Deep Calm - Episode 2: Relaxing Your Body
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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\\u2019s built-in relaxation response, and takes a deep dive to explore what\\u2019s happening inside as we find stillness and calm.
Deliberately tensing and then relaxing groups of muscles all through the body is a potent technique for engaging your body\\u2019s relaxation response. We also encounter the magnificently named Golgi tendon organ afferent nerve cells, and the interconnected nodes of the brain.
Guest: Ian Robertson, professor at Trinity College Dublin.
Series Producer, sound design and mix engineer: Richard Ward\\nResearcher: William Hornbrook\\nEditor: Zo\\xeb Heron\\nSpecially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso)\\nA BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.
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