Deep Calm - Ep 4: Using the Power of Nature

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

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’s built-in relaxation response, and takes a deep dive to explore what’s happening inside as we find stillness and calm.

What is it about the natural world that has such a positive impact upon our physiology - slowing our heart rate and blood pressure, settling our thoughts and so much more? One theory is that it’s connected to the repeating patterns in nature - fractals - and Michael discovers that we live in a fractal universe.

Guest: Richard Taylor, professor at the University of Oregon.

Series Producer, sound design and mix engineer: Richard Ward Researcher: William Hornbrook Production Manager: Maria Simons Editor: Zoë Heron Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso) Extract from "Fractal compositions No.1” composed by Severin Su in collaboration with 13&9 Design. A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy.
0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
0:10.8	The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.
0:17.5	With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to helping
0:22.7	you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put together
0:28.7	by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,
0:35.0	check out BBC Sounds.
0:58.1	Life comes at us fast. Thoughts and ideas, hopes and worries, it is all too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind. But deep within, we do have the capacity to achieve an inner peace that does not depend on the outside world or on anyone else.
1:06.8	I'm Dr Michael Mosley, and this is Deep Calm.
1:12.5	This immersive BBC Radio 4 podcast series has been designed to help you tap into a hidden system within each one of us, your relaxation response.
1:25.0	In each program, I'll guide you through a different scientifically proven way
1:29.5	to activate this system and open the door to that calmer place within. A world of restoration
1:37.4	and stillness. A world of calm. So get as comfortable as you can, and we'll begin.
1:50.3	You may have noticed that when you're feeling tense, getting out into the natural world
1:56.3	can really help. Whether it's a garden, by a river, or the countryside, being in nature
2:03.6	has the power to soothe, invigorate and inspire. And it's not just psychological. New
2:13.6	research is shedding light on the powerful physiological reactions your body has to the sights,
2:20.7	sounds and sensations of being in nature and how they stimulate your relaxation response.
2:28.6	Exactly how this happens is still under debate.
2:32.6	But one suggestion we're going to explore
2:34.5	is that it's related to the recurring sensory patterns
2:38.8	you find in nature.
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