DEAR ZEN

Two reader questions on dealing with anxiety and difficult loved ones

Dear Zen,

How do you practice with your anxiety?

— Mitko

Dear Mitko, 

I once had a student in my beginning zazen (seated meditation) class who suffered from severe anxiety and panic attacks. Not long before he came in, a panic attack had forced him off a plane to Disneyland, where he was meeting up with his girlfriend for a romantic weekend. The poor girl e…