Sleep Recordings from Wearable Devices in Meditators

The dataset comes from a study assessing the impact of meditation on sleep quality and brain health. DESIGN: A prospective single-site cohort study (conducted August 25th, 2021, through September 26th, 2021) of meditators attending a retreat at the Isha Institute of Inner Sciences, McMinnville, Tennessee. PARTICIPANTS: Current U.S. adult residents attending Isha Institute's "Samyama Sadhana" retreat (September 1st-5th, 2021) were contacted before the program. 34 of 35 enrolled participants in this volunteer sample are included in the analysis; one subject withdrew following the retreat. Two healthy comparison groups and four comparison groups with varying degrees of age-related brain pathology are included.