Physicians who meditate regularly are far more likely to recommend mindfulness meditation to patients than those who do not. In a survey of 171 U.S. physicians, 37.4% meditated weekly, mostly for stress relief. Among regular meditators, 90.6% would recommend MM to patients, compared to 75% of past meditators and 46.8% of non-meditators. Common barriers were time constraints (50.9%) and prioritizing other tasks (51.5%). Non- and past meditators also reported low perceived benefits and inadequate knowledge. Addressing these barriers through education and brief practices could help integrate MM into clinical care.
People who use flotation REST (lying in a warm saltwater tank) tend to be physically active and report moderately above-average mindfulness, yet also more often report depression, daily anxiety, sleep disturbance, and muscle soreness compared with the general US population. Alcohol abstinence rates did not differ. The findings come from a cross-sectional survey of 61 adult flotation users recruited online and from a flotation center in the southwestern US. Because the study lacked pre-floating baseline measures, these differences reflect current status, not changes caused by flotation.