Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from Meditation Studio, and now our partner Mews.

I'm Patricia Carpice.

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 you by Meditation Studio,

Apple's Pick as one of the 10 best apps of the year, and Muse, the amazing brain-sensing

headband that gives you real feedback on your meditation practice. You can download the

Meditation Studio app in the App Store. Check out over 400 meditations on everything from sleep,

stress, and anxiety to happiness, confidence, and relationships for more than 45 of the world's

best teachers. And don't forget to try our eight free meditations on Alexa. And we hope you'll

check out Muse at choosemuse.com. Last week I introduced you to our new Untangle host, Ariel Garten, the co-founder of Muse.

Ariel has studied neuroscience, been a psychotherapist, and an artist.

I'm excited to hear her get inside the heads of other mind-brain experts from all different disciplines.

We'll hear one brainiac talk to another.

If you've ever wondered how your brain works, you won't want to miss these episodes.

You'll be hearing from Ariel twice a month, moving forward.

I'm sure you will love her.

Thank you, Patricia.

Hello, I'm Ariel.

And I'm going to be your guide inside the head of some of the world's most extraordinary

neuroscientists, psychotherapists, meditators, those who are skilled in the mental arts.

And we'll learn both from their cutting edge work, as well as their own human experience,

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