I focus on sensations that ground me, by Dallas Taylor
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today, Dallas Taylor is a creative director and creator of the beloved podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz. But before this, he had another life – one that brought immense pressure. He shares the story of how he comes to realize that feeling the weight of anxiety and fear doesn’t mean he’s broken. It means he’s human.
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| 0:00.0 | The It begins to set in that the trumpet is now more than a fun creative outlet. |
| 0:30.9 | Being good opens up possibilities that I never imagined. |
| 0:37.6 | Traveling cross-country. |
| 0:40.6 | Meeting people from different backgrounds. |
| 0:43.5 | Going to college. |
| 0:48.3 | Perhaps I can play the trumpet for the Chicago Symphony, |
| 0:51.6 | surrounded by a world-class orchestra |
| 0:53.7 | playing a big Gustav Holst piece. |
| 1:05.3 | Dallas Taylor is fascinated by the power of sound to tell stories. |
| 1:14.5 | He created and hosts the podcast 20,000 Hertz, |
| 1:22.0 | which is a huge favorite here on the meditative story team. His work inspires us. But before he was a brilliant sound designer and creative director, Dallas had another life as a world-class trumpet player. |
| 1:29.7 | In his meditative story, he recalls the pressure and anxiety that came from this role, |
| 1:35.1 | and he begins to realize that feeling this way didn't mean he was broken, it meant he was human. |
| 1:43.8 | In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness |
| 1:48.9 | prompts, so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories, |
| 1:53.7 | and that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives. |
| 1:57.3 | From Wait What, this is Meditative Story. |
| 2:03.1 | I'm Rohan, and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed. |
| 2:28.3 | The body relaxed. The body breathing. |
| 2:37.0 | Your senses open, your mind, open. |
| 2:42.0 | Meeting the world. The The |
| 3:10.3 | The The sunlight spills into the elementary school bandroom. |
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