Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker
174 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIndividual meditations to help ease you through the stresses of everyday life and improve your health. Set to calming music these guided visualizations, mantra meditations, mindfulness meditations, and meditations that focus on breathing will help you find balance in a stressful world.
Producer: Patty Lane
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Easy Compassion Meditation
April 13, 2024 19:21 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MBBreathe compassion in and compassion out -- as you settle into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Fawn", by Nikita Gill. (From the book, "Where Hope Comes From; Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light). "The Fawn", by Nikita Gill (After Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese") You do not have to win at a crisis. You do not have to push yourself to learn a new language or write a book or take up an instrument. Nothing will come of forcing you...
Guided Visualization Meditation
March 30, 2024 18:59 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBFind a quiet space to sit, relax, and breathe as Julie Potiker transports you through her guided visualization meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Immersed & Transported". "Immersed & Transported", by Julie PotikerSoon, I arrive -a sea of humanity spilling into ornate building.Sunbeams escape my smileas volunteer scans my ticket, the playbill - a treasure map clutched to my chest.Find my row by letter of alphabet,lay my coat open as burrow, sink into faded velvet chair...
Waves of Compassion Meditation
March 20, 2024 18:47 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBTap into compassion, for yourself and others, through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Just for Now", by Danna Faulds."Just for Now", by Danna FauldsJust for Now,Without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness.Just for now, lay down the weightYou so patiently bear upon your shoulders.Feel the earth receive you,And the infinite expanse of the sky grow even wider,as your awareness reaches up to meet it.Just for now,Allow a wave of br...
Gratitude and Compassion Meditation
March 15, 2024 19:46 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBBreathe in gratitude and compassion during this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Birthday Presence".Birthday Presence, by Julie Potiker The air feels like springtucked into my sit spotthin cotton pajamasNo jacket wanted or neededOn this late February dayThree days left in my 62nd revolution around the sun.My eyes alight on the shrub -Bee’s Bliss Sage.Magenta and bright yellow blooms haphazardly strewn among grey green branches.Unscrew the va...
Loving Kindness for All
March 02, 2024 16:34 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBBring in kindness to yourself and others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Holding the Light", by Stuart Kestenbaum. Holding the Light, by Stuart Kestenbaum-for Kait RhoadsGather up whatever isglittering in the gutter,whatever has tumbledin the waves or fallenin flames out of the sky,for it's not only ourhearts that are broken,but the heartof the world as well.Stitch it back together.Make a place where the day speaks to the nigh...
Compassionate Breath Meditation - Holding Court
February 27, 2024 18:58 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBJoin Julie Potiker as she guides you in this compassionate breath meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Holding Court".Holding Court, by Julie PotikerScattered about, Western Sycamore leaves forever remind me of book pages - undone, unglued, unloved, discarded.Feeling this dip in mood, I make my way to the caged veggie garden below in search of something yummy.Bright green cauliflower lifts my spirits. I wrestle it out of the rich soil with the help of Cutco kitchen scissor...
Compassionate Breath Meditation
January 31, 2024 20:39 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBJulie Potiker guides you through this breathing meditation focusing on compassion. She completes the meditation with the poem,"Guru in Disguise", by Julia Fehrenbacher. "Guru in Disguise", by Julia FehrenbacherThere is something about the waymorning light resets an old, mossy oakthat quiets the loud in me, invitesme to set everything down.As I step closer, I seethat she has wrinkled and grayed with age,as weathered seasons, storms-indifference.Still, she stands.She is a resting place for gen...
Rooted Compassion Meditation
January 28, 2024 17:01 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBFeel your body rooted to the earth as you meditate to this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with the poem, "The Forest", by Nikita Gill. The Forest, by Nikita GillOne day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest.You have grown roots and found strength in them that no one thought you had.You have become stronger and more beautiful,full of life giving qualities.You have learned to take all the negativity around youand turn it...
Loving Kindness "Soft Morning" Meditation
January 18, 2024 20:09 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBEase your body into this early morning loving kindness meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Soft Morning". Soft Morning, by Julie PotikerThe birds sound mutedA beetleNo bigger than a black nickelMakes its way on faded ceramic tilesto cream and red brick paversHe is headed somewhere fastSwift for his kindNo wingsJust short legsImpossibly thin pencil marksscurrying him alongThe longer I am stillmy ears collect bird songsI tuck each jingle into m...
Compassion Meditation
January 13, 2024 22:32 - 18 minutes - 25 MBSit back as you relax into this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Church", by James Crews. Church, by James CrewsWhen I ask how you are,imagine a field of untouched snowstretching blank between us,waiting for the answer of your steps –perhaps hesitant at first, thenmore certain as you begin to sharethe sorrows and joys that sitlike unwrapped offeringson the altar of your heart.Here, there is time for you to sayall the words that have wei...
Year-End Gratitude Meditation
December 31, 2023 19:12 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this end-of-the-year guided meditation led by Julie Potker you will use your breath to breathe in healing, awareness, and gratitude. She completes the mediation with the poem, "For the End of the Year", by Donna Ashworth. 'For the End of the Year", by Donna Ashworth.Why do we start a new year, with promises to improve?Who began this tradition of never-ending pressure?I say, the end of a year, should be filled with congratulation,for all we survived.And I say a new year should start with p...
So Much Love - Guided Meditation
December 27, 2023 19:02 - 22 minutes - 31 MBFocus on what makes you happy, and who makes you happy - as Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation of peace and love. She begins the meditation with the reading of the poem, "Hold Out Your Hand", by Julia Fehrenbacher. She completes the meditation with her poem, "So Much Love," by Julie Potiker . Hold Out Your Hand, by Julia Fehrehbacher Let's forget the world for a whilefall back and backinto the hush and holyof noware you listening? This breathinvites youto write the first...
Love In - Peace Out, Guided Meditation
December 14, 2023 17:41 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBEmbrace love and peace through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "December 1, 2023, Coffee Poem"."December 1 , 2023, Coffee Poem", by Julie Potiker.My flannel pajama bottoms got wet when I folded myself into my morning sit spot That’s okIt didn’t prompt me to moveJust to feel the dampness on the back of my thighs.I wonder whether my morning coffee meditation rituals are getting repetitiveAfter all, it’s the same locationSame coffeeSame m...
Healing Breath Meditation
December 03, 2023 18:47 - 18 minutes - 26 MBIn this guided meditation, led by Julie Potiker, you will imagine breathing in a healing golden light -creating peace within your body. She completes this guided meditation with the poem, "Still Breathing". Still Breathing, by Anonymous I will stand with you,though I am shaken to my core.I will pray with you,though I question who might hear. I will cry with you,though the pain I feel cannot compare with your suffering.I will sing with you,because my hope will not be shattered.I will take yo...
Embodied Love Meditation
November 06, 2023 18:39 - 22 minutes - 5 MB"Only love is big enough to hold all the pain in this world", (Sharon Salzberg). Julie Potiker leads you in this guided meditation of peace and love. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Only Love," by James Crews. Only Love, by James Crews.And so I image the entire earthas one beating heart held in the spaceof this universe, inside a larger bodywe can't fathom, filling with enoughlove to lead each of us out of the caveof our personal pain and into the light-enough love to lead all h...
Peace for Israel Meditation with " Kiddish Poem"
October 26, 2023 16:39 - 22 minutes - 5 MBJulie Potiker guides you through this meditation for peace for Israel. She completes the meditation with "Kiddish Poem, by Marge Piercy." Kiddish Poem," by Marge PiercyLook around us, search above us, below, behind.We stand in a great web of being joined together.Let us praise, let us love the life we are lentpassing through us in the body of Israeland our own bodies, let’s say amen.Time flows through us like water.The past and the dead speak through us.We breathe our children’s children, ble...
Healing Meditation for Peace - Israel
October 13, 2023 16:05 - 19 minutes - 5 MBJoin together for this meditation of faith, hope and peace for Israel. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with a prayer by Rabbi David Wolpi, "El Maleh Rahamim - Compassionate God". El Maleh Raḥamim — Compassionate GodWe pray not to wipe out hatersbut to banish hatred.Not to destroy sinnersbut to lessen sin.Our prayers are not for a perfect worldbut a better onewhere parents are not bereavedby the savagery of sudden attacksor children orphaned by bladesglinting in a noonday sun.Help us d...
Loving Breath Meditation
September 25, 2023 19:40 - 21 minutes - 5 MBUse this guided meditation to breath in love for yourself and others. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "Monarch", by James Crews. Monarch by James Crews The butterfly does not break free triumphant.Once it claws through the chrysalis,it stands there shivering, new wings achingas they slowly fill with blood. It must keepits tiny eyes shut tight at first againstthe brightness and shimmer of a worldit has never seen before––not like this.It must listen until a deeper voic...
Healing Breath - Perseid Star Party
September 11, 2023 19:06 - 19 minutes - 5 MBIn this guided meditation, led by Julie Potiker, you'll concentrate on using your breath's healing power - with the backdrop of the 2023 Perseid meteor shower. Perseid Star Party, Julian, California 2023, by Julie PotikerAm I in your way?I can’t see her face in the inky darknessNo, it’s straight up in the skyA zillion pin pricks of lightMy spirit is huge, I say with a smile in my voiceNo worries, the jacketed jellybean person replied, folded into her black canvas camping chair -I can see rig...
Golden Healing Breath
September 05, 2023 15:29 - 20 minutes - 5 MBEmbrace a golden healing light as you use your breath to calm and restore. Julie Potiker completes this guided meditation with the poem, "Be a Prayer", by Carolyn Riker.Be a Prayer, by Carolyn Riker.Today when you brush your hair,reach for a mugh, listen to a sonbe a prayer.Today if all you do is walkor sleep, or drawbe a prayer.Today if you call a friend,hold a hand, stir your teaor sing softlybe a prayer.Today I only ask of youto reach, listen and holdwhat is inside of youbecause you are a ...
Loving Kindness Guided Meditation
September 03, 2023 17:17 - 23 minutes - 5 MBThis relaxing loving kindness meditation led by Julie Potiker will help you breathe in kindness for yourself and others. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Finery". Finery, by Julie PotikerIn the late 1940s, and early 1950s, as a teenager, he was impeccably dressedFrom stories of elegant supper clubsI imagineErmine and pearlsCuff links winking in the candlelightGrandma Esther made her own patterns out of bed sheetsCut and tailored like a proSkill tucked into her skirts as she journ...
Cool Breeze Guided Meditation
August 09, 2023 15:11 - 21 minutes - 5 MBSit back, relax, and focus on a cool breeze washing over you during this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, " The Once Invisible Garden," by Laura Foley.The Once Invisible Garden, by Laura Foley.How did I come to bethis particular version of me,and not some other, this morningof purple delphiniums blooming,like royalty - destinedto meet these three dogsasleep at my feet, and not others -this soft summer morning,sitting on her screened porchbeco...
Peaceful Visualization Guided Meditation
August 06, 2023 16:18 - 19 minutes - 5 MBRelease your breath as you breathe into this peaceful visualization meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, "Morning Time in July".Morning Time In July, by Julie PotikerIt must be a backhoe.And maybe a dump truck backing upBeep beep beepI’m folded into my sit spotMy favorite cushioned cane chairUnder the eavesFaded green and yellow scraps with brown spots are scattered on the multi-hued gravel at my feetThe leaves let go of the carob tree and ...
Shifting Awareness Guided Meditation
August 01, 2023 15:23 - 21 minutes - 5 MBIn this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker, you will shift your awareness to your senses; what you see, hear, feel, and taste while in meditation. She completes the meditation with a poem by Brad Aaron Modlin. What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade, by Brad Aaron Modlin.Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas,how peeling potatoes can be a form of prayer. She tookquestions on how not to feel lost in the dark.Af...
Golden Light - Compassion Meditation
July 26, 2023 15:49 - 21 minutes - 5 MBThe glow of a golden light of compassion surrounds you in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "How It Might Continue", by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. How It Might ContinueWherever we go, the chance for joy,whole orchards of amazement -one more reason to always travelwith our pockets full of exclamation marks,so we might scatter them for otherslike apple seeds.Some will dry out, some will blow away,but some will take rootand grow exuberant g...
Calming Breath - Self Care
July 09, 2023 21:38 - 20 minutes - 5 MBUsing your breath to calm yourself is the focus of this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Self-Care", by James Crews. Self-Care, by James CrewsSome days it feels like a foreign languageI'm asked to practice, with new worldsfor happiness, work, and love. I'm still learninghow to say: a cup of tea for no reason,what to call the extra honey I drizzle in,how to label the relentless urge to do moreand more as useless. And how to translatethe hear...
Appreciation for Your Body - Guided Meditation
June 21, 2023 03:14 - 23 minutes - 5 MBTake a few moments as you sit in meditation to express appreciation for your body. Your hands, feet, and knees, all keep you going all day. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "Improvement", by Danusha Lameris. Improvement, by Danusha LamerisThe optometrist says my eyesare getting better each year.Soon he’ll have to lower my prescription.What’s next? The light step I had at six?All the gray hairs back to brown?Skin taut as a drum?My improved eyes and Iwalked around town and...
Precious Time Meditation
June 14, 2023 21:57 - 21 minutes - 5 MBIn this meditation you will focus on a golden healing light filling your body with joy and awareness. Julie Potiker completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Morning Light" . Morning Time, by Julie Potiker I am busy From the outside I might not appear as such Yet I dedicate this time to me.This precious timeWhen the house hums it’s mechanical hum, that sounds sometimes like a musical track is embedded in the low staticBirdsong fills my ears The Wrens soprano 1 and soprano 2 are joine...
Breathing Goodness In and Out
May 24, 2023 15:44 - 18 minutes - 5 MBIn this guided meditation you will breathe in goodness for yourself and breathe out goodness to the world. Julie Potker completes the meditation with the poem, "Down to Earth", by James Crews.Down to Earth, by James Crews. The heart of a farmeris made of muscleand clay that achesfor return to earth.And when the skyreleases a steady rain,massaging each rowof sprouted beans,my husband leans outof the car windowand opens his handto hold that waterfor a single instant,his heart now beatingin syn...
Loving Kindness Meditation
May 08, 2023 18:45 - 20 minutes - 5 MBBreathe in peace and kindness for yourself and others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Principle of Enoughness," by Toko-Pa.The Principle of Enoughness by Toko-PaIn a time that would have us believe there is always more to strive for, more to accumulate, more enlightenment to reach - the most radical stance we can take is enoughness.What if we quit trying to be spiritual and aspired to be human instead?What if there is nothi...
Compassion Meditation - Breathe In and Out
May 02, 2023 21:23 - 18 minutes - 5 MBSit back and relax, breathe in compassion and love for yourself and others. Julie Potiker completes this guided meditation with the poem, "Love's Exquisite Freedom," by Maya Angelou.Love's Exquisite FreedomMaya AngelouWe, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life.Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain.Yet if we are bold...
Loving Kindness Guided Meditation for the Earth
April 12, 2023 20:01 - 21 minutes - 5 MBBreathe in loving kindness for yourself, those you love, and for people all around the planet - through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, " What's It Like Being You?". What’s It Like Being You? By Julie PotikerWhat’s it like being You?Cradling the smooth stones, chunks of jasper, garnet and opalStacks of pale grey branches, hiding places for otters, snakes and troutWhat’s it’s like being you?Sometimes a mere trickleSometimes a rushing to...
Golden Healing Light - Passover
April 05, 2023 19:44 - 19 minutes - 5 MBBask in the golden healing light of this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Passover 2023", by Joan Tiger Bass. Happy Passover to all who celebrate and may everyone find freedomPassover 2023Barbara Joan Tiger Bassbuds begin to opensoft apple blossom scent waftsover years of cyclic repetitionplague riddled stories askquestions of bondageand narrow escapeacross seemingly endless sandthrough parted seas the orderedpromise of hopean open door welc...
Healing Prayer Meditation - Mi Sheberach
April 02, 2023 02:16 - 18 minutes - 5 MBThis meditation takes you on a journey of healing and renewal of body and spirit. Julie Potiker uses 'Mi Sheberach', a prayer for healing, in this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Power of One", by Victor Fuhrman. The Power of One, by Victor FuhrmanThe energy flows from the love of the sun and charges a soul,The power of one.That energy shared with a spirit that’s new, a heart opens up,The power of two.Ebbing and flowing between women and men, hearts on the...
Healing Meditation with poem, "Clear a Path"
March 30, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes - 5 MBJoin Julie Potiker as she guides you through this healing meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Clear a Path, Version 2". Clear a Path, Version 2, by Julie PotikerSettleAllow your thoughts to drift downGently sweep them aside with a soft broom, hand made from natural grassesLittle piles of noteson the perimeter of awarenessthings to return to laterkeep them safeOther notesbest releasedworries that woke you at 4amToss that sticky stack into the small round fire bowl the smo...
One for You, One for Me - Compassion Meditation
March 22, 2023 19:11 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBTap into your heart and feel compassion through guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Peace of Wild Things", by Wendell Berry. The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell BerryWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild thingswho do n...
Gratitude Meditation with poem 'Shades of Gratitude'
March 22, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBWhat or who are you grateful for? Join Julie Potiker in this guided meditation focusing on gratitude, for you, your loved ones and those around the world. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Shades of Gratitude". Shades of Gratitude, by Julie PotikerGratitude may feel bouncyLike a big rubber ballGratitude may feel floatyLike the leaves in the fallGratitude may feel sweetLike a babies little feetGratitude may feel neatLike a perfectly wrapped treatGratitude may feel sadLike the end o...
Cozy Meditation for a Blustery Day
March 01, 2023 19:03 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBThe cold winter snap has many of us staying inside trying to stay warm. Join Julie Potiker as she leads you in this guided meditation to help get you through these blustery days. White-Eyes by Mary OliverIn winter all the singing is in the tops of the trees where the wind-bird with its white eyes shoves and pushes among the branches. Like any of us he wants to go to sleep, but he's restless— he has an idea, and slowly it unfolds from under his beating wings as long as he stays awake. But his...
Wishing Well Guided Meditation
February 24, 2023 00:43 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBWhat is it you need right now? In this guided meditation Julie Potiker takes you on a journey to a Wishing Well. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Aspen Trees, Version 3". Aspen Trees Version 3 by Julie PotikerThe pale grey trunks welcome metheir black eyes and thick painterly designs beckon thousands of delicate arms sway in the wind.A blink in time later, the branches are bedeckedin shimmering green vestmentsmillions of sequins dancing in the sun.Above the soft roar of the rive...
Compassion Meditation -Turkey & Syria
February 12, 2023 21:51 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBFocus on yourself and the world around you - especially those in Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in the region. Julie Potiker leads this compassion meditation where you'll breathe in light and breathe out light to others. Find out more about using mindfulness in everyday life through Julie's books, "SNAP: From Calm to Chaos", and "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos". Both are available on Amazon.com.Fol...
Loving Kindness Guided Meditation
February 09, 2023 20:22 - 25 minutes - 35 MBJulie Potiker guides you through this loving kindness meditation with familiar phrases of comfort. May you be safe, may you be happy and may you live your life with ease. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Par Avon".Par Avion, by Julie PotikerI remember feather light lettersMessages I don’t want to forgetPale blue onionskin paperRed and blue dashesTriangle wings folded inAnd sealed with spitHer elegant cursive handwritingwith my name in tight loops on the frontA complete synopsis of...
Starry Sky Visualization with poem Cats of the Solar System
February 03, 2023 02:40 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBThis visualization is connected to the Green Comet making its closest approach to earth in 50,000 years. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with her poem, "Cats of the Solar System, 2/1/20223".Cats of the Solar System, 2/1/2023 by Julie PotikerIt makes me feel dreamy.Considering that 50 thousand years agoHumans gazing at the heavensGlimpsed the Green Comet aglow.The same comet visiting usTonight and tomorrow nightFebruary 1st and 2nd.Yes, that’s right!I hope it is bright.I never knewThat ...
Grounding Love Meditation
January 31, 2023 16:50 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBGround yourself to the earth and breathe in love for yourself and those around you. Julie Potiker completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Hardware Store Love".Hardware Store Love by Julie Potiker I love the smell of hardware stores.Dixieline, Ace, and Home DepotThey remind me of the J & B Discount Store in Elyria, Ohio.My dad opened this magnificent place when I was just a girl.He drove a great distance every day to keep us in better schools.When I read about huge pileups on the Ohio...
Mostly Quiet Guided Meditation
January 25, 2023 19:19 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBSettle in, quiet your mind, and listen as Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Volcano of Tender Power", by Susan Frybort. Volcano of Tender PowerPrimordial sputtering,graveyard of stuttering sounds,hot lava flowing.I know this place.Holy stillin this placeI acknowledge this innermost ground,this volcano of my being,for its primal call.Sputtering, squeaking, groaning.Akin to a birthing.I have not fully understood thisvolcanic co...
Breath Meditation for the New Year
January 10, 2023 20:28 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBUse your breath to glide into the New Year with help from this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, "A New Year". A New Year by Julie Potiker A stack of days Turning the pageHours MinutesSeconds Weeks Months A year gone by Lived, used, experienced Wrung out Hung to dry In front of you now A crisp stack of paper Blank, blindingly bright How will you write your moments? Moments strung into hours Days Weeks Months With judgement...
Breath Meditation with Christmas Morning Poem
December 31, 2022 20:52 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBA guided meditation to quiet your mind as you breathe in compassion and peace. Julie Potiker completes the mediation with her poem, "Christmas Morning Meditation". -Christmas Morning Meditation, by Julie Potiker The carob trees are packed with bees A susurrus of sound My mind this morning a busy place Thoughts bouncing all around I drop my awareness to my feet Plant them firmly on the ground Return my awareness to my breath And let myself drop down Down to peace and quiet At least ...
Winter Solstice - Guided Meditation
December 22, 2022 17:27 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBThe Winter Solstice bringing us longer daylight hours as we reflect on the end of the year and new beginnings. Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation focusing on the light within and around you. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Snowy Night", by Mary Oliver. Snowy Night, by Mary OliverLast night, an owlin the blue darktossed an indeterminate numberof carefully shaped sounds intothe world, in which,a quarter of a mile away, I happenedto be standing.I co...
Season of Thankfulness
December 01, 2022 18:52 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBThroughout this season take the time to remember what you're grateful for. During this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker we focus on being thankful. Eagle Poem, by Joy HarjoTo pray you open your whole selfTo sky, to earth, to sun, to moonTo one whole voice that is you.And know there is moreThat you can’t see, can’t hear;Can’t know except in momentsSteadily growing, and in languagesThat aren’t always sound but otherCircles of motion.Like eagle that Sunday morningOver Salt River. Circled ...
Healing Gratitude Meditation
November 18, 2022 21:21 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBJoin Julie Potiker as she guides you through this Healing Gratitude meditation. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Mysteries, Yes", by Mary Oliver. Truly, we live with mysteries toomarvelous to be understood.How grass can be nourishing in themouths of the lambs.How rivers and stones are foreverin allegiance with gravitywhile we ourselves dream of rising.How two hands touch and the bonds will never be broken.How people come, from delight or the scars of damage,to the co...
Guided Meditation - Hope
November 13, 2022 19:10 - 18 minutes - 25 MBFeel the energy of hope as you sit back listen, and breathe into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. You will be focusing on hope that's all around you - and around the planet. She completes the meditation with a quote from Eric Liu. “To be optimistic is to assume things will work out. To be hopeful is to realize things can work out if you work at them. Hope requires responsibility and agency; optimism relieves us of both. In rooting for your sports team, choose optimism. In rooting...