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Meditation has been found to be helpful for improving mental and physical health. But experts are still learning about exactly what processes make those benefits possible for some, but not others.

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Many meditation apps default to 10-, 15- or even 30-minute meditations. That’s probably too long for beginners, especially those with trouble focusing, Dr. Mitchell said.

But meditation isn’t always beneficial or even benign. A year after the student musician began meditating, she attended a group meditation in India along with 50,000 other people and their guru.