Listening Past the Sound

16 min

A quiet listening practice that shifts attention from individual sounds to the space they cross. Each noise becomes a brief marker of the wider room around it, then fades, leaving the underlying stillness in view. Useful when silence is unavailable, it offers a steady way to rest with noise without being pulled into every sound.

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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 Sound is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the mindfulness 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.