Daily Stress and Heart Rate Variability Among Mindfulness Meditation Practitioners: An mHealth Observational Study
medRxiv August 19, 2025 Jun Takezawa, Sinong Geng, Masahiro Fujino et al. preprint
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness meditation has been reported to reduce stress and enhance well-being. However, its effects on heart rate variability (HRV)-a physiological marker of stress-remain underexplored. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine how meditation practice is associated with subjective stress, HRV, and their interaction, using mobile health technologies. METHODS: This 3-week...