The best place to meditate is Home Depot (a huge hardware chain store). There are very few people, the place is enormous, there is a whole large section that smells of fresh wood planks and another section that has live seasonal plants, Christmas carols play in the background, the selection of goods is all about improving and decorating one’s living space, walking around the store provides a form of gentle exercise.
I go to Home Depot for an hour and emerge feeling more refreshed than after 3 hours at a spa. I’d do a bookstore, of course, but ours is not huge and too crowded.

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