About this episode

Dr. Michael Mosley guides listeners through relaxation techniques to activate the body's relaxation response.

Sit back, leave behind the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new podcast series, designed to help you let go and unwind, each episode focuses on a scientifically-proven technique for activating the body’s built-in relaxation response, and takes a deep dive to explore what’s happening inside as we find stillness and calm. Deliberately tensing and then relaxing groups of muscles all through the body is a potent technique for engaging your body’s relaxation response. We also encounter the magnificently-named Golgi tendon organ afferent nerve cells, and the interconnected nodes of the brain. Guest: Ian Robertson, professor at Trinity College Dublin. Series Producer, sound design and mix engineer: Richard Ward Researcher: William Hornbrook Editor: Zoë Heron Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso) A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

People in this episode

Host: Dr Michael Mosley

Guest: Ian Robertson

Topics covered

• relaxation techniques
• muscle relaxation
• scientific exploration
• body's relaxation response
• sonic journey
• calmness

Keywords

• relaxation
• muscle tension
• Golgi tendon organ
• brain nodes
• calm
• sonic journey
• scientific techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trinity College Dublin, BBC Studios, BBC Radio 4

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