Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey

and inspire you to create your own.

Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,

from my personal experiences to useful tools and different

mindful techniques. Hello again, Mindful Kind. You're listening to episode number 12 and today

I'll be chatting about music and mindfulness.

So one of the beautiful clients who did the meaningful mindfulness sessions with me asked

a great question about whether music can be used to practice mindfulness.

I thought I would use this episode to explain a couple of ways that

you can use music mindfully because there's definitely a practice which is simple, practical and

enjoyable too. Okay, one way to use music mindfully is to really tune into your sense of sound.

When you hear a song, particularly one which resonates with you,

try to pick out the distinct instruments or listen to the rises and falls of the voice.

Try to listen to it in the same way you would listen to a podcast, really.

Right now you're hopefully listening to the things that I'm

saying and the meaning of them and perhaps you're trying out new mindfulness exercises as I talk

you through them. Try to pay this same attention to music. Listen to the stories behind the words

or the stories being told by the instruments.

Another way you can use music to be more mindful is to sing along.

Not too long ago I was driving somewhere important and when I left I realized that I'd typed in the wrong address on my phone when I was researching the trip. So rather than being

early, I realized I was going to be late. Now, I'm one of those people who really prides themselves

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