Charlotte Center For Mindfulness // Podcasts
Jul 16, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
This is a second sharing on the importance of bringing a light playful attitude into our heart/mindfulness practice. As one researcher points out: *“Play lies at the core of creativity and…
He says, play is primal, preconscious, and pre-verbal.
That first sentence made me stop.
Oh, no, wait a minute.
Sometimes I'm very conscious with play and sometimes there's verbal play.
And so I had to think a minute, you know, what does he mean by this? And then I thought, oh, here's my interpretation of it.
Just notice the animals we named in the go-around.
Pre-verbal.
Don't ask me.
But primal.
This is part, you know, this comes up over and over and over.
The playfulness in all of us animals.
He says it runs deeper than species and gender.
Most importantly, play is a thing of beauty that is better experienced than defined.
He doesn't give an absolute definition of play because its definition varies greatly by person.
He says, play is primal, preconscious, and pre-verbal.
That first sentence made me stop.
Oh, no, wait a minute.
Sometimes I'm very conscious with play and sometimes there's verbal play.
And so I had to think a minute, you know, what does he mean by this? And then I thought, oh, here's my interpretation of it.
Just notice the animals we named in the go-around.
Pre-verbal.
Don't ask me.
But primal.
This is part, you know, this comes up over and over and over.
The playfulness in all of us animals.
He says it runs deeper than species and gender.
Most importantly, play is a thing of beauty that is better experienced than defined.
He doesn't give an absolute definition of play because its definition varies greatly by person.
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