“…Shorter versions of MM programs have been developed, that range from a few days or sessions of training, which have shown a range of benefits, including improving mood, reducing self‐reported pain, and lessening CV reactivity to stressors (Creswell et al, ; Kabat‐Zinn et al, ; Rausch, Gramling, & Auerbach, ; Zeidan, Gordon, Merchant, & Goolkasian, ; Zeidan, Johnson, Diamond, David, & Goolkasian, ; Zeidan, Johnson, Gordon, & Goolkasian, ). However, only a few of these studies include CV stress reactivity as outcome measures, and very few studies have gone so far as to evaluate a single session of MM (Cruess et al, ; Fennell, Benau, & Atchley, ; Grant, Hobkirk, Persons, Hwang, & Danoff‐Burg, ; Shearer, Hunt, Chowdhury, & Nicol, ). Furthermore, a meta‐analysis of brief studies showed that even within a single study setting, attrition rates to treatment can range from 3% to 40% (Baer, ).…”