Norsk (engelsk under) Piotr og Annabel har lyst til å lage en serie podcastepisoder der vi utforsker hva det vil si å lytte — til hverandre, til musikk, til kroppen og sinnet, og til verden rundt oss.

Gjennom ærlige samtaler, guidede meditasjoner, personlige historier og refleksjoner undersøker vi hva det betyr å være virkelig til stede — i oss selv, med hverandre og midt i det vanlige livet.

Samtalene våre beveger seg mellom filosofi og levd erfaring: fra pust og oppmerksomhet til sykdom, musikk, lidelse, ro, oppvåkning og utfordringen med å holde seg forankret i en støyende og rastløs verden.

Annabel, som er musiker og forsker og lever med Parkinsons sykdom, bringer inn refleksjoner fra egne erfaringer med den forandrende kroppen, oppmerksomhet, sårbarhet, musikk og søken etter nærvær i hverdagen.

I den aller første episoden begynner vi ganske enkelt der vi er: med spenning, pust, lyder fra omgivelsene, vandrende tanker og forsøket på å lytte innover.

Piotr leder en meditasjon mens Annabel reflekterer over hva som skjer i sinnet når stillheten blir avbrutt av rytme, støy, motstand og oppmerksomheten selv. Sammen utforsker vi om meditasjon handler om å flykte fra livet — eller om å lære å møte det på en annen måte.

Fra Cala de Mijas, utenfor Málaga i Spania — velkommen.

English Piotr and Annabel would like to create a series of podcast episodes exploring what it means to listen — to each other, to music, to the body and mind, and to the world around us.

Through honest conversations, guided meditations, personal stories, and reflections, we investigate what it means to be truly present — within ourselves, with one another, and in the middle of ordinary life.

Our conversations move between philosophy and lived experience: from breath and awareness to illness, music, suffering, calm, awakening, and the challenge of staying grounded in a noisy and restless world.

Annabel, a musician and researcher living with Parkinson’s disease, brings reflections from her own experience of the changing body, attention, vulnerability, music, and the search for presence in everyday life.

In the very first episode, we simply begin where we are: with tension, breath, sounds from the surroundings, wandering thoughts, and the attempt to listen inward.

Piotr guides a meditation while Annabel reflects on what happens in the mind when silence is interrupted by rhythm, noise, resistance, and attention itself. Together, we explore whether meditation is about escaping life — or learning how to meet it differently.

From Cala de Mijas, outside Málaga, Spain — welcome.

Lyttelos – The Listening Body

In this episode, I talk with Finn Upham (RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion) about what happens in the body when we listen to music.

Starting from a research concert in Oslo—where audience members’ breathing, heart rate, and movement were measured—the conversation explores how listening is not just mental or emotional, but deeply physical.

Why do we sometimes hold our breath in music? How can listeners unconsciously breathe with performers? And what does this reveal about music as a shared, human experience?

From Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata to experimental listening practices, this episode invites you to rediscover music through the body.

Finn Upham is a researcher in music cognition and music psychology, with a particular focus on how the body responds to music. He is a postdoctoral researcher at RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo, where he studies the relationship between music, breathing, heart rate, and movement, as well as the interaction between performers and audiences.

In his research, he explores how listeners do not only hear music, but also physically participate in it, for example through breathing and bodily resonance. He has a background as a musician, with experience in singing and wind instruments, and combines this with a strong foundation in mathematics and analytical methods.

Through his work, he contributes to a deeper understanding of how music is experienced in the body, and how listening is an active, embodied, and fundamentally human process.