meditative

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"It's almost meditative doing something creative with my hands."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

And this sense of motion—of not quite knowing where to look, or where to pause—had a gradual, meditative effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“No matter how mundane some action might appear,” he writes, “keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Every day, Zhao had the cast take three deep breaths in a meditative ritual.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

“What makes my legs go, Dranpa?” asked the young philosopher, surveying those active portions of his frame with a meditative air, while resting after a go-to-bed frolic one night.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott