Hey everyone, my name is Rosie and I'm one of the new hosts of Radio Headspace.

I'm an author and a yoga meditation teacher and my new episodes are debuting February of next year.

I can't wait to share them with you.

In the meantime, I'd like to let you know about a new show from Headspace Studios called Dear Headspace.

It's a call and advice show where Headspace teachers answer questions each week about anything and everything.

We talk about family, relationships, mindfulness and so much more.

You can find Dear Headspace on the Headspace app or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Thanks for listening.

Hi, I'm Sam and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Monday morning.

So I've been working with families and children as a mindfulness coach for over 10 years.

When most people think about developing mindfulness, they tend to assume it involves meditation and many practices.

But relational mindfulness is the present moment awareness that's cultivated when we're listening deeply and responding honestly with others.

One of my favorite relational mindfulness practices is called hot seat. It's a simple structure that can unlock a lot of insight.

In this activity, one person chooses to be in the hot seat and the rest of the group members ask that person questions out of curiosity.

And when the person answers or chooses not to answer, you must and can only reply with thank you.

Everyone in the group keeps their attention on the person in the hot seat and asks whatever comes to mind that they're genuinely curious about without a filter.

And often people fall in love with it and everyone ends up wanting a turn.

And it allows people to be seen and builds this incredible sense of intimacy in a relatively short period of time.

There's one hot seat experience that I'll never forget. It took place in one of the family mindfulness classes that I was leading at UCLA some years ago.

There were a mix of tweens and their parents and one 12 year old girl was brave enough to volunteer for the hot seat.

As other group members began to ask her questions, a pattern quickly arose.

This girl would immediately look at her mother every time a question was asked.

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