Quality of Life and Functional Health Status of Long-Term Meditators

Table 2

Meditation lifestyle of practitioners.

Meditation lifestyle data	Meditation practitioners
Total responses (𝑛)	343
Mean duration of practice (years)	12.9
% who meditate regularly	95.6
% Formal meditation, twice/day	51.2
% Formal meditation, once/day	31.8
% Formal meditation, most days	12.1
% Formal meditation, once/week or less	5
% Group meditation, once/day or more	10.1
% Group meditation, most days	10.2
% Group meditation, once/week	60.5
% Socialize with other practitioners most days or more often	11.6
% Socialize with other practitioners once/week	37.8
% Socialize with other practitioners less than once/week	50.6
% who do not consume alcohol	92.3
% who do not smoke	92.6
% who do not use marijuana or other recreational drugs	98