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English singer-songwriter Nao will host a brand new BBC meditation podcast, utilizing music to assist listeners take care of the stress of on a regular basis life.
The east London-born R&B artist – whose actual identify is Neo Jessica Joshua – will current The Music & Meditation Podcast, which is able to mix music and meditation to create an accessible gateway into meditation for younger individuals.
The present shall be obtainable on BBC Sounds and can broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 3.
Grammy-nominated Nao will use her personal private wellness journey to tell the podcast, in addition to inviting a wide range of meditation specialists to hitch her on the present.
The company will embody body-positivity influencer Megan Jayne Crabbe, scientific psychologist Dr Julie Smith and mindfulness undertaking founder Michael James Wong.
Every episode of The Music & Meditation Podcast will discover a unique theme, from burnout to physique positivity, by way of to coping with loneliness and trusting your instincts, and can take listeners by way of a specifically created 10-minute guided meditation.
The eight-part sequence, which shall be obtainable as a boxset on BBC Sounds, will function a curated classical soundtrack with new music from a wide range of up-and-coming composers recorded particularly for the podcast by the BBC Live performance Orchestra and BBC Singers.
The composers and performers embody composer and pianist Kristina Arakelyan and saxophonist and clarinetist Sam Rapley.
The guided meditations will even be obtainable to entry individually on BBC Sounds as a part of an easy-to-access psychological well being useful resource, which listeners can tune into every time they should.
Forward of the present’s launch, Nao mentioned: “I found meditation a few years again having struggled with stress and power fatigue syndrome after years of touring.
“It switched a light-weight on in my mind whereas additionally calming my nervous system and now I meditate daily. With increasingly noise in our lives it’s simply so key that we take a while for ourselves and discover at the very least a couple of minutes daily to deal with our psychological wellness.
“Discovering the suitable information and the suitable music is vital to accessing the advantages of meditation so I hope this podcast helps individuals who don’t know the place to begin.”
BBC Radio 3’s commissioning editor Philip Raperport added: “We wished to zone in on the immersive energy and advantages of mixing music and meditation and we’re thrilled to have Nao lead on this vital new fee.
“With such a dynamic vary of specialists specializing in the challenges dealing with so many younger individuals, we hope that the podcast creates an area for listeners to replicate, discover energy and really feel impressed.”
The Music & Meditation Podcast launches on BBC Sounds on Might 9 and can broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 3.
