How a Buddhist Monk Deals With Anxiety | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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<p dir="ltr">Anxiety has long been a massive societal issue that spiked during the pandemic, and many of us are still feeling it in 2025.</p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode, renowned Buddhist monk <a href= "https://tergar.org/about/mingyur-rinpoche" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche</a> talks in detail about how he personally works with anxiety and panic and the practices he draws upon when dealing with these states. </p> <p dir="ltr">Mingyur began doing long retreats in his teens and now teaches all over the world.  He's written the books <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307347312?aff=penguinrandom">The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness</a> and <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525512547?aff=penguinrandom">In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying</a>. He also oversees the <a href= "https://tergar.org/about/">Tergar Meditation Community</a>, a global network of Buddhist meditation centers.  </p> <p dir="ltr">This episode was originally published in July 2022.</p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode we talk about: </p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Working with strong emotions using sound and the breath</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Deconstructing your reality to make it workable</p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Understanding what awareness is in a Buddhist sense </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How to make meditation free-range and available to you all times </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The simple but also tricky advice of, "stop doing and just be" </p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">When to take a step back or even take a break from meditation</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">What Mingyur Rinpoche says is the true purpose of the practice.<strong><br /></strong></p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">This interview was recorded in person at the TED conference in April of 2022, where both Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Dan Harris spoke.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Join Dan's online community <a href= "http://www.danharris.com">here</a></strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Follow Dan on social: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FOA84J">TikTok</a></strong></p> <p><strong id= "docs-internal-guid-cf0478da-7fff-d405-222a-40f0b5d3b335">Subscribe to our <a href="https://bit.ly/3FybRzD">YouTube Channel</a></strong></p>