Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from Meditation Studio. I'm Patricia Carpus. In this series, we introduce you to real people with extraordinary stories and experts who share how meditation and mindfulness practices change our lives. Our podcast is brought to you by Meditation Studio, Apple's Pick, as one of the 10 best apps of the

year. Why download the app? Because life is messy. We get stressed, anxious, have trouble

sleeping. We work too hard. We deal with conflict. Our hearts get broken. We worry about the

state of the world. We meditate because we're human. Our app gives you

hundreds of meditations from over 30 leading experts. It helps a lot. And if you haven't tried

the app yet, you can now try it for free and explore a starter series plus a sample of some of our

favorite guided meditations in the Discover

collection. You may also want to check out our new meditation collections this year. Mindful

eating, work, authentic leadership, and a special collection just for college students. There's also

a new mindful work and sleep basics course.

If you've already got the app, check out our new unguided meditation timer

where you can create your own meditations with or without our brand new, pretty amazing music tracks.

And don't forget the aid free meditations on Alexa.

Just ask her to enable meditation studio.

Today's guest is Chinese medicine expert, acupuncturist, and Taoist Justin Erlich.

Justin shares why he fell in love with Chinese medicine and Taoist philosophy, how it's helped

him personally and how he uses this to help

his clients heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Justin feels that it gives him a degree of calmness and focus, as well as the capacity

to heal trauma and to navigate life more easily.

He talks about the importance of slowing down and observing ourselves

and why we need to be more inwardly honest and vulnerable with ourselves.

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