Media channels around the world are calling now for more mindfulness for avoiding the risk of infection with COVID-19. The great news is that this is exactly one of the things mindfulness practice teaches:
To become aware of automatic patterns, to stop them and to choose a new response.
Here are four main areas how mindfulness helps with preventing infection:
1. Reduces automatic behavior
2. Chooses a better behavior
3. Stress reduction supports the immune system
4. Stay informed but don’t panic
Mindfulness practice also has a proven track record of lowering anxiety and worry. With the media on the coverage of the coronavirus from around the world does what the media does, it’s easy to fall into worry or even panic.
Mindfulness helps being aware of the presence of anxiety or worry in the form of thoughts and as sensations in the body and to observe them with friendliness instead of trying to push them away. Repeatedly returning to the sensations of the breath or the grounding feeling of the feet on the floor help to reorient to the present moment instead of racing towards the anticipated future.
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