Meditation: How to Find Calm in the Chaos

As we move through each uncertain day, I’m blown away by two things: 1) How our attention has shifted to a new way of living (i.e. surviving), and 2) How we must dig deep and step into a new brand of courage in order to stay grounded during this time.

Here’s what I’m clinging to: this is only temporary—we undoubtedly will get through this and come out stronger. Yet with enforced physical distancing and quarantines happening all over the world, creativity is key during this process.  

We are collectively becoming more refined in the way we deal with struggle moving forward.  If we accept the challenge, we can actually learn how to be better overcomers. 

How do we do this?  By advocating for ourselves and becoming skilled copers.  Fact: these are scary times.  Our generation has never seen anything like it.  But fear and anxiety have always been there.  Spoiler alert: they’ll never leave.  

History is calling us to a new standard of wakefulness.  I want to look back on this time and be amazed by how resilient we were as a collective group, though physically apart.  

I want to be amazed by how we learned to stay calm in the chaos as skilled overcomers.   

A proven way we can do this is through meditation.  Science tells us over and over how powerful mindfulness is for improving health, sleep, mood, creativity, and brain functioning. 

It reduces anxiety in much the same way as exercise does because it decreases cortisol, a pesky stress hormone, and teaches us to live in the present moment.  The present moment is typically a much safer place than somewhere “out there” in the past or future.  Especially right now.

Today, I invite you to join me as we practice finding calm in the chaos through this short, guided meditation. 

Love & Gratitude,

Katie