Hey everyone, it's K-Sunga here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand

new call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers, along

with some amazing new friends, are answering your questions about relationships, work,

life, mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've

ever created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every

Tuesday on the Headspace app and anywhere that you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Hi, my name is Andy and welcome to Radio Headspace. Hard to believe we're at the end of

the week already. I don't know what you have planned for the weekend but my hope is, my

guess is, it's going to involve some people around you, whether it's family members, whether

it's friends, whether it's in person, whether it's fire, a phone, a computer, an iPad or something.

My hope is that there is some kind of human connection. You know a few weeks back I was

chatting to a researcher talking about this idea of blue zones. I don't know if you're

familiar with blue zones. He was sort of the eminent researcher of blue zones. In fact, he,

I think he may have even come up with the name blue zones, but blue zones are those regions

of the world where for whatever reason, usually a combination of reasons, people seem to live

that much longer than elsewhere in the world. And we got talking about sort of what were the

ingredients that led to a long and happy life and it's really important to stress that this

isn't just long life. This is also a life that has a sense of meaning, of purpose and where there

is a greater sense of happiness. And as we sort of talked about it, there was some of the things

that you would expect. There was exercise. Although not exercises we know it, not going out for a

run, not going to the gym and lifting weights, it was more just general movement in day-to-day life.

Getting up and down from sitting on the floor, walking to the shops, things that in many countries,

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