meditate
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Every month the group meets in a different city park to do yoga and meditate together, and they also come together for online meditation sessions over Zoom.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has told critics to "meditate, pray or watch a football match" instead of "spreading hate and false rumours" about his leadership, the governing body and the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The more you meditate, the more lasting the benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
I try to meditate on the sound of Gran’s voice, to be carried away by her happy babble.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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Salah meditates for 15–20 minutes every day, either before sleep or upon waking, focusing on his goals and maintaining clarity.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
He also meditates daily and makes sure to get adequate movement every day, in addition to yoga.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
On the remarkable and moving “Little Gears,” a waltz-time number built atop piano and brushed drums, she meditates on a spider weaving a web.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Frazier said the garden has given her a place for more than just growing food — it’s where she meditates, connects with nature, and makes friends, too.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
She meditates a lot so during her class break it ain’t unusual to see her sitting on the desk with her legs folded and her arms crossed.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Caminos played percussive and woodwind instruments as I meditated, moving them from one side of my head to the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Chelsea, in Oregon, meditated on the decision of whether or not to have kids for about a year after she started doubting it during the pandemic.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
The 60-year-old said she came to “one of the biggest decisions of her life” after she went to a beach in Miami, prayed and meditated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024
I meditated upon them when I made my way out before the orchestra, before the silent multitude of Boston’s finest citizens.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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Researchers were also interested in the subjective experiences participants had while meditating.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Taylor-Joy, who splits time between London and Los Angeles with her American musician husband, Malcolm McRae, talked about overcoming insomnia, greeting gorillas and meditating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He endured the long weeks alone at sea by meditating and carrying on conversations with the ocean and wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
He spends chapters meditating on trauma and fatherhood, on periods of feeling spiritually adrift, on coming to love a “majestic” faith tradition while remaining connected to the rowdy evangelicals of his childhood.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
I tried meditating on a teapot in my mind’s eye but all I saw was hot water spilling from the spout and coming straight at me like a scalding hot tsunami wave.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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