Contemplative prayer begins with “centering prayer,” a meditative practice where the practitioner focuses on a word and repeats that word over and over for the duration of the exercise.
Sala tafakari, pia inajulikana kama "kuweka maombi katikati," ni mazoezi tafakari ambapo anaye yafanya analenga katika neno na kurudia neno tena na tena kwa muda wa zoezi.