I practiced this excercise with my partner. We found that looping really helped to understand each others thoughts and it stopped us from misinterpreting each other, we also both found that dipping stopped us from getting distacted by other thoughts.
I will use looping to stenghen my mindful conversation as I found this the most helpful when practising with my partner.
Listening means giving the gift of attention to the speaker. Tan, Chade-Meng. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace).
Penang - Georgetown - February 2016