The Modern Buddhism Podcast Turn Crisis into Calm: A Buddhist Nun’s Guide to Experiencing Clarity and Confidence
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Jan 24, 2026 Gen Kelsang Chogma, a senior Buddhist teacher who used meditation to transform her anxiety, shares practical mental-training tools. She explains watching the mind to spot panic early. Short practices open inner space, pacify rather than suppress feelings, and build confidence. Learn small steps, compassion through suffering, and how shifting focus from self to others eases worry.
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First Meditation Opened Mental Space
- Gen Kelsang Chogma describes first discovering breathing meditation while suffering depression, anxiety and panic attacks and feeling a space open up in her mind.
- She began watching her mind to catch panic earlier and prevent full-blown attacks.
Watch The Mind To Catch Panic Early
- Watch your mind regularly to notice anxiety stages before they escalate into panic.
- Use simple meditations that observe thoughts and feelings as waves arising and dissolving.
Supermarket Panic Felt Like A Disaster
- She recounts a supermarket panic attack where internal fear felt like a real disaster despite nothing external happening.
- She hid in a toilet cubicle feeling a 'tsunami' of sensations that later proved deceptive.
