What I need is grounding to keep my mind steady, at ease, and rooted in reality.

I’ve tried all sorts of things to find calm and to become centered amidst the noise.

Here are some simple grounding practices I invite you to try because they’ve all worked for me. I’m not citing sources here, but if you research some of these, you’ll find they may help regulate blood pressure, manage anxiety, and even help angle your mind toward joy.

Mindfulness is present moment awareness; non-judgmental awareness. If you practice it every day, and experiment with non-judgmental awareness of body and mind, and if you cultivate curiosity, you may enrich and enjoy your experiences more. In fact, mindfulness is one of the factors in cultivating joy.

I think that, like many people, when I first came into practice, I came into it for myself — to lessen the suffering/dissatisfaction that the Buddha described in the First Noble Truth.