Welcome to the meditation podcast. This is Jesse Stern with episode 140, Nervous System Calming.

To be honest, I'm feeling overwhelmed. On the outside, I'm discouraged by endless news of our warmongering and dysfunctional government.

On the inside, I'm still processing the years of intense social

isolation during the pandemic with no work prospects after a vibrant pre-pandemic career and

social life. I am hypervigilant and jumpy. Creatively, I feel uninspired. I find it difficult and

awkward to socialize, sleep, or even rest.

During periods of overwhelm, the best thing I can do for myself is to let my parasympathetic

nervous system take over.

This is the part of our nervous systems responsible for our rest and reset.

In today's meditation, we calm our nervous system.

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community at patreon.com slash the meditation podcast now let's begin this meditation will make the most sense, seated in a straight-backed and armless chair.

With some practice, it should be quite easy to adapt to standing, lying down, or any other shape that suits you.

So, begin seated, and take note of your breathing, your thoughts your mood and the state of emotions

any sounds around you and any sensations of temperature, air movement,

clothes touching your body, and your body touching the floor, and any other surfaces it's touching.

Inhale deeply through your nose if possible and release with a sigh.

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