repeat a mantra

For the last thirteen minutes she had been repeating a mantra.

While sitting there, he or she silently repeats a mantra.

He repeated a mantra that every mountain has a way up, and another saying: if you live through this, seek help.

As I sat entranced, a voice kept repeating a mantra in my mind.

Meditation may also involve repeating a mantra and closing the eyes.

He repeated a mantra to himself: Clear like water, cool like ice.

Repeating a mantra heard from a figurehead or leader of a tribe without considering whether it's true.

Repeat a mantra about children and families.

"You can't be snooty" several station directors insisted, as if repeating a mantra.

Palestinian television regularly shows him at some third world airport, repeating a mantra: "I am not asking for the moon.

Breathing deeply, he repeated a mantra, but couldn't concentrate.

He rarely mentioned his party on the hustings, but repeated a mantra about unity and wanting to be "the governor of all the people."

To repeat a mantra I used a lot in 2011 - when someone wants to polarise an explanation into one of two things, they are always wrong.

The sport was lacrosse, and the fledgling players were eager to repeat a mantra printed on their coach's T-shirt: Indians invented it.

"I can play it, I can play it," Johnson said as if repeating a mantra.

At some Zen centers, the practice of mentally repeating a mantra with the breath is used in place of counting breaths for beginners.

Some people also find that it's very soothing to meditate, practice relaxed breathing, or repeat a mantra, such as "All is well in my life," Hall says.

Like a man repeating a mantra, Klinsmann had insisted that Frings would be able to play against Italy.

Kurdish leaders, well aware of the practical impediments to independence, repeat a mantra that the Americans want to hear: Iraq should be democratic, federal, pluralistic and united.

This ritual involves taking water in the right palm and repeating a mantra that is spoken by the ritual initiator, often a renunciate.

Japa (जप): A spiritual discipline in which a devotee repeats a mantra or the name of God.

She paused and drew in a deep breath, repeating a mantra in her head to blanket her imagination and ease the tension building within her.

Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.

When I talk to people who identify themselves as conservative Republicans, many repeat a mantra of 'Obama is a socialist/liberal' like they know what they mean.