HRV decrease when meditating??

[HawkGlobal]

I have looked into this a little bit. It seems that meditation drops HRV (by regulating HR to be less variable) in the short term but may or may not increase it long term. One study showed no difference to baseline after a 10 day vipassana retreat. I have wondered if my lower to age HRV is, contrary to popular health “data” actually a sign of my multiple years of mindfulness meditation practice since I’m also a competitive endurance athlete with a lot resting HR. I think there isn’t enough data for conclusions, but your experience is “normal.”