Meditation and mindfulness are practices that can support healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and the general public during times of crisis such as the current global pandemic caused by COVID-19. Meditation usually refers to a formal practice that can calm the mind and enhance awareness of ourselves, our minds, and our environment. Meditation in its many guises has been practiced over millennia by diverse groups of people in many different traditions. People with substance abuse may turn increasingly to whatever they can obtain to manage their own addiction. Carers may have an additional burden of care with loss of time to themselves and loss of support. Household units are living in pressured environments, not used to spending so much time in small spaces. Children and adolescents have lost the structure provided by the school and may have their own worries and fears, with loss of support external to their own families. Older people have been cocooned away and may have lost not only external support but may have the perception that once you are over 70 you are deemed vulnerable and no longer useful. Yet, despite the despair, the fear, and the anxiety, there have been glimpses of a world with an increased sense of community and kindness.