Contact

Reaching the right resource matters, especially when the question isn't simple. This page covers how to submit questions or research requests to the editorial team at Meditation Authority, what kind of response to expect and when, and the geographic scope of the information published here. Whether the inquiry is about a specific practice, a source citation, or a factual correction, the details below explain how that process works.

Response expectations

Most editorial inquiries receive a response within 3–5 business days. That window exists for a reason: questions that arrive here tend to require actual research before a thoughtful answer is possible. A quick "yes or no" on whether a 2019 meta-analysis from Johns Hopkins supports a particular claim about meditation and the brain is not, it turns out, a quick question.

The team distinguishes between three categories of inbound messages, and response priority is assigned accordingly:

1. Factual corrections — If a published figure, citation, or attributed claim appears inaccurate, that is treated as the highest priority. Corrections are reviewed against primary sources, and if a change is warranted, the page is updated with a notation.
2. Research or topic inquiries — Questions about specific practices, evidence quality, or editorial decisions about what content covers fall into this category. These receive substantive responses, though turnaround may extend to 7 business days during high-volume periods.
3. General feedback or suggestions — Topic requests, readability notes, and structural suggestions are logged and reviewed quarterly. Not every suggestion receives a direct reply, but all of them are read.

Auto-replies are not sent. If a message hasn't received a response within 10 business days, re-sending it with "Follow-up" in the subject line is reasonable.

Additional contact options

The editorial inbox handles the broadest range of questions, but a few alternative paths exist depending on the nature of the inquiry.

Source and citation requests: Any reader looking for the primary document behind a specific claim — a particular journal study, a government agency dataset, or a named organization's position statement — can request it directly. Those requests are usually resolved faster than general research inquiries because the source either exists in the reference files or it doesn't.

Partnership and licensing questions: Requests to republish, adapt, or license content from this site are handled separately from editorial inquiries and should be labeled clearly. These take longer — typically 10–15 business days — because they involve review outside the editorial team.

Corrections from professionals: Clinicians, researchers, or practitioners who identify a gap between published content and current evidence are especially encouraged to write. The meditation science and research section, in particular, is updated as the evidence base evolves, and expert input accelerates that process considerably.

How to reach this office

The primary contact method is email. The address is verified in the site footer, which is the authoritative location for current contact details — addresses occasionally change, and the footer reflects the most recent version.

When composing a message, including the following makes the response faster and more useful:

Vague subject lines ("question" or "hi") are not filtered out, but they do slow things down.

Service area covered

Meditation Authority publishes reference content scoped to a national United States audience. That means the framing of topics — from meditation retreats in the US to the statistics on meditation practice in the US — reflects American regulatory context, healthcare system structures, and demographic research drawn from US-based sources like the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health.

This geographic focus has a practical consequence for readers outside the US: the content remains largely applicable, since meditation practice itself is not jurisdiction-specific, but regulatory references, insurance or reimbursement discussions, and practitioner credentialing content (such as meditation certifications and training) are written with US structures in mind. International readers will want to verify local equivalents independently.

Content published here does not constitute medical advice, clinical guidance, or therapeutic recommendation — and any page that touches clinical territory, such as meditation for trauma and PTSD or meditation for depression, is explicit about the distinction between documented research findings and individualized clinical judgment. Editorial inquiries about that boundary — where the line sits between informational content and clinical guidance — are some of the more interesting ones that come in, and they're taken seriously.