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  2. Shuckling - Wikipedia

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    Shuckling (also written as shokeling), from the Yiddish word meaning "to shake", [1] is the ritual swaying [2] of worshippers during Jewish prayer, usually forward and back but also from side to side.

  3. Spiritual practice - Wikipedia

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    Many devout Christians have a home altar at which they (and their family members) pray and read Christian devotional literature, sometimes while kneeling at prie-dieu.. In Christianity, spiritual disciplines may include: prayer, fasting, reading through the Christian Bible along with a daily devotional, frequent church attendance, constant partaking of the sacraments, such as the Eucharist ...

  4. Why do we yawn — and why is it so contagious? Experts explain.

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  5. Invocation - Wikipedia

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    As a supplication or prayer, an invocation implies calling upon God, a god, goddess, or person.When a person calls upon God, a god, or goddess to ask for something (protection, a favour, or their spiritual presence in a ceremony) or simply for worship, this can be done in a pre-established form or with the invoker's own words or actions.

  6. Why do we yawn — and why is it so contagious? Experts explain.

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    Merely thinking about or seeing someone yawning can make you yawn. But why?

  7. Evil eye - Wikipedia

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    There are several regional versions of the prayer in question, a common one being: "Holy Virgin, Our Lady, if [insert name of the victim] is suffering of the evil eye, release him/her of it." Evil repeated three times. According to custom, if one is indeed afflicted with the evil eye, both victim and healer then start yawning profusely. The ...

  8. Why you yawn when you’re bored, according to experts - AOL

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    Yawning often feels involuntary—it’s triggered by the same part of the brain as sneezing, Sullivan says. But the difference is, a yawn can be controlled from “the top down” if you think ...

  9. Kavanah - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Kavanah is a theological concept in Judaism about a worshiper's state of mind and heart, his or her sincerity, devotion and emotional absorption during prayers. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] In Hasidic Judaism , a Jewish tradition that emphasizes piety, kavanah is the emotional devotion, self-effaced absorption during prayers rather than a liturgical ...