meditation
- noun
- /ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən/
- In yoga class, we engage in a daily meditation to calm our minds and focus on our breath.
- Meditation program
- extended meditation
- personal meditation
And I've meditated with some of the the the best meditation teachers on the planet.
- And I've meditated with some of the the the best meditation teachers on the planet.
- I'm guiding meditations and totally forgetting what I'm saying.
- J for journal, M for meditation, E for exercise.
- They're not able to engage in anything that looks like meditation, like the trauma is.
- So let me conclude by a meditation on this ultimate mystery of gender.
- One of one of my one of the meditations that I listen to most is your voice.
- Oh, yeah, I incorporate, I guess, some aspects of Buddhist meditation and mindfulness.
- You on some level, your life is a meditation.
- And that's the false point of view that's undercut through meditation.
- And so during the courses, meditations, my dad dies.
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But it's a very subtle meditation on memory, time, love, loss.
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So through meditation and through meditation apps, we can sit, we can pause, we can breathe.
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Now, getting into that deep meditation state is doing the same thing without a book.
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But that may be your meditation or your understanding of such times.
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If we use meditation to improve ourselves, then we're back in thinking and stories.
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In this meditation, we're going to play with the idea of motivation.
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It's an amazing meditation on motherhood and grief.
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Hers was Gift from the Sea, a philosophical meditation on women's lives in this century.
Fiction book (1999) -
As Morrison wrote, "the subject of the dream is the dreamer," an "extraordinary meditation on the self."
Academic text (1997) -
Further, researchers have suggested that meditation may be beneficial in alleviating both hostility and depression.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
Thinking about something very carefully for a long time
A time when someone thinks quietly and deeply about something
A long careful thought about ideas with no clear answer
A very deep meditation when the mind becomes completely still and peaceful
Focusing very seriously on something in your mind
Deep, quiet thinking or a short thoughtful essay
Thinking carefully for a long time about something
A deep state of calm, focused meditation in Hinduism, Buddhism, and yoga
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Etymology
Meditation comes from the Latin verb meditari, which means 'to think' or 'to reflect'. That's why a meditation can also mean deep, continuous thought about a serious idea or question.