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The South China Post is reporting an increase in yoga and meditation sessions for stressed out travelers who's anxieties tend to be higher because of the pandemic. Some airports provide the services of a counselor. Here are two examples:
* Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Robin Hancock, a nature meditation guide, gently plays a steel tongue drum with a pair of mallets, producing soothing notes that blend with the soft sound of chirping birds and bubbling creeks pouring from a Bluetooth speaker. It's a 20 minute session.
* Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, - hosts the world's largest inter-faith chapel. “No doubt, the pandemic has accelerated the need for our services to a new level,” says the Rev Greg McBrayer.McBrayer, an Anglican priest, and the corporate chaplain for American Airlines and director of the interfaith chapel. . During the pandemic, he says, he has seen depression, anxiety and addiction increase among the travelers and workers served by him and his staff of 20 chaplains. “We have encountered a tremendous amount of grief and fear,” McBrayer says, especially among airport employees. In the past year, he logged more than 300 counseling sessions via Zoom and more in person.
* Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Robin Hancock, a nature meditation guide, gently plays a steel tongue drum with a pair of mallets, producing soothing notes that blend with the soft sound of chirping birds and bubbling creeks pouring from a Bluetooth speaker. It's a 20 minute session.
* Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, - hosts the world's largest inter-faith chapel. “No doubt, the pandemic has accelerated the need for our services to a new level,” says the Rev Greg McBrayer.McBrayer, an Anglican priest, and the corporate chaplain for American Airlines and director of the interfaith chapel. . During the pandemic, he says, he has seen depression, anxiety and addiction increase among the travelers and workers served by him and his staff of 20 chaplains. “We have encountered a tremendous amount of grief and fear,” McBrayer says, especially among airport employees. In the past year, he logged more than 300 counseling sessions via Zoom and more in person.
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