harmful

Yes (in per­haps 8% of indi­vid­u­als). Can mind­ful­ness and med­i­ta­tion be harm­ful? (Sci­ence Focus):

Med­i­ta­tion has escaped both the reli­gious cells of monks and nuns and the labs of sci­en­tists. An increas­ing num­ber of peo­ple are using med­i­ta­tion apps to deal with men­tal health prob­lems, such as depres­sion and anx­i­ety. Although there is no clear esti­mate of how many peo­ple are prac­tis­ing med­i­ta­tion, last year one sin­gle app had close to 40 mil­lion down­loads. [Read more…] about Debate: Can mind­ful­ness and med­i­ta­tion be harmful?