Hi everyone is Kaysonger. Just a reminder that you can listen to all of our

podcast ad-free on the Headspace app. Space Studio. Hi, it's Dora. Welcome to Radio Head Space and to Thursday. Now I want to begin today's

episode by asking, was the last time you really

listen to someone and when was the last time you listen to yourself free of

judgment and free of distraction.

Oftentimes, when we listen to someone, there's something that we're listening for.

We may hope that they say the right thing or they share something

with us that we can respond to. By being able to practice deep listening, we can hear things

that often go unnoticed.

My friend and colleague Sam says,

when she listens to someone in her mind,

she's telling herself,

in this moment, this person is the most important thing in my life.

So I had a chance to practice this exercise a few Sundays ago at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Every week Spirit Rock hosts a virtual Bi-Pock-Sanga.

Sanga and Buddhism refers to a sense of community.

The teacher presented the topic of grief.

She invited folks to the Zoom stage to talk about

whether anything had come up for them during the practice. There was a lady in the

group who bravely expressed that she had been feeling exhausted from working in health care the last two

years and was finding it hard to maintain a sense of compassion.

During the meditation practice she recognized that she was tired of grieving.

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