{"id":15803,"date":"2023-01-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/?p=15803"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:28:24","slug":"mindfulness-meditation-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/mindfulness-meditation-anxiety\/","title":"Meditation for Anxiety","content":{"rendered":"<body><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\nvar gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),document.addEventListener(\"gform\/theme\/scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,themeScriptsLoaded:!1,isFormEditor:()=>\"function\"==typeof 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alt=\"Meditation for Anxiety\" class=\"wp-image-51363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anxiety is our body\u2019s way of saying, \u201cHey, I\u2019m experiencing too much stress all at once.\u201d This happens to the best of us. But when that feeling of being \u201calways on alert\u201d becomes background noise that doesn\u2019t go away, that\u2019s when it\u2019s time to seek help. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/meditation\/mindfulness-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mindfulness<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-to-meditate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meditation<\/a> for anxiety is a growing field that can help you navigate the many ways that anxiety can affect your life. This guide is not meant to serve as a diagnosing tool or a treatment path\u2014it\u2019s simply a collection of research and practices you can turn to as you begin to help right your ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kickstart your journey with our free 4-day guide, delivering essential insights and guided practices directly to your inbox. Enter your email to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Purpose &amp; Focus<\/strong>: Mindfulness and meditation can ease anxiety, reduce stress, and help manage panic attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Understanding Anxiety<\/strong>: Anxiety is the body&#8217;s response to overwhelming stress. Mindfulness can create space to change your reaction to stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How Mindfulness Helps<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases present-moment awareness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultivates non-judgmental acceptance of anxious feelings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creates a buffer between you and distressing thoughts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Research &amp; Programs<\/strong>: Evidence from studies using Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) demonstrates that these structured programs can reduce anxiety symptoms and even lower depression relapse rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Practical Techniques<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calming Steps: Open your attention, focus on the breath, then tune in to your body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guided Practices: Explore various guided 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\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-mindfulness-helps-anxiety\">How Mindfulness Helps Anxiety<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we\u2019re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what\u2019s going on around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading expert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/everyday-mindfulness-with-jon-kabat-zinn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jon Kabat-Zinn<\/a> describes it as \u201cawareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally,\u201d adding: \u201cin the service of self-understanding and wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you become aware of the present moment, you gain access to resources you may not have realized were with you all along\u2014a stillness at your core. An awareness of what you need and don\u2019t need in your life that\u2019s with you all the time. You may not be able to change your situation, but mindfulness practice offers the space to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-to-change-a-habit-for-good\/\">change your response<\/a> to your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/no-blueprint-just-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction<\/a> (MBSR), founded by Kabat-Zinn, the gold-standard for research-backed mindfulness. Developed over 40 years ago, MBSR is an 8-week program, including supported teachings, mindfulness practices, and movement practices that help people work with the stresses of everyday life. MBSR practices allow you to bring <em>kind awareness <\/em>and<em> acknowledgment<\/em> to any stressed or anxious feelings in your body and mind and simply allow them to be. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/1609875\/\">A 1992 study in the <em>American Journal of Psychiatry<\/em><\/a> found that MBSR can effectively reduce symptoms of anxiety and panic even in those with generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or panic disorder with agoraphobia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/the-medicine-of-the-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to other research<\/a>, when you can create space between yourself and what you\u2019re experiencing, your anxiety can soften. But if you get too used to that low rumble of stress always being there, it can gradually grow, creating a stress \u201chabit\u201d that is detrimental to your health and well-being. Consequently, when we get caught up in patterns of reactivity, we create more distress in our lives. This is why it\u2019s so important to discern clearly the difference between reacting with unawareness and responding with mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mindfulness-works-but-not-for-everyone\">Mindfulness Works, But Not for Everyone<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditation does seem to improve mental health\u2014but it\u2019s not necessarily more effective than other steps you can take. Early research suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/mindfulness-how-to-do-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mindfulness meditation<\/a> had a dramatic impact on our mental health. But as the number of studies has grown, so has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4940234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scientific skepticism<\/a> about these initial claims.<br><br>For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/fullarticle\/1809754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 2014 meta-analysis<\/a> published in <em>JAMA Internal Medicine<\/em> examined 47 randomized controlled trials of mindfulness meditation programs, which included a total of 3,515 participants. They found that meditation programs resulted only in small to moderate reductions in anxiety and depression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn essence, practicing mindfulness is a process of learning to trust and stay with feelings of discomfort rather than trying to escape from or analyze them,\u201d says Bob Stahl, Ph.D., MBSR teacher, founder of multiple MBSR programs, and co-author of multiple books on MBSR. \u201cThis often leads to a remarkable shift; time and again your feelings will show you everything you need to know about them\u2014and something you need to know for your own well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-mindfulness-calms-anxious-feelings\">How Mindfulness Calms Anxious Feelings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mindfulness helps you learn to stay with difficult feelings without analyzing, suppressing, or encouraging them.<\/strong> When you allow yourself to feel and acknowledge your worries, irritations, painful memories, and other difficult thoughts and emotions, this often helps them dissipate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindfulness allows you to safely explore the underlying causes of your stress and worry. <\/strong>By going with what\u2019s happening rather than expending energy fighting or turning away from it, you create the opportunity to gain insight into what\u2019s driving your concerns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindfulness helps you create space around your worries so they don\u2019t consume you. <\/strong>When you begin to understand the underlying causes of your apprehension, freedom and a sense of spaciousness naturally emerge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-calm-anxiety-in-three-steps\">Calm Anxiety in Three Steps:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-present-moment-awareness-can-make-life-more-meaningful\/\">Open your attention to the present moment<\/a>.<\/strong> The invitation is to bring attention to our experience in a wider and more open manner that isn\u2019t really involved with selecting or choosing or evaluating, but simply holding\u2014becoming a container for thoughts, feelings or sensations in the body that are present and seeing if we can watch them from one moment to the next.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-five-minute-breathing-meditation\/\">Focus on the breath<\/a>.<\/strong> Let go of that widescreen and bring a focus that\u2019s much more concentrated and centered on breathing in one region of your body\u2014the breath of the belly, or the chest, or the nostrils, or anywhere that the breath makes itself known, and keep that more concentrated focus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/beginners-body-scan-meditation\/\">Bring your attention to your body<\/a>. <\/strong>Become aware of sensations in the body as a whole, sitting with the whole body, the whole breath, once again we move back to a wider and spacious container of attention for our experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-getsitecontrol-inline=\"412836\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mindful.org\/products\/new-get-started-with-mindfulness-vol-5-your-guide-to-difficult-emotions?utm_source=morg-digital&amp;utm_medium=product&amp;utm_campaign=ad-getstartedcourse&amp;utm_content=web\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/SIP-2022-1-Spr-Marketing-Asset-4-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Your guide to difficult emotions\" class=\"wp-image-637170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/SIP-2022-1-Spr-Marketing-Asset-4-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/SIP-2022-1-Spr-Marketing-Asset-4-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/SIP-2022-1-Spr-Marketing-Asset-4-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/SIP-2022-1-Spr-Marketing-Asset-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/e7c77c040b35\/anxiety-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety10x_Email-Series_Asset-9.jpg\" alt=\"Meditation for anxiety - Practices to Calm Anxiety\" class=\"wp-image-51647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety10x_Email-Series_Asset-9.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety10x_Email-Series_Asset-9-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"research\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"td-align-container\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"mindful-block-tenxhr alignfull\"><div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-magenta-pink-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Science of Meditation for Anxiety\" class=\"wp-image-51365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-03.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-science-of-mindfulness-meditation-for-anxiety\">The Science of Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1992, Zindel Segal, John Teasdale, and Mark Williams collaborated to create an 8-week program modeled on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Jon Kabat-Zinn\u2014who developed MBSR\u2014had some initial misgivings about the program, fearing the curriculum might insufficiently emphasize how important it is for instructors to have a deep personal relationship with mindfulness practice. Once he got to know the founders better, he became a champion for the program. In 2002, the three published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mindfulness-Based-Cognitive-Therapy-Depression-Preventing\/dp\/1572307064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse<\/em><\/a>, now a landmark book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MBCT\u2019s credibility rests firmly on ongoing research. Two randomized clinical trials (published in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/10965637\" target=\"_blank\">2000<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19045965\" target=\"_blank\">2008<\/a> in <em>The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology<\/em>) laid the foundation, indicating <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-recurrent-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\">MBCT reduces rates of depression<\/a> relapse by 50% among patients who suffer from recurrent depression. Recent findings published in <em>The Lancet<\/em> in 2015 revealed that combining a tapering off of medication with MBCT is as effective as an ongoing maintenance dosage of medication. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2848393\/\" target=\"_blank\">Further studies<\/a> have found that MBCT is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/17765453\" target=\"_blank\">potentially effective<\/a> intervention for mood and anxiety disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-should-i-choose-mbsr-or-mbct\">Should I Choose MBSR or MBCT?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfulnessstudies.com\/understanding-mbps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Mindfulness Studies<\/a>, mindful awareness is the foundation of MBSR and MBCT. In both 8-week programs, participants are guided through a series of practices that encourage paying attention to experiences, thoughts, emotions, and sensations in the body. Explore the differences between MBSR and MBCT before you decide which program to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-key-differences-between-mbsr-and-mbct\">The Key Differences Between MBSR and MBCT<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction\">Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designed for everyone (particularly people who deal with chronic stress)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explores how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-to-manage-stress-with-mindfulness-and-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mindfulness can help with stress<\/a>, and the stress of living with a chronic illness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses mindfulness practices to highlight different ways to respond to suffering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works to change your relationship to suffering by encouraging you to turn toward pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphasizes being present with what is&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22805898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommended<\/a> for general psychological health and stress management and as an intervention for symptoms of anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-nbsp\">Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy:&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designed to prevent depressive relapse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explores how mindfulness can help you stay well while dealing with depression or anxiety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses mindfulness practices to offer insight on negative mind states associated with depression and anxiety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works to change your relationship to suffering by recognizing patterns in thought and emotion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphasizes your choice in how to respond to negative mind states<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22805898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommended<\/a> as an adjunctive treatment for unipolar depression and an intervention for symptoms of anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-helps-with-anxiety\">How Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Helps with Anxiety<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-recurrent-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">skills-based approach<\/a>, MBCT asks patients to inquire into, familiarize themselves with, and redirect the thought processes that are getting them into trouble (cognitive distortions, or what some people call \u201cnegative self-talk,\u201d or \u201cstinkin\u2019 thinkin\u2019\u201d). It takes close attention and stick-to-itiveness to shift these ingrained thought processes. MBCT isn\u2019t about changing or fixing the content of our challenging thoughts, it\u2019s about becoming more intimately and consistently aware of these thoughts and patterns. The awareness itself reduces the grip of persistent and pernicious thought loops and storylines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like MBSR, MBCT is an eight-week program consisting of weekly two-hour classes with a mid-course day-long session. It combines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/category\/mindful-skills\/meditation\/guided-meditation\/\">guided meditations<\/a> with group discussions, various kinds of inquiry and reflection, and take-home exercises. \u201cRepetition and reinforcement, coming back to the same places, again and again, are key to the program,\u201d says Zindel Segal, \u201cand hopefully people continue that into daily life beyond the initial MBCT program, in both good times and bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-mindfulness-really-help-reduce-anxiety\">Can Mindfulness Really Help Reduce Anxiety?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A small <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/news\/news\/just-10-minutes-meditation-helps-anxious-people-have-better\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> conducted at the University of Waterloo suggests that just 10 minutes of mindfulness helps with ruminative thought patterns. In the study, 82 participants who experience anxiety were given a computer task to complete, but were regularly disrupted. They were then split into two groups: one group listened to a guided meditation for 10 minutes, while the other group listened to an audio book for 10 minutes. Participants were then sent back to the computer while the disruptions continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meditators had greater success in staying focused, and, as a result, they performed better on the task. \u201cThat was surprising to me,\u201d says lead researcher and psychology PhD candidate Mengran Xu. \u201cMindfulness meditation promoted a switch of attention from their internal thoughts to the external environment. It helped them focus on what\u2019s happening right now, in the moment, and not to get trapped in their worries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This study adds to the growing body of evidence that mindfulness could be a powerful ally for people who struggle with ruminating thoughts and internal focus common with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/can-mindfulness-treat-depression\/\">anxiety and depression<\/a>. But, Xu adds, just why it helps is still unknown. \u201cIf we know how, we can make it more effective.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wants to find out. Xu and colleagues have already finished one forthcoming study where participants were instructed in mindfulness meditation, muscle relaxation, or listened to an audio book. Xu says his team wants to see \u201chow each intervention would affect people\u2019s scope of attention, cognition, and problem solving in a hypothetical stressful situation. The aim is to examine if mindfulness practice expands people\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes [stress] is inevitable, but it depends on how broad your perspective is. Both mindfulness meditation, and relaxation can help broaden how people think about things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"meditation\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"td-align-container\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"mindful-block-tenxhr alignfull\"><div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-kelly-green-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A group following a guided meditation for anxiety\" class=\"wp-image-51366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-guided-meditations-for-anxiety\">Guided Meditations for Anxiety<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-simple-meditation-for-anxiety\">A Simple Meditation for Anxiety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zindel Segal says bringing awareness to the sensations that accompany difficult experiences offers the possibility of learning to relate differently to such experiences in each moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>People often stumble over the concept of acceptance as an approach for dealing with difficult emotions and mind states. In MBCT groups that I\u2019ve led, this predictably comes up around the fourth or fifth session as participants say \u201cHow can I accept this pain?\u201d or \u201cI want to feel fewer of these difficult emotions, not more!\u201d These reactions reflect an underlying calculation that even though trying to avoid or push away negative thoughts and feelings can be exhausting, the strategy has worked in the past, so\u2026 why risk using a different and unfamiliar strategy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these moments, rather than answer this question directly, I find it helpful to remind myself of three simple points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Allowing negative emotions to exist in our lives\u2014for the moment\u2014does not mean that we\u2019ve chosen not to take action<\/strong>. The concept of acceptance, as introduced in MBCT, is intended to describe the possibility of developing a different relationship to experience, one that is characterized by allowing an experience and letting it be. Allowing difficult feelings to be in awareness means registering their presence before making a choice about how to respond to them. It takes a real commitment and involves a deliberate movement of attention. Importantly, \u201callowing\u201d is not the same as being resigned or passive or helpless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Denying that a negative mindset is taking place is more risky for your mental health<\/strong>. The opposite of allowing is actually quite risky. Being unwilling to experience negative thoughts, feelings, or sensations is often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/the-7-drivers-of-old-habits-of-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first link in a mental chain<\/a> that can lead to automatic, habitual, and critical patterns of mind becoming re-established. You can see this when someone says \u201cI\u2019m stupid to think like this\u201d or \u201cI should be strong enough to cope with that.\u201d By contrast, shifting the basic stance toward experience, from one of \u201cnot wanting\u201d to one of \u201copening,\u201d allows this chain reaction of habitual responses to be altered at the first link. Thus, \u201cI should be strong enough\u201d shifts to \u201cAh, fear is here\u201d or \u201cJudgment is present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Acceptance helps you work through each unpleasant experience<\/strong>. The third is that the practices of MBCT offer concrete ways for cultivating a stance of \u201callowing and letting be\u201d amid painful experiences. We often \u201cknow\u201d intellectually that it might be helpful to be more loving, caring, and accepting toward ourselves and what we are feeling, but we have very little idea how to do it. These capacities are unlikely to be produced merely by an effort of will. Instead, they require working through the body with repeated practice over time to notice how things, like anxiety, may show up as tightness in the chest, or sadness as heaviness in the shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-30-minute-meditation-for-anxiety-and-stress\">A 30-Minute Meditation for Anxiety and Stress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MBSR teacher Bob Stahl leads you through this meditation combining breath awareness, a body scan, and mindfulness of thoughts, so you can explore sources of stress and anxiety.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Give yourself about thirty minutes for this mindfulness practice. You can do this practice in a seated position, standing, or even lying down. Choose a position in which you can be comfortable and alert.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout- align\"><article class=\"podcast js-podcast-player podcast--wrap\">\n\t<button class=\"podcast__playpause js-podcast-playpause\">&nbsp;<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"podcast__content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"podcast__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Meditation for Working with Anxiety and Stress\u2014Bob Stahl\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"podcast__seekwrap\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"range\" class=\"podcast__seek js-podcast-seek\" value=\"0\" max=\"1800\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<ul class=\"podcast__meta\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"podcast__duration js-podcast-duration\">30:00<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<audio preload=\"none\" class=\"js-podcast-audio\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/mindfulorg\/stahl-stress.mp3\">\n\t\t<\/audio>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Take a moment to thank yourself for being here<\/strong>\u2014for taking this time to be present, to go inside, into your own life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connect with your mind and body<\/strong> with a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-daily-mindful-check-in-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\">mindful check-in<\/a>: Feeling any sensations, any holdings, any tightness in the body as well as feeling into your mood, feeling into your emotions, and just acknowledging whatever\u2019s being felt and letting be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now very gently, withdrawing the awareness from the mindful check-in, let\u2019s bring our attention to the breath:<\/strong> Being mindful of the breath in the abdomen, expanding on an inhalation and falling on an exhalation. Breathing in and breathing out with awareness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now gently withdrawing the awareness from breathing, we\u2019ll shift our focus to a body scan<\/strong>. Feeling into this body, into the world of sensations, thoughts, and emotions, and acknowledging whatever is being experienced. Whatever arises in the body, or perhaps at times even in the mind and emotions, acknowledging and letting be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Breathe into your whole body. <\/strong>We may notice from time to time tensions, tightness, achiness, and if we can allow any of these areas to soften, by all means, let that happen. It\u2019s also important to know that if we are unable to soften, our practice informs us to let be. Let whatever sensations ripple and resonate wherever they need to go\u2014the same applies even to our thoughts and emotions, letting them be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Be kind to any anxious thoughts that arise with mindful inquiry. <\/strong>As we\u2019re feeling into this body and mind, we may at times continue to experience some anxious thoughts, worries, fears, and there are times when we can use the practice of mindfulness, of inquiry, of investigating to discover potentially the underlying causes of our fears. If it appears that even after practicing the body scan and mindful breathing that we\u2019re persisting with some anxious feelings, bringing attention to those feelings themselves now to acknowledge what\u2019s being felt, feeling into the fear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wade into your feelings with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-to-be-more-compassionate-a-mindful-guide-to-compassion\/\">compassion <\/a>and gentleness<\/strong>. Just as we sometimes put our toes into the water to acclimate to the water temperature slowly, part by part. We should very gently dip our toes into feeling fear, just acknowledging what\u2019s there, feeling into the fear with awareness\u2014there\u2019s no need to try to analyze or figure things out, just feeling into the experience of feeling anxious, fearful, worried, and letting be. And whatever arises, equally acknowledging and letting it be, this is how we feel into the heart of fear. Just listening with such compassion. No need to push ourselves more than we can handle but just working with the edges, feeling into the anxiety and acknowledging. As we learn to be with things as they are, we may discover the underlying causes of our fear and pain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>And now gently withdrawing from the mindful inquiry practice, come back to the breath again<\/strong>. Breathe in and out, feeling in the abdomen the belly expanding on the inhalation and falling on the exhalation. Breathing in and breathing out, with awareness. Just staying present to each breath, in and out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take a moment to watch your thoughts. <\/strong>Just like we\u2019re watching the breath coming and going, we can even begin watching the very thoughts we think as though we\u2019re watching the clouds flying by in the sky, like sitting at the edge of a river just watching whatever is floating downstream. Beginning to observe the mind and even the thoughts of fear are nothing but passing mental phenomena, like clouds, observing any fearful, anxious thoughts as just mental events that come and go. Observing the mind, thoughts, noticing the ever-changing nature of thoughts, just coming and going. As we become aware of thoughts and the traps we find ourselves in, we can become free.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>And now gently coming back to the breath. <\/strong>Just be mindful, breathing in and breathing out. Now as we begin to end this meditation on working with anxiety let\u2019s take a moment to remember all those that are being challenged with these feelings, all those living with fear, worry\u2014let us extend our well-wishes of healing, of peace, to all those living in fear. May we take these moments now to thank yourself for proactively turning into your fears and working with them.<em> As we acclimate ourselves to our fears, may we not be so challenged by them. May all beings, wherever they are, may they be free from fear, and may all beings be at peace.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch this video to Learn Meditation for Anxiety and Stress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1j0ZGY4FhJeZOjjGymXS3xgn6brnJz9NP\/preview\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-20-minute-meditation-for-anxiety-and-anxious-emotions\">A 20-Minute Meditation for Anxiety and Anxious Emotions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A meditation from Bob Stahl involving deep investigation into the causes of anxious feelings so you can discover the story lines that trigger and drive your emotions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout- align\"><article class=\"podcast js-podcast-player podcast--wrap\">\n\t<button class=\"podcast__playpause js-podcast-playpause\">&nbsp;<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"podcast__content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"podcast__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Meditation for Anxiety and Anxious Emotions\u2014Bob Stahl\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"podcast__seekwrap\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"range\" class=\"podcast__seek js-podcast-seek\" value=\"0\" max=\"1236\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<ul class=\"podcast__meta\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"podcast__duration js-podcast-duration\">20:36<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<audio preload=\"none\" class=\"js-podcast-audio\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/mindfulorg\/meditation-on-anxious-emotions-20-min.mp3\">\n\t\t<\/audio>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Begin with a brief mindful check-in<\/strong>, taking a few minutes to acknowledge how you\u2019re currently feeling in your body and mind\u2026being mindful of whatever is in your awareness and letting it all be. There\u2019s nothing that needs to be fixed, analyzed, or solved. Just allow your experience and let it be. Being present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now gently shift your attention to the breath<\/strong>, becoming mindful of breathing in and out. Bring awareness to wherever you feel the breath most prominently and distinctly, perhaps at your nose, in your chest, or in your belly, or perhaps somewhere else. There\u2019s no other place you need to go\u2026nothing else you need to do\u2026just being mindful of your breath flowing in and out. If your mind wanders away from the breath, just acknowledge wherever it went, then return to being mindful of breathing in and out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reflect on a specific experience of anxiety<\/strong>, perhaps something recent so you can remember it more clearly. It doesn\u2019t have to be an extreme experience of anxiety, perhaps something that you\u2019d rate at 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10. Recall the experience in detail, as vividly as you can, invoking some of that anxiety now, in the present moment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As you imagine the experience and sense into it, be mindful of how the anxiety feels<\/strong> in your body and stay present with the sensations. Your only job right now is to feel and acknowledge whatever physical sensations you\u2019re experiencing in your body and let them be. There\u2019s no need to change them. Let the sensations run their course, just like a ripple on a lake is gradually assimilated into the entirety of the body of water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now feel into any emotions that emerge<\/strong>\u2026anxiety, fear, sadness, anger, confusion\u2026whatever you may feel. As with physical sensations, just acknowledge how these emotions feel and let them be. There\u2019s no need to analyze them or figure them out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If strong emotions don\u2019t arise, this doesn\u2019t mean you aren\u2019t doing this meditation correctly. <\/strong>The practice is simply to acknowledge whatever is in your direct experience and let it be. Whatever comes up in the practice is the practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bringing awareness to your anxiety may sometimes amplify your anxious feelings<\/strong>. This is normal, and the intensity will subside as you open to and acknowledge what you\u2019re experiencing and give it space to simply be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Continue feeling into the anxiety<\/strong>, just allowing any feelings in the body and mind and letting them be, cultivating balance and the fortitude to be with things as they are. The very fact that you\u2019re acknowledging anxiety rather than turning away from it is healing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As you continue to acknowledge your physical sensations and emotions, they may begin to reveal a host of memories<\/strong>, thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences that may have created limiting definitions of who you think you are. You may begin to see more clearly into how these old patterns of conditioning have driven your anxiety. This understanding can set you free\u2014freer than you ever felt possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now gradually transition back to the breath<\/strong>, breathing mindfully in and out\u2026 Next, slowly shift your awareness from your breath to sensing into your heart. Take some time to open into your heart with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/why-we-need-to-practice-a-little-self-compassion\/\" target=\"_blank\">self-compassion<\/a>, acknowledging your courage in engaging with your anxiety. In this way, your anxiety can become your teacher, helping you open your heart to greater wisdom, compassion, and ease within your being.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As you\u2019re ready to end this meditation, congratulate yourself<\/strong> for taking this time to meditate and heal yourself. Then gradually open your eyes and return to being present in the environment around you. May we all find the gateways into our hearts and be free.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-17-minute-meditation-to-create-space-between-you-and-your-anxiety\">A 17-Minute Meditation to Create Space Between You and Your Anxiety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Creating some space around the feelings of anxiety so we can explore the experience directly, without being carried away by it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout- align\"><article class=\"podcast js-podcast-player podcast--wrap\">\n\t<button class=\"podcast__playpause js-podcast-playpause\">&nbsp;<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"podcast__content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"podcast__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Meditation to Create Space Between You and Your Anxiety\u2014Jessica Morey\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"podcast__seekwrap\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"range\" class=\"podcast__seek js-podcast-seek\" value=\"0\" max=\"990\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<ul class=\"podcast__meta\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"podcast__duration js-podcast-duration\">16:30<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<audio preload=\"none\" class=\"js-podcast-audio\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/mindfulorg\/Jessica_Morey_2_LOGO_REMOVE.wav\">\n\t\t<\/audio>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>When you\u2019re ready, come into a comfortable seated position<\/strong>. Let\u2019s take some breaths here. Find your ground by feeling your feet on the floor beneath you. Feel your body touching the chair or cushion you\u2019re on. Really allow yourself to settle into this: Feel gravity, and release your weight toward gravity. Let\u2019s take a few deeper breaths now. If you are already feeling anxious, it can be helpful to really extend the exhale. Take a nice, long inhale, then very much emphasize the exhale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Explore how you\u2019re feeling right now.<\/strong> If you\u2019re feeling anxious right now, it\u2019s a great opportunity to practice. But if not, bring to mind a time recently when you felt some kind of fear, anxiety, worry, or agitation. Recall the situation or conversation. Just remember that event, and as you do, you might start to notice anxious thoughts emerging in your mind. You might also start to notice some related sensations in your body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open your attention wide. <\/strong>Before we turn toward the anxiety more fully, let\u2019s first open our attention wide. Here\u2019s where we can use A.W.E. (And What Else?) Just notice. You may be feeling anxiety right now, but let\u2019s direct our attention away from that and actively explore our senses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open your eyes and look around. <\/strong>If your eyes are closed, I invite you to open them to look around the space you\u2019re in. Simply orient yourself. And now notice three things that you see in the space around you. They can be very neutral or even pleasant things\u2014flowers, an image. Simply describe them to yourself in your mind: the colours, shapes, forms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Turn your attention to the sounds around you.<\/strong> Once you\u2019ve noticed three things visually and described them to yourself, turn your attention to hearing. Allow your attention to settle on the sounds around you. Listen for three different sounds; they can be near or far. Emphasize pleasant or neutral sounds. And, again, describe them to yourself: notice the vibration, the tone, how they arise and then pass.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now, let\u2019s turn our attention to taste<\/strong>. This might be a little more challenging, but just notice: Can you detect any flavour in your mouth? Maybe something you ate before starting this practice? Toothpaste? Just notice what it\u2019s like to taste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now, turn your attention to your sense of smell<\/strong>. You might take in a deeper breath here. Just notice: Can you detect any scent in the space around you? Notice how they can shift and change with each breath.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>And finally, let\u2019s move to the sense of touch<\/strong>. Beginning on the outer surface of our skin, feel the contact with the chair or the ground. If your hands are touching or resting against your body, just feel that sensation. It\u2019s very simple: What do you notice when you turn your attention toward your hands touching? Feel the contact of your clothes with your body. Feel the temperature of the air on your skin. What can you notice?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-guided-meditation-for-gathering-your-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>If you have the energy<\/strong><\/a><strong> and some space now, turn your attention toward the felt sense of anxiety<\/strong>. If you feel the need for more space at any time, simply keep turning your attention outward: the sounds, the sights\u2014wherever it feels calming and grounding for you to attend in your senses. When you do feel ready to explore, turn your attention to the felt sense: How do you notice anxiety? Where do you feel it in your body? Take a breath and notice where you feel it. Maybe it\u2019s in your belly? See if you can notice the details, too: Is it throbbing or tingling? What\u2019s the energy like? Within the sensation of anxiety, does it feel like there\u2019s a lot of movement? Does it shift and change as you pay attention to it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Can you gently relax around the feeling of anxiety or fear?<\/strong> Think of the rest of your body holding this feeling with a lot of care. Pay close attention, explore, be curious: How does anxiety show up? How is it shifting? If at any point it becomes overwhelming or you get lost in thinking and find you\u2019re unable to stay with the sensations, simply go to And What Else: Notice the sights around you. Notice the sounds. Feel the ground.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you are able to pay attention to this sense of anxiety, simply noticing it, let\u2019s drop in a question<\/strong>. Staying with the felt sense of this fear, anxiety, worry, or agitation, just ask: What do you need? What do you want me to know? What are you trying to offer me? Just see what answers, images, words arise here. We\u2019re asking ourselves here: What do I need?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As we close out the meditation, see if you can commit to doing something to address that need you\u2019ve identified<\/strong>. Alternatively, simply remember the information that has arisen for you during this practice. And now, if you\u2019re ready, take a few deeper breaths. Soften your body slightly. Feel the seat under you, the ground under you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-20-minute-meditation-for-working-with-anxiety\">A 20-Minute Meditation for Working with Anxiety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An awareness practice to establish calm in body and mind, so you can explore your worries and meet emotions that arise with kindness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout- align\"><article class=\"podcast js-podcast-player podcast--wrap\">\n\t<button class=\"podcast__playpause js-podcast-playpause\">&nbsp;<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"podcast__content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"podcast__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Meditation for Working with Anxiety\u2014Hugh Byrne\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"podcast__seekwrap\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"range\" class=\"podcast__seek js-podcast-seek\" value=\"0\" max=\"1344\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<ul class=\"podcast__meta\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"podcast__duration js-podcast-duration\">22:24<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<audio preload=\"none\" class=\"js-podcast-audio\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/mindfulorg\/Byrne-anxiety-premium.mp3\">\n\t\t<\/audio>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To begin, sit in a way that is relaxed<\/strong>, and take a moment to adjust your posture on your seat to one that\u2019s more comfortable. Feel your body in contact with the surface beneath you.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Allow yourself to experience whatever is present right now<\/strong>. Whatever bodily feelings, mood, emotions, mind states, and thoughts are present. You might take a few deeper breaths to invite the body and the mind to relax and settle. Take a nice, full, deep in-breath, relaxing, releasing, and letting go on the out-breath. Breathe in, and fill the chest and the lungs with the in-breath. Release and let go on the out-breath.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As you breathe in, you might invite in a quality of calm<\/strong>. You could repeat the word <em>calm<\/em> silently to yourself as you breathe in, and then again as you breathe out. Breathe in, calm the body, breathe out, calm the mind.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When you\u2019re ready, let the breath settle into its natural rhythm<\/strong>, allowing it to be just as it is. Breathe in, breathe out.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You might invite a smile<\/strong> to the corners of your eyes and the corners of your mouth; a smile sends a message to our brain and to our nervous system that we\u2019re safe and don\u2019t have to be hyper-vigilant. Smiling invites us to relax, and be at ease.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>While sitting in a way that is relaxed and alert, you might bring to your mind a situation<\/strong> <strong>that is a source of anxiety or stress for you<\/strong>. It might be a work situation, family, health, finances, or it might be a combination of factors. Allow yourself to take in all the feelings, sensations, and emotions, and the overall sense of this situation, in the body and in the mind. Choose not to follow scenarios in your mind about what might happen or things that might go badly, and simply observe your thoughts and let them go. Be open to whatever bodily sensations are present with kindness and acceptance. There might be contraction, heat, tightness, tingling, or pulsing. Whatever is present, say yes to what you\u2019re feeling. Be open to these feelings and let them come and go. Bring a kind awareness to whatever emotions are present, and allow yourself to feel them fully; they might be fear, worry, anxiety, or sadness, to name a few. Let these feelings be as big as they want to be, and say yes to all that you\u2019re feeling. Let your awareness and kind attention hold whatever is present, whatever is arising for you in the body, heart, and mind. Bring interest to the changing flow of experience, letting everything stay for a period of time, and then pass on their own time. Meet it all with kindness, acceptance, and interest.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If anxious thoughts arise like, \u201cThis will never go away\u201d or, \u201cI\u2019ll never be able to do everything I have to do,\u201d meet these thoughts with kindness and care<\/strong>. Without identifying with them or treating them as true, let the thoughts come and go. Continue to open to your experience in this way, meeting your experience with kindness and care. If it\u2019s challenging, acknowledge that it is difficult. You could put a hand on your heart and wish yourself well, if this is helpful.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Think to yourself, \u201cMay I be happy and may I live with ease.\u201d<\/strong> Take a deep in-breath, letting go on the out-breath. Hold your experience with kindness and with care.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bring awareness to any emotion that may be present<\/strong>, perhaps underneath the feelings. Maybe there\u2019s fear that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-to-navigate-sadness-mindfully\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sadness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/mindfulness-for-grief-and-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grief<\/a>, or worry will continue. See if you can say yes to the emotion. Meet your emotions with kindness and care, and notice how they, too shift and change if you can open to them.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If a sensation or an emotion gives rise to an urge or an impulse to do something negative, like eat something unhealthy, take a drink, or take a drug, see if you can stay with that energy<\/strong>. See that this, too comes and stays for a while, and then passes. If it\u2019s helpful you could imagine it as like a wave coming along. Maybe there\u2019s a strong energy, and the wave crests. But if you stay with it with awareness and with kindness, perhaps those feelings pass for a while, and then there\u2019s calm. Be open to the thoughts or narratives that come up in your mind; they might be \u201cThis is too much,\u201d or \u201cI need to do something to deal with this pain or difficult feeling,\u201d and invite yourself to stay with the direct experience.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If the pain, discomfort, difficult emotion, or difficult feeling seems like it\u2019s too intense, see if you can bring your awareness to another part of your experience<\/strong>. Perhaps an area of your body that feels more neutral, such as your hands, or your feet, or your seat, or something in your life that you\u2019re happy about or grateful for. Let your awareness rest on a more pleasant or neutral experience for a time. When you feel ready, let your attention move back to the bodily feelings, and be open again to your experience, riding whatever waves arise.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stay as close to your direct experience as you can<\/strong>, and bring a kind awareness to the thoughts and stories that surround the pain, stress, or difficult emotion. Choose not to identify with the thoughts but just acknowledge them as thoughts. Let them come and go in their own time with kindness.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sit quietly for a couple of minutes<\/strong>, and be open to the changing flow of experience, recognizing how mindfulness can help us open up to and untangle ourselves from painful thoughts, stress, worry, anxiety, and the patterns of behavior that tend to go with those feelings, emotions, and mental states.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"breathing\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"td-align-container\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"mindful-block-tenxhr alignfull\"><div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-golden-yellow-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A woman doing a breathing meditation for anxiety overlooking mountains.\" class=\"wp-image-51367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-05.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-breathing-exercises-for-anxiety\">Breathing Exercises for Anxiety<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mindful breathing is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/the-three-minute-breathing-space-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the foundation of MBSR<\/a>. It involves diaphragmatic or abdominal breathing, also known as belly breathing, which is very helpful in calming the body because it\u2019s the way that you naturally breathe when asleep or relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-practice-mindful-breathing\">How to Practice Mindful Breathing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It might be helpful to start off practicing mindful breathing for five minutes once a day and build it up from there. Maybe you\u2019ll find that you can add a second or even a third 5-minute session, practicing mindful breathing at different times of your day. You can get additional benefit if you gradually extend your mindful breathing to 10, 15, 20, or even 30 minutes at least once a day. Let this be a part of your practice of mindfulness that you look forward to doing, a special time for you to center yourself and \u201creturn home\u201d to your being. Feel free to use an alarm clock or timer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like other meditations, mindful breathing can be incorporated into your daily activities too. As far as where to practice informally, just about anywhere works. Take a few minutes at home, at work, at the doctor\u2019s office, at the bus stop, or even while waiting in line to bring a little mindful breathing into your life. You can also make it a habit to take a few mindful breaths right after you wake up, when you take a morning break, at lunchtime, in the afternoon, at night, or right before you go to sleep. Once you\u2019ve practiced mindful breathing at these times, you can experiment with using it when you\u2019re feeling some angst, to help you calm the rush of panic in your body.<br><br>The reason diaphragmatic or abdominal breathing is an \u201canti-panic\/anxiety\u201d breath is it helps regulate irregular breathing patterns fairly quickly. Often when you feel panicked, your breathing will become rapid, irregular, and shallow. You\u2019ll tend to breathe mostly in your chest and neck. When you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-12-minute-4-7-8-breathing-meditation\/\">shift to diaphragmatic breathing<\/a>, this will help regulate the breath so you can begin to feel more balanced and relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-explore-your-breath\">Explore your breath:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take a moment right now to be mindful of your breath. Gently place your hands on your belly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breathe normally and naturally. When you breathe in, simply be aware that you\u2019re breathing in; when you breathe out, be aware that you\u2019re breathing out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feel your belly rise and fall with your breath. Now take two more mindful breaths and then continue reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-5-minute-breathing-meditation\">A 5-Minute Breathing Meditation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Find a quiet place where you can be undisturbed. Turn off your phone and any other devices that might take you away from this special time that you\u2019re giving yourself. Assume <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/find-right-meditation-posture-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a posture in which you can be comfortable<\/a> and alert, whether sitting in a chair or on a cushion or lying down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn mindful breathing by following the script below, pausing briefly after each paragraph. Aim for a total time of at least five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Appreciate your time<\/strong>. Take a few moments to congratulate yourself that you are taking some time for meditation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Become aware of your breath<\/strong>. Now bring awareness to the breath in the abdomen or belly, breathing normally and naturally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stay with your breath<\/strong>. As you breathe in, be aware of breathing in; as you breathe out, be aware of breathing out. If it is helpful, place your hands on your belly to feel it expand with each inhalation and contract with each exhalation. Simply maintaining this awareness of the breath, breathing in and breathing out. If you are unable to feel the breath in your belly, find some other way\u2014place your hands on your chest, or feel the movement of air in and out of your nostrils.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Just be.<\/strong> There\u2019s no need to visualize, count, or figure out the breath. Just being mindful of breathing in and out. Without judgment, just watching, feeling, experiencing the breath as it ebbs and flows. There\u2019s no place to go and nothing else to do. Just being in the here and now, mindful of your breathing, living life one inhalation and one exhalation at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feel what your body is doing naturally<\/strong>. As you breathe in, feel the abdomen or belly expand or rise like a balloon inflating, then feel it receding or deflating or falling on the exhalation. Just riding the waves of the breath, moment by moment, breathing in and out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Acknowledge your wandering mind<\/strong>. From time to time, you may notice that your attention has wandered from the breath. When you notice this, just acknowledge that your mind wandered and acknowledge where it went, and then bring your attention gently back to the breath.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Be where you are.<\/strong> Remember, there is no other place to go, nothing else you need to do, and no one you have to be right now. Just breathing in and breathing out. Breathing normally and naturally, without manipulating the breath in any way, just being aware of the breath as it comes and goes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Acknowledge your time<\/strong>. As you come to the end of this meditation, congratulate yourself that you took this time to be present and that you are directly cultivating inner resources for healing and well-being. Let us take a moment to end this meditation with the wish \u201cMay all beings be at peace.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<a id=\"panic\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"td-align-container\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"mindful-block-tenxhr alignfull\"><div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-ultramarine-blue-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Meditation for anxiety - How to stop a panic attack\" class=\"wp-image-51368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/content\/uploads\/Anxiety-10x-06.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-stop-a-panic-attack\">How to Stop a Panic Attack<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"tenxhr-wrapper has-black-background\">\n  <div class=\"tenx-page-divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A great many people who suffer with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/4-ways-curb-panic-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">panic attacks<\/a> describe feeling a disconnect from reality that scares and confuses them. You may feel completely helpless, as though there is nothing you can do and no one can help you. You literally believe that a threat is present, likely, or imminent. It\u2019s a frightening experience not easily forgotten. In fact, the fear alone that it may happen again is enough to start the cycle of panic and insecurity. If you\u2019re feeling scared or insecure about a reoccurrence right now, you are not alone, and there is help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-meditation-for-investigating-panic-attacks\">A Meditation for Investigating Panic Attacks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no predicting when your next panic attack will occur. It might happen while you\u2019re out running errands, interacting with strangers at the market or post office. Being in public may feel like the worst-case scenario for a panic attack, but it is also your cue to listen to your mind and body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/how-to-make-inquiry-part-of-your-mindfulness-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mindful inquiry<\/a> will help you investigate what is driving your panicky emotions, in order for you to become free from them. Practice these skills the next time you feel panic beginning to rise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-take-a-moment-for-a-mindful-inquiry-practice\">Take a moment for a mindful inquiry practice:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Before you begin, ask yourself whether this is a good time to explore your feelings.<\/strong> Do you feel safe at this time? If you do feel safe, proceed with the next step. If you do not feel safe, then it is okay to wait and attempt this practice at a more secure time, perhaps when you\u2019ve returned to the privacy of your home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Your practice begins as soon as you tune in to and become mindful with your breathing.<\/strong> Wherever you are\u2014running around town, meeting up with a friend, standing in line, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-guided-walking-meditation-to-connect-with-your-senses\/\">walking down the aisle of a market<\/a>\u2014you carry your breath everywhere, and it is your focal point for maintaining your connection to the present wherever you go. Be mindful of your breathing, in and out, noticing the sensations of warmth as you breathe in and coolness as you breathe out, experiencing the rise and fall, the in and out of each breath.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take this moment to recognize any and all feelings that are with you now. <\/strong>If you feel out of control, then just acknowledge it as a feeling, without attaching details or stories to it. If you feel an uncontrollable fear that you\u2019re going insane, then recognize this feeling without striving to critique or analyze the feeling. Give yourself permission to just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-guided-meditation-to-label-difficult-emotions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identify and acknowledge the emotions<\/a> that are coming up and let them be. You may be telling yourself: <em>I feel as if something horrible is about to happen. I feel as though I\u2019ve lost touch with reality. I feel as though I can\u2019t trust anyone. Maybe I can\u2019t even trust myself.<\/em> Other unrelated feelings and thoughts may come to mind, like <em>I\u2019m hungry. I hope that he calls soon. I wonder where I left my to-do list.<\/em> Make space in this moment to simply let these feelings emerge and try to stay with the feelings and thoughts just as they are. Simply acknowledge what\u2019s here, without attaching yourself or clinging to any one thought or feeling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You may experience a strong impulse to resist or fight against these painful and terrifying emotions,<\/strong> as may be your habit. We all have a natural tendency to strive toward what feels good. For this exercise, you are practicing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/10-mindful-attitudes-for-reducing-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non-striving<\/a>: not trying, or not attempting to change your feelings or shift them in a different direction. Just let the feelings be what they are. The less energy you spend trying to resist or alter your panicky emotions, the lesser the hold your panic can have on you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remember to be aware of your breathing <\/strong>and to connect again with the here and now.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-30-minute-meditation-for-investigating-panic-attacks\">A 30-Minute Meditation for Investigating Panic Attacks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Before beginning this guided meditation, please consider whether this is the right time for you to do it. Do you feel reasonably safe and open? If not, do some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-five-minute-breathing-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mindful breathing<\/a> and come back to it at another time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout- align\"><article class=\"podcast js-podcast-player podcast--wrap\">\n\t<button class=\"podcast__playpause js-podcast-playpause\">&nbsp;<\/button>\n\n\t<div class=\"podcast__content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"podcast__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Meditation to Calm Panic\u2014Bob Stahl\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"podcast__seekwrap\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"range\" class=\"podcast__seek js-podcast-seek\" value=\"0\" max=\"1805\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<ul class=\"podcast__meta\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"podcast__duration js-podcast-duration\">30:05<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<audio preload=\"none\" class=\"js-podcast-audio\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/mindfulorg\/Mindful_Inquiry_Meditation.mp3\">\n\t\t<\/audio>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First, congratulate yourself that you are dedicating some precious time for meditation.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Become aware of your body and mind and whatever you are carrying within you.<\/strong> Perhaps there are feelings from the day\u2019s events or whatever has been going on recently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May you simply allow and acknowledge whatever is within you<\/strong> and let it be, without any form of analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gradually, shift the focus of awareness to the breath<\/strong>, breathing normally and naturally. As you breathe in, be aware of breathing in, and as you breathe out, be aware of breathing out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Awareness can be focused at either the tip of the nose or the abdomen<\/strong>, depending on your preference. If focusing at the tip of the nose, feel the touch of the air as you breathe in and out\u2026 If focusing on the abdomen, feel the belly expanding on an inhalation and contracting on an exhalation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Breathing in, breathing out, experiencing each breath appearing and disappearing<\/strong>. Just breathing. And now gently withdraw awareness from the breath and shift to mindful inquiry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindful inquiry is an investigation into emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations<\/strong> that are driving your panic, anxieties, and fears, often beneath the surface of your awareness. There is a special and unique way of doing this practice that can foster the potential for deep understanding and insight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When you practice mindful inquiry, gently direct your attention into the bodily feeling of panic or fear itself<\/strong>. Allow yourself to bring nonjudgmental awareness into the experience of it, acknowledging whatever it feels like in the body and mind and letting it be.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To begin this exploration you need to first check in with yourself<\/strong> and determine whether it feels safe or not. If you don\u2019t feel safe, perhaps it is better to wait and try another time, and just stay with your breathing for now.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you are feeling safe, then bring awareness into the body and mind<\/strong> and allow yourself to acknowledge any physical sensations, emotions, or thoughts. Then, just let them be\u2026without trying to analyze or figure them out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You may discover that within these feelings there\u2019s a multitude of thoughts<\/strong>, emotions, or old memories that are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-7-minute-guided-meditation-to-embrace-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fueling your fears<\/a>. When you begin to acknowledge what has not been acknowledged, the pathway of insight and understanding may arise. As you turn toward your emotions, they may show you what you are panicked, worried, mad, sad, or bewildered about.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You may learn that the very resistance to unacknowledged emotions often causes more panic or fear<\/strong> and that learning to go with it, rather than fighting it, often diminishes them. When we say \u201cgo with it,\u201d we mean that you allow and acknowledge whatever is within the mind and body. Just letting the waves of emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations go wherever they need to go just like the sky makes room for any weather.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Now gently return to the breath<\/strong>, being mindful of breathing in and out\u2026riding the waves of the breath.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As you come to the end of this meditation, take a moment to congratulate yourself<\/strong> and take a moment to appreciate the safety and ease you may be feeling right now that you can bring into your day. By acknowledging your fears, you may open the possibility for deeper understanding, compassion, and peace. Before you get up, gently wiggle your fingers and toes and gradually open your eyes, being fully aware here and now.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Send some loving-kindness your way<\/strong>. <em>May I dwell in peace. May all beings dwell in peace.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-ways-to-get-out-of-panic-mode\">3 Ways to Get Out of Panic Mode:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Notice what\u2019s happening<\/strong>, instead of completely identifying with it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/heres-how-you-can-share-your-mindfulness-practice-without-teaching-it\/\">Practice mindfulness with others<\/a><\/strong> (together or virtually), so you can remember you\u2019re not alone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pause and take five deep breaths<\/strong>, any time you feel anxious or in a panic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anxious? 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