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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Why is meditation important? In this episode, let’s dive into something that you can do every single day to relax your nervous system.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode:


The benefits of meditation


Eustress vs distress


Combining meditation and breathwork



Key Takeaways:


The autonomic nervous system in the body has two branches, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic.


The sympathetic branch is what we typically think of as the fight-flight-freeze.


A healthy nervous system will move between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic all day.


Meditation allows us to consciously move from sympathetic to parasympathetic.


Meditation doesn’t need to involve technology or anyone else. It is the most democratically available powerful way of changing your physiological response to things.



Action Steps:


Practice meditation.


Combine your meditation sessions with breathwork.



Leanne said:
“I think [meditation] is an incredibly powerful thing for altering and, to a degree, controlling your physiological response to things.”
“Meditation or breathwork or the two combined really help you to change the emotional soundtrack in your mind.”

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Released:
Sep 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Remove the Guesswork podcast is for busy professionals who want to improve their health, fitness and wellbeing using the latest science and technology to cut through the noise and get better results, faster. In each 30 minute episode I’ll talk with some of the leading names in the health and wellbeing industry about the latest innovations, interview people who have transformed their health to find out how they did it, and share my own personal story of chronic stress, burnout, career change and subsequent lifestyle transformation. Other popular topics include personalisation; optimizing human performance; work/life blend; the importance of recovery; finding consistency; thriving not surviving; becoming a health warrior; biohacking and intelligent training. Leanne Spencer is an expert in health, fitness and wellbeing. She is the author of two bestselling books, Rise and Shine and Remove the Guesswork and TEDx speaker on why fitness is more important than weight. Visit our website www.bodyshotperformance.com for more information.