Peripheral Listening

Peripheral Listening invites sound to be noticed at the edges of awareness rather than held in focus. The listening is optional, indirect, and unforced—there is no instruction to concentrate, follow, or engage.
 
This piece allows attention to widen and soften. The sound remains present without pulling the listener inward or asking for response. Moments of distraction, distance, or partial listening are welcome and carry no consequence.
 
Peripheral Listening is well suited for times when direct attention feels overwhelming, when focus creates tension, or when the body needs space more than guidance. It can exist in the background or be noticed briefly, then released.
 
This work belongs to the Nervous System Safety category and is offered as a way to let sound coexist with experience—near enough to be sensed, far enough to remain safe.