meditative prayer
Quiet communion practice
Meditative prayer is a form of prayer focused on quiet reflection rather than spoken requests or recitations.
The practitioner stills the mind to create space for communion with the divine, often dwelling on a scripture passage, sacred image, or single word.
Christian traditions include contemplative prayer and lectio divina; similar practices appear across religions.
She begins each morning with twenty minutes of meditative prayer.
- breathworkTherapeutic breathing exercises
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- quiet reflectionSilent, thoughtful self-examination
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
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Plea to God for others
recitation · supplication · beseeching · spoken prayer · glossolalia
meditative prayerdistraction
Thing diverting one's attention
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