The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
However, in trying to establish how long you should meditate, I would ask yourself a couple of questions. First of all, what is a practice that you can do consistently? And by consistently, that doesn't necessarily mean every day. If you answer the question about consistency honestly, and you find that you can only do one meditation session per week, well, then I would encourage you to go a little bit longer, maybe 10 or 15 minutes, maybe even 30 minutes.
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it's really important to start modestly and we often will ask a person what's the minimum amount of meditation that you think you can commit to every single day and do it for 30 days consistently
The important thing is to stick with a daily practice.
and it's not even I can't describe it it's it's a insight that you have and then it vanishes about 20 minutes after you're done where you lose it you're back in the world but I'll tell you if you keep repeating that I suspect if we can maintain that even for five minutes a day it's such a relief in humans
if it's hey meditate every day and if you do a three minute meditation that you know you're better off doing three minutes a day than 20 minutes once a week
Start with whatever you're going to do, baby steps. Start with whatever you're going to actually do. If it's three minutes, make it's three minutes. If it's 30 seconds, then make it 30 seconds.