Anxiety is the feeling of nervousness, apprehension, fear, or worry. We all experience it from time to time. How do we get from anxiety to inner peace? One way is to train our mind not while we are anxious but when we are calm and relaxed. If we get used to being peaceful, it might be easier to access those states in times of need.

Throughout the years, I have met so many people who suffer from anxiety on one level or another. I encourage them to find the right way for them to deal with it and I have lots of techniques in my “Tool Box” that can help. Today, I would like to explore how meditation helps to get from anxiety to inner peace.

Usually, we attach “stories” to our experience. For example, let’s say we need to clean our yard. We can simply clean the yard or we can attach to it (without being aware that we’re doing this) a “why me?” or “poor me” attitude and create our own suffering. The additional storyline affects our attitude, our mood, and our behavior. We get lost in our thoughts and this creates the anxiety.

One of the benefits of meditation is that it quiets our mind and helps us see our experience from a higher level, above the content. When we are centered and connected we are more in touch with reality.

I meditate almost every day. Mediation is not always pleasant, but neither is life. Suffering is an essential part of being human – we couldn’t have happiness without it! Meditation will not eliminate negative emotions, but it can change your relationship to them. It can help you deal with suffering directly instead of running away from it. I can say that from my experience, when I skip my meditation I’m more likely to feel anxious that day.

I would love to share more of this with you in person. Here is a link to my Meditation Class on August 18:  meditation class