Hi, I'm Ryan Flaherty, Nike Senior Director of Performance.

For two years, I've been making this podcast, talking to experts in every aspect of training,

both mental and physical.

This season, with all of our lives turned upside down by the coronavirus, I'm calling up some

of those same experts and ones you haven't heard from yet to find out how they're staying

strong while staying home and how we can do the same.

You're listening to Trained at Home.

So having a skill or a tool like meditation, which enables you to step out from that noise,

it's not just externally because we can all turn off the TV or put down our phones or everything

else, but actually being internally, being able to step out of that door and allowing

the mind to be a little more quiet so that we have a bit more clarity, we have a bit

more perspective and we're able to relate to the experience in a healthier way.

I think it's important, I think it's vital, actually.

That was Arthur and meditation expert Andy Puttacombe on how mindfulness can help us during

times of crisis.

I think at some level we already know this.

When things aren't certain and our minds are racing, that's the best time to just slow

down and breathe, but it's also a time when slowing down and breathing can feel overwhelming

or impossible, especially if we've never tried it before.

Watching our thoughts during a crisis means watching difficult thoughts and watching

TV is a lot easier.

So I invited Andy back onto the show to talk about why mindfulness is so important right

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