Many of the longer lectures in our eco-anxiety video resources section also have contemplative practices for decreasing your distress embedded within them.
See also our eco-anxiety playlist on YouTube for additional resources.
Meditations for eco-anxiety/grief
Tonglen for Eco-anxiety
Dekila Chungyalpa, Loka Initiative
Tara Brach Leads A Meditation On Facing the Fear of Climate Change
New York Times Events
Climate anxiety and care (guided meditation)
LivinghEARTH
Nature Meditation for Climate Distress
The Resilient Activist
Guided Meditation + Climate Poetry: Addressing Eco-Anxiety
GreenBiz
Meditation for Climate Anxiety, Ryan Grist via Insight Timer
Meditation on Climate Anxiety, Joe Holloway via Insight Timer
Overcoming Eco-anxiety, Guri via Insight Timer
Ten-day Eco-anxiety Challenge (includes 10 meditations), Insight Timer
Other Practices to Address Eco-Anxiety/Grief
Tapping on the Climate Emergency (EFT)
Climate of Joy
Tapping on Eco-Anxiety (EFT)
BBC Radio–Bristol/Michelle Cassar
On the other side of grief is…
A contemplative practice with Prentiss Hemphill, from the RITA Summit
On the other side of anger is…
A contemplative practice with Dekila Chungyalpa, from the RITA Summit
On the other side of despair is…
A contemplative practice with Bobbi Patterson, from the RITA Summit
How Breathwork Can Help Ease Your Climate Anxiety
Brightly EcoBlog
Befriending Eco-Anxiety–Practices, Kaira Jewel-Lingo, OneEarth Sangha (includes 4 guided meditations)
Improving Resilience (Biofield Tuning), Eileen McKusick (the offering is free, but you will be required to register)
Quick Advice & Tips
Four Tips to Change Your Perspective on Climate Change Anxiety
Nicole Ardoin, Director of the Social Ecology Lab at Stanford University
“Feeling anxious about climate change? Here are 5 tips to manage those feelings,” NPR
“How to manage eco-anxiety: Advice from a climate activist,” Greenpeace (to get directly to the tips, click “Skip the Intro” at the top of the page)
Meditations for anxiety/fear/grief–general
The following are a small selection from trusted sources that we have found helpful ourselves.
Guided Meditation For INNER PEACE During UNCERTAIN TIMES
Artist Morning, Darius Basher
20 Minute MORNING GUIDED MEDITATION for ANXIETY RELIEF
Artist Morning, Darius Basher
20 Minute Guided Meditation for Grief, Loss and Sadness
Artist Morning, Darius Basher
RIVER OF PEACE Meditation
Artist Morning, Darius Basher
Calm, Ease
Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village
How to Feel Truly Safe | 20 Minute Meditation to Get Out of Survival Mode
Eckhart Tolle
Anxiety Meditation using IFS Protocols for Relaxation - Internal Family Systems Therapy
Self-Therapy and Internal Family Systems
What is Anxiety?
Eileen McKusick, Biofield Tuning
Anger
Eileen McKusick, Biofield Tuning