Subjective experiences are hard to capture quantitatively without losing depth and nuance. Subjective report analyses are time-consuming, with their interpretation contested. We describe Temporal Experience Tracing, a method that captures relevant aspects of the unified conscious experience over a continuous period of time. This continuous multidimensional description of experiences allows us to computationally reconstruct common experience states. Applied to data from 852 meditations - from novice (n=20) and an experienced (n=12) meditators practising Breathing, Loving-Kindness (LK) and Open-Monitoring (OM) meditation - we reconstructed four recurring experience states with an average duration of 6:46 min (SD = 5:50 min) and their transition dynamics. Three of the experience states assimilated the three meditation styles practiced, and a fourth experience state represented a common low-motivational, off-task state for both groups. We found that participants in both groups spent more time in the task-related experience state during LK meditation than during Breathing and OM, and were less likely to transition into an off-task experience state during LK meditation than during Breathing meditation. We demonstrate that drawing the dynamics of experience enables the quantitative analysis of subjective experiences, transforming the time dimension of the stream of consciousness from narrative to measurable.