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meditate

[med-i-teyt] / ˈmɛd ɪˌteɪt /


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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

Some meditation apps also have in-built sound options that you can meditate to, though these sometimes come with a subscription cost.

From BBC Aug. 21, 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

I try to meditate on that, because I want this opportunity that I’m having to be as special for the 300 people that are around me who are doing this with me.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Some people take yoga classes or meditate, but for me, sitting on the lawn mower helps make sense of things.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

Bishnoi meditates every morning and fasts many days of the month, the cousin said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

She added that before every show she meditates, has an extensive vocal warm-up and "runs sections of the show".

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

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

As Williams meditates on the intersection of queer joy and food, inevitably his food business, the Gro House, comes to mind, specifically the way the name connects back to nature and growth.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 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

Throughout his two-year illness, she meditated, prayed, talked to her husband about spirituality and recited Buddhist chants for him.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

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

You meditated every day as a dedicated act of service.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 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 nodded as if I agreed, but my parents meditated and did yoga together, and didn’t yell.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

“Before I started meditating I worried that doing it would make me lose my edge, and I didn’t want to lose the fire to make stuff,” Lynch wrote in “Room to Dream.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Researchers were also interested in the subjective experiences participants had while meditating.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

Here’s the irony: It can be stressful to start meditating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 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

In the sun-filled room, with Dallben still meditating and showing no sign of stopping, Taran rose and moved through the shimmering beams.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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