Sleep Well - Ep 1: Breathe

Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic
journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast
series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a
scientifically-proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive
through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms.


It’s something that the great teachers of meditation and yoga
have known about and used for millennia, but science has only
really just caught up with: slowing the breath. Via a tiny
cluster of cells in the brain, this simple act can send you into
a more relaxing, peaceful state and towards sleep.


Guest: Ian Roberston, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Trinity
College, Dublin.


Producer, sound design and mixing: Richard Ward Assistant
Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu Editor: Zoe Heron Specially composed
music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso) A BBC Studios production for
BBC Radio 4.