Breathing exercises and Meditation taught by Prasanna Wellness, a non-profit organization, helps dissolve stress and create a proper system in the mind. These breathing exercises include slow deep breaths and rapid breaths and are followed by meditation. Participants will receive three weekly online instructions (90 minutes each) by trained instructors in addition to standard care. Weekly 60 minutes follow-ups will include 10 minutes of breathing exercises followed by 33 minutes of guided meditation practice, and then focus on participants' experiences with breathing exercise followed by meditation during the week, additional observations, and a review of relevant knowledge to support their home practice.

The usual standard of care for patients with glaucoma includes starting them on first line of drugs. Participants will be initiated and maintained on appropriate dosages of such medications as part of standard of care. The usual standard of care also includes an ophthalmic examination measuring best-corrected Snellen VA and pinhole acuities and a follow-up visit once a year.

Breathing exercises and Meditation taught by Prasanna Wellness, a non-profit organization, helps dissolve stress and create a proper system in the mind. These breathing exercises include slow deep breaths and rapid breaths and are followed by meditation. Meditation is a guided meditation that helps to eliminate stress and establish an apposite system in the mind, therefore inducing physiological and mental relaxation whilst the eyes are shut. The proposed duration and frequency of the follow-up will be 60-minutes weekly for 11 weeks.

QoL helps physician identify hidden morbidity in clinical care as well as improves patient-physician communications. QoL will be measured using the 15-item Glaucoma Quality of Life (GQL-15) survey.

The total score can range from 15 to 75, with higher scores indicating a poorer quality of life and a greater impact of glaucoma on one's well-being, and lower scores indicating a better quality of life and less impact of glaucoma on one's well-being.

Perceived stress refers to an individual's subjective assessment of the level of stress they experience in response to various life events or circumstances.10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10).

The total score can range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress levels and greater psychological distress, while lower scores indicate lower perceived stress levels and less psychological distress.

Consideration of Future Consequences scale (CFC-10). The total score can range from 10 to 50, with higher scores indicating a stronger consideration of future consequences in decision-making and a greater tendency to prioritize long-term outcomes over short-term rewards, while lower scores suggest a weaker consideration of future consequences and a greater focus on immediate gratification and short-term benefits.