4 quick ways to calm yourself down

It was 3am when I awoke with a start, stress hormones surging through my body. I had been dreaming about being in Iraq trying to help people escape a warzone. When I opened my eyes, I felt pain in my heart and immediately thought, How do you live as a conscious human being and not feel affected by what’s happening to everyone?

Lying there thinking about the people of Ukraine and so many others who suffer around the world, my anxiety was palpable. Attempting to settle myself, I turned to the prac...