Listening Past the Words

10 min

# Arrival Before the stethoscope meets the chest, the doctor warms its cold disc in one palm — a small kindness that readies the listening. That same warming, carried unseen into ordinary talk, is the quiet work this practice will ask of you over the next while.

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Marco Vella
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Marco Vella
Grounded, even, steady

Grounded and even, the same calm weight on every line — present without pushing, steady when the moment isn't.

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About this session

Listening Past the Words is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the love and relationships collection, narrated by Marco Vella.

Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android — hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.