10% Happier with Dan Harris · 2026-10-09 · 55 min · 8,995 words

Calm Your Nervous System: Simple Daily Practices for When You're Wired, Hangry, or Too Busy to Rest | Nadia Narain & Katia Narain Phillips

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to the 10% happier podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. As somebody who walks around with a hair trigger nervous system, constantly scanning for threats, anxious since sentience. I was very, very, very interested when I heard about these guests who you'll be hearing from today. We're gonna talk about simple ways to regulate your nervous system that you can integrate into your daily life.

And said guests are Nadia Narain and Katya Narain Phillips. Nadia is a personal friend of mine. She's a longtime yoga and breath work teacher. Her sister, who I'm meeting for the first time, and I'm delighted about that, is a body worker and somatic practitioner. They have a new book, which is called Glimmers. Tiny moments to transform your life. Nadia and Katya, welcome both to the show. Hi, Dan.

Thank you for having us. Nadia, let me start with you, um, but Katya, jump in at any time. Um I'm playing favorites, right? Um but obviously you just there's no rules here, you can both jump in any time you want. But one of the things you talk about in the book is kind of giving readers nervous system one oh one. Um can you can you give us that? Please. A lot of books about the nervous system are quite complicated and they

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