A rise in anxiety
We are living through stressful times, and many of us are finding solace in our daily meditation practice.
There is a lot to be anxious about given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the influx of new and possibly more infectious strains, and the constant bombardment of news on the subject. About four in 10 adults in the United States have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression during the pandemic, which is up from one in 10 before the virus radically altered our lives and lifestyles, according to Kaiser Family Foundation.
And many of the hundreds of thousands of people who had Covid-19 are still feeling anxious even six months later, a recent study in Lancet Psychiatry reports. Sometimes there is a trigger, but other times anxiety can come on seemingly out of nowhere, leaving you blindsided.
“Anxiety is worry about the future, and mindfulness of or any type of meditation is about focusing on the present moment so you get some distance from those thoughts,” says Neda Gould, PhD, director of the mindfulness program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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