Welcome to The Meditation Podcast. This is Jesse Stern with a simple meditation to release muscle tension.

In many social and professional situations, we tend to hold our breath. Holding our breath halts the natural flow of movement within our bodies, causing tension, fatigue, and stagnation.

In today's meditation, we practice a simple meditation to release muscle tension.

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Welcome to The Meditation Podcast. This is Jesse Stern with Episode 150, Inspiration.

In many languages and cultures, the words for 'spirit' and 'breath' are closely related. The Latin words spiritus (spirit) and spirare (to breathe) give us English words like inspire (to enter breath), expire (to exit breath), and respiration (to cycle breath).

Note that these words are not related to desperation, which comes from sperare (to hope).

In today's meditation, we focus on each breath, each inspiration.

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Remember that this podcast uses binaural beats, audio technology that affects the brain, so please use headphones, and please do not use this podcast while driving or operating machinery.

We are not licensed health care practitioners, and we do not claim any specific health benefits from using this podcast. You are responsible for your own health.

This podcast is made possible with great thanks to our subscribers on Patreon. Join our community at Patreon.com/theMeditationPodcast.

Now, let's begin.

As we enter the Spring season, much of the world is focused on war, AI, and the potential impact of these actions on economies, jobs, careers, social interaction, and human evolution. Spring represents new life, budding growth, warmth. But in the generational cycles of our lifetime we are entering Winter - representing death, contraction, cold.

In today's meditation, we remain focused on the heart.

This podcast is made possible with great thanks to our subscribers on Patreon. Join our community at Patreon.com/theMeditationPodcast.