as in contemplations
long or deep thinking about spiritual matters
the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation
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Expect a focus on wellness and outdoor experiences rooted in local traditions, like sunrise cacao rituals on the beach, temazcal ceremonies led by healers and lagoon-side paddle meditations.
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 7 Jan. 2026
In fact, Zhao used daily meditations and dream sessions with her actors, and arranged weekly dance rituals to let off steam.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Other meditations ask practitioners to deliberately focus on one emotion – for example, gratitude or love – to deepen the experience of that emotion.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Essex Honey, the full-length follow-up to 2019’s Angel’s Pulse mixtape, is shaped by grief but just as much so by meditations on a place of origin, on family and provincial neighborhood character.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Some of Ingram’s meditations follow the rhythms of an archetypal standup joke.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
Cry in Hamnet with just a couple fewer meditations on grief in a post-pandemic society.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Ramsey confidently steps into the lead role this time around, their portrayal of adult Ellie’s unbridled anger and pathos mirroring the season’s larger meditations on tribalism.
—Michael Cuby, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
Wellness travel leaders now offer a host of inventive fixes like pillow menus, nighttime meditations, personalized AI smart beds, and multi-day sleep retreats.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025
Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 7 Jan. 2026
In fact, Zhao used daily meditations and dream sessions with her actors, and arranged weekly dance rituals to let off steam.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
Other meditations ask practitioners to deliberately focus on one emotion – for example, gratitude or love – to deepen the experience of that emotion.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Essex Honey, the full-length follow-up to 2019’s Angel’s Pulse mixtape, is shaped by grief but just as much so by meditations on a place of origin, on family and provincial neighborhood character.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Some of Ingram’s meditations follow the rhythms of an archetypal standup joke.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
Cry in Hamnet with just a couple fewer meditations on grief in a post-pandemic society.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Ramsey confidently steps into the lead role this time around, their portrayal of adult Ellie’s unbridled anger and pathos mirroring the season’s larger meditations on tribalism.
—Michael Cuby, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
Wellness travel leaders now offer a host of inventive fixes like pillow menus, nighttime meditations, personalized AI smart beds, and multi-day sleep retreats.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Meditations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meditations. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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