1. at least once a week
   once or twice a month
2. a few times a year
   never

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

1. 9.5 percent
   8 percent
2. 6.9 percent
   1.6 percent

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

1. 18 to 29
   30 to 49
2. 50 to 64
   65+

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

1. men, by a long shot
   women, by a long shot
2. men, but it's pretty close to even
   women, but it's pretty close to even

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.

1. yoga
   Qigong
2. tai chi
   all of the above

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

1. 20 minutes or less
   45 minutes
2. 60 minutes
   90 minutes

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

1. central nervous system
   enteric nervous system
2. parasympathetic nervous system
   sympathetic nervous system

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.

1. central nervous system
   enteric nervous system
2. parasympathetic nervous system
   sympathetic nervous system

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

1. chronic stress
   deep breathing
2. persistent worry
   repetitive motion

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

1. medial prefrontal cortex
   insula
2. amygdala
   all of these

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

1. grey matter
   white matter
2. neither
   both

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

1. "me"-centered
   rumination
2. worry
   all of these

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

1. Asana
   Metta
2. Vipassana
   Transcendental

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

1. anatta
   anicca
2. dukkha
   pitta

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

1. happiness
   helps you get in shape
2. lower blood pressure
   self-acceptance

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

1. guided imagery
   heart rhythm meditation
2. Kundalini meditation
   Transcendental meditation

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

1. Concentration meditation
   Samatha meditation
2. Transformational Breath
   Vipassana meditation

Concentration meditation is a focused-attention meditation.

1. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
   Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
2. Swami Prabhupada
   Swami Ramdev Baba

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

1. Deepak Chopra
   Jack Kornfield
2. Sharon Salzberg
   Oprah Winfrey

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

1. Kundalini
   Pranayama
2. Qigong
   Zazen

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

1. Shouyi
   Tonglen
2. Zazen
   Zuowang

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

1. as good as antidepressants
   as good as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
2. as good as ketamine therapy
   as good as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

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

1. Apple's Steve Jobs
   Def Jam co-founders Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
2. LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner
   all of the above

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.

1. 1%
   2%
2. 12%
   22%

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

1. irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
   high blood pressure
2. generalized anxiety disorder
   all of these (and more)

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

1. yourself
   a loved one
2. a rival
   the universe

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

1. Chicago Bulls
   Houston Rockets
2. Los Angeles Clippers
   New York Knicks

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.

1. since 3000 B.C.
   since 500
2. since 1500
   no one knows

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.

1. 4 weeks
   6 weeks
2. 8 weeks
   12 weeks

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!

1. Russell Brand
   Katy Perry
2. Taylor Swift
   Barbara Walters

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

1. concentration meditation
   chakra meditation
2. Transcendental meditation
   vedic meditation

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

1. just a minute or two
   30 minutes
2. an hour or more
   whatever works for you

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

1. Shaquille O’Neal
   Kobe Bryant
2. LeBron James
   all of these athletes

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

1. autism
   depression
2. bipolar
   psychosis

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

1. sunset of the soul
   medipaychosis
2. dark night
   self-abandonment

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.