Identifying Common Patterns in the Time of Day of Mindfulness Meditation Associated with Long-Term Maintenance.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) March 18, 2025 Rylan Fowers, Aurel Coza, Yunro Chung et al.
Temporal consistency in the time of day of meditation sessions is associated with long-term meditation app use for fewer than half of users. Among 4205 annual subscribers to a commercial meditation app, 39.5% showed consistent timing, 55.3% inconsistent timing, and 5.23% were indeterminate. Panel models confirmed that temporal consistency had contrasting relationships with meditation maintenance across these three groups. This suggests that other behavioral mechanisms besides temporally consistent habits can support sustained meditation app use, with implications for promoting maintenance of complex health behaviors like physical activity and diet.