How often should you practice mindfulness meditation?
You can’t get the benefits of mindfulness in 1 session of 5-minute mindfulness meditation. Same as you can’t gain muscles just by going to the gym once.
If you want to become good at it, you need to practice regularly. You need to make mindfulness meditation a habit to really benefit from it.
In my case, I meditate right after I wake up for 15-20 minutes, and another 15-20 minutes before going to bed, every day
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