Is meditation for stress the same as meditation for burnout?

No. Stress is acute — it comes and goes with specific situations. Burnout is chronic depletion that doesn’t resolve with a weekend off. Stress responds well to pressure-valve techniques: quick resets, tension releases, breathing exercises. Burnout requires deeper work: addressing the systemic cause, rebuilding capacity, and often making real changes to workload or environment. If your stress has been constant for months and ‘taking a break’ doesn’t help, you may be dealing with burnout, not just stress. See our meditation for burnout page for chronic depletion support.