How Long to Practice

How Long:

In the studies on mindbody practices for relaxation and stress reduction, they are often practiced for 20 minutes every day for 8 weeks

However, we will start with 5 minutes per day and add 1 minute each day until you reach 20 minutes.

Eg. Day 1-5 minutes

Day 2-7, add 1 minute each day so that by day 7, you are at 12 minutes.

Continue adding one minute a day until you reach 20 minutes a day by day 15 (halfway through the course!)

For the second half of the course, try to do 20 minutes each day. If you cannot always fit in 20 mlnutes, just do as many minutes as you can each day, even 5 is great!

It is always better to do a few minutes than not at all, since it is the cumulative number of minutes of practice that matters to start training the brain and body to turn on the relaxation response more over time.