Summary
Ruby Wax gives us her thoughts for looking after your mental health in a pandemic. And, we hear from Vicki and Hugh after the government warned that the new coronavirus variant could be more deadly than the last.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Cristina Criddle, Georgia Coan, Rick Kelsey, Alix Pickles Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, on today's newscast, Mindfulness with Ruby Wax. |
| 0:10.5 | Everything you've learned from language to walking, |
| 0:12.7 | to pole vaulting, you had to practice. |
| 0:15.4 | So you want to find out what mindfulness, |
| 0:17.2 | I happened to study at Oxford, |
| 0:18.7 | and they weren't teaching witchcraft. |
| 0:20.5 | You know, go have a look. |
| 0:21.7 | Look at my book, look at somebody's book. |
| 0:23.8 | To me, that's, if there was another way I'd do it, |
| 0:26.8 | lower that cortisol, because that's what kills you, |
| 0:29.9 | which is a fight and flight. |
| 0:31.1 | You could do Tai Chi, you could do martial arts, |
| 0:34.6 | and find out what cools your system. |
| 0:36.5 | It might be keeping a journal. |
| 0:38.0 | It might be making a list at the end of the day |
| 0:40.1 | of things, not that you haven't done, but that you've done. |
| 0:42.9 | It might be, you know, but find whatever it is |
| 0:45.6 | that will lower that fight and flight, |
| 0:48.3 | because that's the killer. |
| 0:49.8 | If you put your feet on the ground |
| 0:51.1 | and experience both feet on the ground, |
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