Simple Loving Kindness Meditation

Join Julie Potiker as she leads you through this loving kindness meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, 'Living on the Razor's Edge', by Beth Kurland, Ph.D.

Living on the Razor's Edge, by Beth Kurland, Ph.D.I never was an ocean child —traveling each summer to the mountainson vacationsbecame homeat a young agethat familiar mass of solid rockimmovable, unshakeablestable and strongsteady and mostly unchangingthe way I longed for life to bethe way I longed for life to bewhen loss came too soonholding the grief of my 15 year- old heart,showing methe fragility and preciousness of lifeare inescapably one.But the oceanis wildis moving, ever-changingwith its waves dancing, crestingfalling, recedingrising and crashingin a cacophony of soundand furyunashamed.And strange, that in this uncertaintyin this troubled and challenging timeI long for the ocean.I long for my fear and sadnessto be held in these waters,tears finding their home in the salt of this earthlytreasure.Take me to the shore of this vast expansewhere I can watch the intensity of the waves —the fear, the grief, the sorrowthe fierce love, the kindnessof all kindred spiritsWhere from this vantage pointno wave is aloneno wave disappearsnothing solid,but Interconnected.Part of the wholewhere all of humanity is held.

Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie Potiker's YouTube channel and Facebook page at Mindful Methods for Life. You can learn about mindfulness at www.MindfulMethodsForLife.com and also in Julie's newly released book, "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't Have To: Mindful Methods For Staying Calm In The Midst Of Chaos", available on Amazon.com. Her podcast is "Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker", available on iTunes, iHeart, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.