As many as 77% of people who believe in heaven meditate at least once a week.

Eight percent of American adults practice meditation once or twice a month.

People ages 30 to 49 are more likely than other age groups to meditate at least once a week.

About 52% of women are more likely to meditate once or twice a month, but men aren't far behind. About 48% of men practice once or twice a month.

Meditation is a part of yoga, tai chi, and Qigong. Relaxation techniques assist in the development of other skills.

After being trained in meditation techniques, three-quarters of chronic insomniacs only need 20 minutes to fall asleep.

The sympathetic nervous system, which is part of your autonomic nervous system, triggers the physiological changes that happen when you're stressed, such as an increased heart rate.

Meditation, or engaging your body's "relaxation response," involves the parasympathetic nervous system.

The repetitive movement that happens when engaging in those activities can trigger the relaxation response.

Multiple areas of the brain, including but not limited to the amygdala, insula and medial prefrontal cortex, are affected during meditation.

Long-term meditators have a greater volume of grey matter than those who don't meditate.

Meditation is able to quiet rumination, worry, and "me"-centered thoughts.

Vipassana (mindfulness), Transcendental, and Metta (loving-kindness) meditations are all commonly practiced. Asanas are yoga poses.

Also known as the three characteristics of existence, anicca, dukkha, and anatta are the three characteristics, representing impermanence, selflessness, and egolessness.

Meditation can cause you to develop happiness and self-acceptance, as well as lower blood pressure.

The goal of Transcendental meditation is to discover your true self and find inner calm.

Concentration meditation is a focused-attention meditation.

The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the spiritual guru to the Beatles after they met in 1967.

Deepak Chopra created Primordial Sound Meditation. It involves using a personal mantra.

Qigong is a form of moving meditation. The first syllable is pronounced "chee."

Tonglen meditation, a form of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, helps us overcome our suffering and embrace compassion.

It's been found that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) can reduce depressive relapses by 44 percent -- about as much help as taking antidepressants.

Steve Jobs, Jeff Weiner, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons -- along with many others, male and female -- have credited meditation with much of their success. They cite increased compassion and the ability to be a game-changer.

Just a little more than 20% of employers offered mindfulness training to their employees in 2016.

Some research indicates that practicing meditation may help reduce your blood pressure, as well as anxiety and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

When practicing the loving-kindness style of meditation, you'd begin by giving love to yourself.

While other teams have done this since, in 1993, then-coach Phil Jackson brought mindfulness meditation teacher George Mumford in to work with the Chicago Bulls.

According to art found by archaeologists in the Indus Valley (today that's Pakistan and part of India), humans have been meditating since 3000 B.C. -- or earlier.

It only takes eight weeks of daily mindfulness meditation practice to have physical effects on certain areas of your brain. MRI scans show these results!

All of these celebs have been outspoken about their positive experiences practicing transcendental meditation. All except Taylor Swift, that is.

The Beatles practiced transcendental meditation when they traveled to India in 1968. "Chaurasi Kutia" means "84 huts."

Meditation doesn't have to be intrusive. Daily practice is best, and it can last however long you want.

All of these NBA players have credited meditation or mindfulness with improving their game.

Meditating may trigger some mental health disorders, such as depression, hallucinations and psychosis.

This negative phenomenon is being studied at Brown University Medical School, in a program that was known as the Dark Night Project. More recently, the project was renamed Varieties of Contemplative Experience, in order to reduce controversy and attract more funding.