Such a pleasure to present a sneak peak of some new population level data we've been working on at @ContemplateUoM on #compassion #meditation use in Australia and New Zealand at today's #uqcompassion symposium! Thanks @JamesNKirby @StanSteindl for a great day!

Very proud to have led this work - my first Nature @SciReports paper - with @ntvandam at @ContemplateUoM!

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share our latest study on the prevalence and 20-year trends in 🧘🏿 #Meditation, #Yoga and #GuidedImagery/#ProgressiveRelaxation use by 🇺🇸 US adults, just published in Nature @SciReports https://t.co/tBVccZwFn4 (1/x)

Find out more in our Nature @SciReports paper https://t.co/tBVccZwFn4 authored by @_JonathanDavies @MSSatUoC @ntvandam, proudly supported by @ContemplateUoM (15/x)

#Yoga was least popular among 35+-year-olds, males, Hispanic or Black races, and those with less education. There were no sociodemographic shifts in #Yoga use over the past 20 years (14/x)

#Yoga was most popular among 18-34-year-olds, females, White, Asian, and ‘Other’ (predominantly Native American) races, and those with higher education levels (13/x)

#Yoga grew 3-fold over the past 20 years, making it the fastest growing #integrativemedicine practice used by 🇺🇸 US adults (12/x)

🧘🏼 #Meditation was least popular among males, Hispanics, and those with less education (11/x)

🧘🏽 #Meditation was most popular among 25-44 year-olds, females, White or 'Other' (predominantly Native American) races, and those with higher education levels (10/x)

Nearly as many 🇺🇸 US adults used 🧘🏿 #Meditation (18.3%) as saw a 🥼 💚 #MentalHealth professional (23%) in 2022 (9/x)

Findings suggest 🇺🇸 US adults use 🧘🏿 #Meditation to manage their 💚 #MentalHealth. Meditators were more likely to have moderate or severe psychological distress and be accessing mental health services (8/x)

Over the past 20 years 🧘🏻 #Meditation use has grown faster than average in people who did not see a 🥼 💚 #MentalHealth professional. This was one of several indicators in our data suggesting that 🇺🇸 US adults are using #Meditation to fulfil unmet health needs 🏥 🩺 💊 (6/x)

🧘🏻 🧘🏼🧘🏽🧘🏾🧘🏿 #Meditation use grew proportionally across most sociodemographic groups over the 20 years between 2002 to 2022, it grew more than 4x faster than average for 65+ year olds (5/x)

🧘🏼 #Meditation use grew 2-3-fold between 2002 (7.8%) to 2022 (18.3%), a growth of 21.3 million new users or 1.1 million new users per year! (in 2002 population terms) (4/x)

In 2022, 🧘🏽#Meditation was the most popular #integrativemedicine practice among 🇺🇸 US adults (18.3% prevalence, 60.53 million users), followed by #Yoga (16.8% prevalence, 55.78 million users), and #GuidedImagery/#ProgressiveRelaxation (6.7% prevalence, 22.22 million users) (3/x)

We found that 🧘🏾 #Meditation use has grown 2-3 fold over the past 20 years and the profile of #Meditation users has shifted, likely reflecting increasing unmet health needs and trends in digital health technologies (2/x)

Watch Q&A about #MyYearOfLivingMindfully with myself, Shannon Harvey, and Patrick Kearney https://t.co/loySOWDxtS Pose your own questions ( https://t.co/HaWS1vVfUh) and join live Q&A this Thu 4 JUN 7-8.30pm (SIGN UP: https://t.co/Oow09f5AwS),@Psychunimelb @UniMelbMDHS @uommedia

Active (#mindfulness) #meditation practice or planning to start one? We are seeking participants (age 18-75) in Aus, UK, or USA to help us understand the benefits of #meditation. Max of 25min over 8 weeks. Numerous gift card draws. Help us learn: https://t.co/CrdJugaWMs

As a follow-up to @ABCcatalyst #TheMindfulnessExperiment, I wrote a piece for @ConversationEDU about what mindfulness isn't (with help from MBSR instructor Timothea Goddard). If you're thinking about trying mindfulness, read this: