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.

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Hello, it's Eve here and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Wednesday, halfway through the week.

So I was teaching a group of people about meditation and mindfulness the other day.

And one of the questions from the virtual audience was, why meditate? What's the point?

Firstly, I loved the directness of the question. They just got straight to the point.

But secondly, this is a really great question to ask. Really, why should we meditate?

Of all the things in the world that could help, why this?

Here is my answer to that question.

But I'm going to start with a few questions myself and I base all of this on my own experiences.

Do you experience a very busy mind a lot of the time?

Do you often find you feel stressed and worried about things that might happen?

Do you find it takes you a while to switch off at night?

When was the last time you stopped and did nothing and brought your attention into the present moment?

Of course, we can't have an actual conversation here, but maybe just consider your answers to those questions I asked.

And my point in asking them is that we live in a very busy, distracting and yes, sometimes very stressful and challenging world.

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