Wellness leader DeepakChopra opens up about taking walks with his wife Rita, being mindful of panic and fear and scheduling non-virus-related calls
He's nearing the end of a week of meditative silence, but the best-selling author, global wellness leader, founder of the Chopra Center and clinical professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego, is answering questions. He's always in demand but maybe now more than ever as people across the globe seek to find solutions to minimize the stress, anxiety and fear amid a global coronavirus pandemic.
What has your lockdown or isolation experience been like? Are you at home or at a retreat? Has it been challenging for you to practice social distancing? Keeping informed should be minimal. Bingeing on bad news all day, compulsively watching the news, constantly talking about the virus — these things have adverse effects, because they promote low-level chronic stress and inflammation. On the positive side, meditation is obviously a good thing, but so is centering. You sit quietly, take a few deep breaths, and center your attention in the region of your heart. Do this every time you begin to feel agitated or out of balance.
You’ve held global meditations in the past but never during a pandemic of this scale. Personally, how are you processing what is happening in the world? I’ve touched on that a bit already. Fear, panic, chaos, and stress have devastating effects on sleep, blood pressure, immune response, hormonal balance, markers for inflammation — the list of effects extends everywhere. People don’t think holistically, so they might wash their hands while saturating their minds with bad news as it pours out of the media 24/7. It is imperative, in my view, to emphasize mental hygiene, because it is so critical to holistic well-being.
During coronavirus, you have responded, not only by hosting this global event, but by offering free daily meditations online. What else is in the works?
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