Meditation, mindfulness gaining popularity in the US

Reducing stress and raising morale among drivers of the mental practice

Around 35 million adults in the United States practice meditation, rivaling yoga as the most popular type of complementary health practice - the use of holistic or unconventional health and wellness practices.

The proportions of US meditators increased more than threefold from 4.1 percent to 14.2 percent from 2012 to 2017, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, last year.