to explore what鈥檚 happening inside as we find stillness and calm.

By deliberately slowing your breath you can help bring peace and calm to your body and mind. We discover a sweet spot (it鈥檚 around six breaths per minute but varies from individual to individual) where bodily rhythms align to enhance this relaxation response, and encounter the wandering Vagus Nerve with its central, critical role in all of this.

Guest: Mara Mather, professor at the University of Southern California.

Series Producer, sound design and mix engineer: Richard Ward
Researcher: William Hornbrook
Production Manager: Maria Simons
Editor: Zo毛 Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A 91热爆 Studios Audio production for 91热爆 Sounds / 91热爆 Radio 4.

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14 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 May 2024 22:45

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  • Mon 13 May 2024 22:45

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