In 2019 I spent a few months doing 45-60 minutes per day and experienced dramatic improvements to my well-being, basically from “somewhat bad” to “quite good.” I’ve been able to maintain somewhere between “somewhat good” and “very good” for most of the time since then with only 10-20 minutes per day, which is what I had been doing for ~1 year before the more intense practice. This trend could be regression to the mean since I’ve historically had pretty high well-being. It may also be that the more intense practice resolved a particular mental difficulty I had been experiencing for ~6 months.
Note that intense meditation comes with higher risks; see Willoughby Britton’s work. I would not recommend trying 10-day retreats or the Finder’s Course without researching these risks and considering your personal risk factors.
In 2019 I spent a few months doing 45-60 minutes per day and experienced dramatic improvements to my well-being, basically from “somewhat bad” to “quite good.” I’ve been able to maintain somewhere between “somewhat good” and “very good” for most of the time since then with only 10-20 minutes per day, which is what I had been doing for ~1 year before the more intense practice. This trend could be regression to the mean since I’ve historically had pretty high well-being. It may also be that the more intense practice resolved a particular mental difficulty I had been experiencing for ~6 months.
Note that intense meditation comes with higher risks; see Willoughby Britton’s work. I would not recommend trying 10-day retreats or the Finder’s Course without researching these risks and considering your personal risk factors.