Sleep Well - Ep 1: Breathe
Get comfortable, unwind and discover the power of your breath. Learn how, just by slowing your breathing, you can help usher in sleep. With Dr Michael Mosley.
Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms.
It鈥檚 something that the great teachers of meditation and yoga have known about and used for millennia, but science has only really just caught up with: slowing the breath. Via a tiny cluster of cells in the brain, this simple act can send you into a more relaxing, peaceful state and towards sleep.
Guest: Ian Roberston, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Trinity College, Dublin.
Producer, sound design and mixing: Richard Ward
Assistant Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu
Editor: Zoe Heron
Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)
A 91热爆 Studios production for 91热爆 Radio 4.
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How slowing your breath can help usher in sleep
Duration: 03:38
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- Mon 24 Oct 2022 22:4591热爆 Radio 4
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