Deepak Chopra on building a daily meditation habit: 'Make your body smile'

March Mindfulness is Mashable's series that examines the intersection of meditation practice and technology. Because even in the time of coronavirus, March doesn't have to be madness.

When I first started meditating last year, I was on a roll. I managed to squeeze in a session every day for months, even if it was only a minute long. But my search for serenity was fueled by the anxiety of an ongoing pandemic. One year on, I've grown much more comfortable in quarantine — and my daily meditation habit fell apart. 

To build it back up, I decided to consult an expert on mindfulness. And who better than health guru Deepak Chopra? If anyone could steer me back on course, I figured, it's the author of more than 90 books and the founder of the nonprofit Chopra Foundation. The prolific doctor also just launched two meditation apps: Chopra Meditation & Well-Bein‪g (for self-care tips) in 2020, and Digital Deepak (an AI twin that you can interact with) in 2021. Read more...