How to Use meditation in a Sentence

meditation

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  • She spent the morning in meditation.
  • Daily meditation helps clear his mind.
  • Once in a state of deep meditation, the other sounds of the body also align, the report says.
    — Susan Lahey, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The meditation cushions were laid out on the concrete floor.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • What about a plant room, a meditation space, a bedroom for your dog, a craft room, or a music room?
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2023
  • From yoga retreats to mindful medspas, meditation is on the rise in the west.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The Christian worship and meditation app was founded in the UK in 2020.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The couple met in 2020 on a meditation Zoom and have been going strong ever since.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Monks or people who live in much longer states of meditation, that’s their normal way of life.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The site is designed to be a space for meditation and reflection.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • Perhaps one of the best ways to get away is to do nothing—and meditation is one strategy.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The 2012 book is a meditation on grief as Didion grapples with the death of her daughter, Quintana Roo.
    — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • What transpires is both a thriller and a meditation on the slippery nature of fiction.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Heineman’s 103-minute docu is a meditation on life – the peaks and the valleys – unfolding.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Some people are turned off by the concept of meditation.
    — Alisa Cohn, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The meditation takes place on the rooftop, and guests can welcome the sunrise amidst a magical breeze while listening to the sound of the crashing waves.
    — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 July 2024
  • The jhana bliss state is not like the little uptick in well-being that comes with mindfulness meditation.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2024
  • If meditation is already part of your daily (or once-in-a-while) routine, good for you.
    — Nikki Campo, SELF, 23 Dec. 2022
  • From tarot readings and group meditations to a free multi-course dinner, the Black Trans Dinner series is a feast for the soul.
    — Michael Love Michael, Them, 19 July 2024
  • Prayer, meditation and even deep breathing can help sort that out.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 15 July 2023
  • There’s this guy called Joe Dispenza who does meditations and puts them on YouTube.
    — Inge Oosterhoff, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Its origins lie in Zen Buddhism where it was used in tea ceremonies and as a tool for meditation.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 1 June 2023
  • His latest is a sci-fi meditation on humanity and the what-ifs about the worlds beyond our stars.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2024
  • The works, said to be meditations on the ordinary that let the subjects breathe, speak the same cinematic language as A New York Minute.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This isn’t a meditation app; here there be dragons (or, in my case, crocodiles).
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • This smells like: Getting lost in meditation on the bank of a Moroccan river.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The days of solitude, meditation and hermitude have found me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Seagrass meditation cushions and a daybed are there when a head-clearing is preferred to sweating it out on the Peloton.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
  • The meditation is followed by a trip to the oxygen bar station, which guides said are most effective with a 10 minute session.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Like her app, Francis’s self-care routine is routed around three practices: journaling, meditation, and faith.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024

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