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Doesn someone have to meditate for a long time each day to trigger any benefit?

April 26, 2017benefit meditate time Trigger

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Doesn someone have to meditate for a long time each day to trigger any benefit?

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No. While the level of benefit does increase with longer and more frequent meditations, participants in most studies meditated only a few minutes a day. Some benefits, such as lower blood pressure and reduction in chronic pain, can be obtained with only 5 minutes a day of breathing meditation.