The Week of December 15th:

Ten weeks of fall. You can feel every one of them.

That tightness across your shoulders that won't release no matter how much you stretch. The heaviness in your legs by evening—like they've been working all day even when you've been sitting. Your lower back aches. Your hips feel locked. And at night, even when you're exhausted, your body won't fully let go. You lie down but you don't sink in.

You're horizontal, but you're not resting.

Research shows that chronic stress creates "muscle memory"—patterns of tension that persist even when the stressor is gone. Your body learned to brace, and now it doesn't know how to stop. Add the hormonal shifts of perimenopause or menopause—when declining estrogen makes muscles less able to release on their own—and you're carrying months of accumulated tension in a body that's forgotten what relaxed even feels like.

In this week's Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi give you a simple evening practice that finally tells your nervous system it's safe to let go—so you can enter the new year lighter, not depleted.

Listen now to learn:

• Why your muscles hold tension even after the stress is gone—and the research on "muscle memory" patterns
• The specific places women in midlife store stress (and why it accumulates there)
• How 5 minutes of one pose reduces cortisol, lowers heart rate, and shifts your nervous system into rest mode
• The exact Legs Up the Wall + Extended Exhale protocol that works when nothing else does
• Why HOW you prepare before stillness determines whether you actually release—and what your dosha needs

Don't drag this year's tension into next year. Subscribe to Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi so you never miss a weekly prescription. Want guidance personalized to your unique biology as you head into 2026? Take the free Dosha Data Assessment at myarvasi.com to unlock your own private podcast feed with prescriptions tailored just for you.

Finally—medicine that fits you.