Editing Meditation (section)

===Frequency===
The [[Transcendental Meditation]] technique recommends practice of 20 minutes twice per day.<ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/business-meditation-executives-meditate_n_3528731 |title=The Daily Habit Of These Outrageously Successful People |date=5 July 2013 |work=[[Huffington Post]] |access-date=1 May 2018 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415013359/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/business-meditation-executives-meditate_n_3528731 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some techniques suggest less time,<ref name="berkeley.edu"/> especially when starting meditation,<ref>[[Mindfulness#Meditation method]]</ref> and [[Richard Davidson]] has quoted research saying benefits can be achieved with a practice of only 8 minutes per day.<ref name="abcnews1">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/neuroscientist-richie-davidson-dalai-lama-gave-total-wake/story?id=40859233|title=Neuroscientist Says Dalai Lama Gave Him 'a Total Wake-Up Call'|date=27 July 2016|website=ABC News|access-date=8 May 2018|archive-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928235706/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/neuroscientist-richie-davidson-dalai-lama-gave-total-wake/story?id=40859233|url-status=live}}</ref> Research shows improvement in meditation time with simple oral and video training.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Strait|first1=Julia Englund|last2=Strait|first2=Gerald Gill|last3=McClain|first3=Maryellen Brunson|last4=Casillas|first4=Laurel|last5=Streich|first5=Kristin|last6=Harper|first6=Kristina|last7=Gomez|first7=Jocelyn|date=2020-01-27|title=Classroom Mindfulness Education Effects on Meditation Frequency, Stress, and Self-Regulation|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0098628320901386 |journal=Teaching of Psychology|volume=47|issue=2|pages=162–168|language=en |doi=10.1177/0098628320901386 |s2cid=213924577 |access-date=2020-11-09 |archive-date=2021-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418053200/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0098628320901386|url-status=live}}</ref> Some meditators practice for much longer,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4672373/yuval-noah-harari-homo-deus-interview/|title=How Humankind Could Become Totally Useless|website=[[Time magazine]]|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320004202/https://time.com/4672373/yuval-noah-harari-homo-deus-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=20670413 |pmc=2919439 |year=2010 |last1=Kaul |first1=P. |title=Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need |journal=Behavioral and Brain Functions |volume=6 |page=47 |last2=Passafiume |first2=J |last3=Sargent |first3=C.R. |last4=O'Hara |first4=B.F. |doi=10.1186/1744-9081-6-47 |doi-access=free }}</ref> particularly when on a course or [[spiritual retreat|retreat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giri.dhamma.org/qanda|title=Questions & Answers – Dhamma Giri – Vipassana International Academy|website=www.giri.dhamma.org|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-date=2019-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624062750/http://www.giri.dhamma.org/qanda}}</ref> Some meditators find practice best in [[Brahmamuhurta|the hours before dawn]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/brahmamuhurta-the-best-time-for-meditation/articleshow/4659848.cms|title=Brahmamuhurta: The best time for meditation|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-date=2018-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502011957/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/brahmamuhurta-the-best-time-for-meditation/articleshow/4659848.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>