Hi listeners it's Rohan. We know many of you tune into meditative story to hear never

before told immersive stories. So I want to tell you about another podcast I've enjoyed

lately with rare and fascinating insights.

It's called Side Door and it's a podcast from the Smithsonian Institution.

More than 157 million treasures filled the Smithsonian's vaults, each hiding a story.

In each episode, host Lizzy Peabody will sneak you through the Smithsonian's side door to discover accounts that can't be found anywhere else.

You'll hear from archaeologists, astrophysicists, artists and even zookeepers.

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Just search for Side Door, or one word.

Or find it online at S.I.

E.D.U. slash Side Door. As I drive I experienced sensations of what life must have felt like long ago, long before my mother's time.

I wonder who walked this route before me centuries ago. The roads would have been unpaved back then. There

must have been families that walked along these pathways between plantations, searching for a better life.

Now I've traveled back to our family's southern roots to find myself. Ruth E Carter has won multiple Academy Awards for her work as a costume designer.

Today she shares the story of how she learns to use her gifts to create healing, not just

for herself but for her community. In this series we combine immersive first-person stories,

breathtaking music, and mindfulness prompts

so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories.

And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From wait what, is meditative story.

I'm Raham and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed

breathing breathing.

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