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States — A few dozen people lay with eyes closed in a Virginia yoga studio as a gong sounded. Like many in America, they were seeking a little peace ahead of Tuesday’s high-stress election.
White House contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have placed maximum pressure on voters, urging them to protect the nation from cataclysmic doom as part of a political fight that has been going on for years.
The battle has left many Americans exhausted, riled up or at the very least wanting it all to be over.
“It feels out of my control. It’s like this base level of stress,” said Cheryl Stevens, 55, after the yoga and meditation session in Reston, Virginia on Saturday that organizers billed as a way to address election stress.
“What if we have to do this all over again?” she asked, referring to the possibility of Trump again leading the United States.
Stevens, a Harris supporter, said the stress has led to her getting just four hours’ sleep some nights and has left her in a state of hypervigilance.
Tens of millions of American voters have to pick a side between an ex-president accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss and a vice president who would be America’s first woman leader.
