2024-05-17
14 分钟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. What is it about the natural world that has such a positive impact upon our physiology - slowing our heart rate and blood pressure, settling our thoughts and so much more? One theory is that it’s connected to the repeating patterns in nature - fractals - and Michael discovers that we live in a fractal universe. Guest: Richard Taylor, professor at the University of Oregon. Series Producer, sound design and mix engineer: Richard Ward Researcher: William Hornbrook Production Manager: Maria Simons Editor: Zoë Heron Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso) Extract from "Fractal compositions No.1” composed by Severin Su in collaboration with 13&9 Design. A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.
Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you about something else you might enjoy.
My name's Alison Hindl and I commission audio drama and fiction for the BBC.
It's a great privilege because I get to unearth stories people love.
You should see the books and scripts covering my floor from new talent and established writers as well as classics.
The BBC has such a rich history of making great audio drama, we're still the largest producer in the world, and the popularity of podcasts means we can share what we do with even more people.
So if you like to lose yourself in a gripping audio drama or book, find your next listen on BBC sounds.
Life comes at us fast.
Thoughts and ideas, hopes and worries.
It is all too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind.
But deep within, we do have the capacity to achieve an inner peace that does not depend on the outside world or on anyone else.
I'm Doctor Michael Moseley and this is deep calm.
This immersive BBC Radio four podcast series has been designed to help you tap into a hidden system within each one of us.
Your relaxation response.
In each program, I'll guide you through a different, scientifically proven way to activate this system and open the door to that calmer place within a world of restoration and stillness.
A world of calm.
So get as comfortable as you can and we'll begin.
You may have noticed that when you're feeling tense, getting out into the natural world can really help.
Whether it's a garden by a river or the countryside, being in nature has the power to soothe, invigorate and inspire.
And it's not just psychological.
New research is shedding light on the powerful physiological reactions your body has to the sights, sounds and sensations of being in nature and how they stimulate your relaxation response, exactly how this happens is still under debate, but one suggestion we're going to explore is that it's related to the recurring sensory patterns you find in nature.