Hey everyone, it's Dora 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 you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Headspace video. Greetings. My name is Kaisanga and I welcome you this Monday morning to Radio Headspace.

In addition to being a mindfulness and meditation teacher here at Headspace, I also teach meditation

classes on the university level. The main class I teach is called MBSR which stands for

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. It's an eight week class that teaches about mindfulness

practice and ways to consistently incorporate this practice into your everyday life. Almost

guaranteed at the end of the eight weeks, the class has the same question, what now?

They've built up all of this momentum, they've meditated extensively for eight weeks,

they've learned a great deal, so naturally at the end of eight weeks they want to know

how to keep up the practice. As I'm approaching the end of my current eight week class and anticipating

the what now question the cohort will inevitably have, I can't help but to think of this notion

of starting a new. When I think of starting a new, what immediately

comes to mind are the strong emotions that come with it, the nervousness, the fear, the

anxiety and not to mention that self-judgment. So just take this moment and think back on

those moments in your own life that we've all experienced where it was kind of like starting

a new. Like the first day of school, the first day at a new job, a first date and not

to sound too grim, but this pandemic is a huge first for everyone worldwide. And so what

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