Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker
174 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 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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Moments of Ease - Loving Kindness Meditation
November 02, 2022 18:15 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBJulie Potiker leads you in this loving kindness meditation where you'll relax into moments of ease. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Let Me Begin Again," by Major Jackson. Let Me Begin Again, by Major JacksonLet me begin again as a quiet thoughtin the shape of a shell slowly examinedby a brown child on a beach at dawnstraining to see their future. Let me beginthis time knowing the drumming in my dreamsis me inheriting the earth, is morninglighting up the rivers. Let ...
Shifting Awareness - Healing Light Meditation
October 27, 2022 03:51 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBJoin Julie Potiker as she leads you in this healing light meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Bird World Orchestra". Bird World Orchestra, by Julie Potiker. Sitting in a comfy chair under the cool canopy of a black locust tree,I’m serenaded by the Bird World Orchestra.The acorn woodpecker appears to be hosting a happy hour and salon at 5pm.His guests swoop in and flit out.The Northern Mockingbird,Yellow-rumped warbler,and the American Robin drop in for a drink.The tiny...
Joy - Guided Meditation
October 15, 2022 21:08 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBWhere do you find joy? Within yourself, through others? In this guided meditation Julie Potiker helps you tap into your own healing energy infused with joy. Joy, by Donna AshworthJoy does not arrive with a fanfare,on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life.Joy sneaks in, as you pour a cup of coffee,watching the sun hit your favorite tree, just right.And you usher joy away,because you are not ready for it.Your house is not as it must be,for such a distinguished guest.But joy c...
Six Senses Guided Meditation
October 05, 2022 16:21 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBTap into all your senses through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Softly Raining". Softly Raining, by Julie Potiker.An Acorn Woodpecker joined me as I sipped my morning coffee. Soon we were joined by a House Finch then an Allen’s Hummingbird.Sitting under the carob trees I heard a crackling sound, a gentle snapping, as rain drops landed on the round green leaves, and dripped from the long leathery carob pods. Some of the drops make spo...
Forgiveness Guided Meditation
September 23, 2022 17:18 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker you'll focus on forgiveness, for yourself and others. She completes the meditation with the reading of a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh.Most of us walk without chains, yet we aren’t free.We’re tethered to regret and sorrow from the past.We return to the past and continue to suffer. The past is aprison. But now you have the key to unlock the doorand arrive in the present moment. You breathe in, youbring your mind home to your body, you make a step,and...
Breathing Peace Guided Meditation
September 14, 2022 03:05 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBFind yourself a comfortable spot, sit back, relax and breathe in peace through this guided meditation led by by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Walk Slowly", by Dana Faulds.Walk SlowlyIt only takes a reminder to breathe,a moment to be still, and just like that,something in me settles, softens, makesspace for imperfection. The harsh voiceof judgment drops to a whisper and Iremember again that life isn't a relayrace; that we will all cross the finishline; that waking...
Breathing Love Guided Meditation
August 31, 2022 02:21 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBUse your breath to wrap yourself in love through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a quote from Jon Kabat-Zin. Don't go outside your house to see the flowers.My friend, don't bother with that excursion.Inside your body there are flowers.One flower has a thousand petals.That will do for a place to sit.Sitting there you will have a glimpse of beautyinside the body and out of it,before gardens and after gardens.Written by Jon Kabat-Zin from his book,...
Breathing Compassion Meditation with Zach Beach poem, "Alive"
August 30, 2022 18:18 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBFind your breath, as you breathe in compassion through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Alive", by Zach Beach. AliveWe are alive every day,and alive for the moments we realize it.When,lost in thought,an ancestor or a god or a peck of pollenshakes us awake,and an ocean of small beautiesdemand our attention.The flowers themselves moving like music;The trees swaying instead of snapping;the summer breeze cooling our skin,danci...
Compassion Breathing Meditation
August 16, 2022 19:11 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBTap into your own warmth, caring and nurturing through this breathing meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "My Symphony", by William Henry Channing. My SymphonyTo live content with small means;to seek elegance rather than luxury,and refinement rather than fashion,to be worthy, not respectable,and wealthy, not rich;to study hard, think quietly,talk gently, act frankly,to listen to stars and birds,to babes and sages,with open heart,to bear a...
Gratitude for Our Bodies Guided Meditation
August 14, 2022 15:50 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker, you will focus on appreciating every part of your body. She completes the meditation with a reading of "Morning Poem", by Mary Oliver. Morning Poem, by Mary OliverEvery morningthe worldis created.Under the orangesticks of the sunthe heapedashes of the nightturn into leaves againand fasten themselves to the high branches–and the ponds appearlike black clothon which are painted islandsof summer lilies.If it is your natureto be happyyou will swim ...
Healing Light Meditation with poem by Zach Beach
August 04, 2022 09:03 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBFocusing on a healing light will help you bring in calm, peace and compassion to yourself and the world around you. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "Home", by Zach Beach, Home, by Zach Beach We are rarely where our body is.At the office, our mind is at home.At home, our mind is at the office.Holding our children,we are wonderingwhich emails to reply to first. Make the choice toinhabit the temple of your body.Be in your feet as you wake up your toes;Be in your hand as y...
Simple Loving Kindness Meditation
July 31, 2022 19:39 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBJoin 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 los...
Classic Loving Kindness Meditation
July 21, 2022 10:46 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBSit back and relax into this guided Loving-Kindness meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a quote from Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., poet and author of many books, including, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear...
Peaceful Compassion Meditation with poem, 'Take the Loving Path'
July 15, 2022 18:26 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBBreathe in and out healing energy through open awareness in this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with the poem, "Take the Loving Path", by Zach Beach. Take the Loving Path, by Zach Beach When you’re lost at sea,wondering where to goand who is safe to ask, take the loving path.With forgiveness in each stride,a backpack of kindness and a desireto do good for others’ behalf,take the loving path.Give freely, talk less, listen more,and when you fin...
Waves of Compassion Meditation with poem "Unfinished Things"
July 06, 2022 15:55 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBBreathe in awareness and compassion in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Unfinished Things", by Jessica Kantrowitz. Unfinished Things Peace to the things you left undonethe book abandoned, scarf half-knitThe call you meant to makethe friendship never rekindledThe time you did your hairand then stayed homePeace to the things that made nodifference in the endand those that may have.Peace to the never knowing. Unfinished Things by Jessica...
Copeful Compassion Meditation with Quote by John Muir.
June 29, 2022 04:32 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBGenerate goodness and send it out into the world through this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of a poem by John Muir. "The Sun Shines Not On Us But In Us", by John Muir The rivers flow not past, but through us.Thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing.The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as well as our souls, and every bird song, wind song, and ...
Waves in the Ocean of Compassion Meditation
June 22, 2022 06:08 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBRide the wave of relaxation and discovery in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, 'Human Emotions', by Jessica Kantrowitz. Human EmotionsI am human, and nothing human is alien to me – Terrence Good morning humans.What do you feel today?Fear, joy grief, longing,anger, love, frustration,happiness, exhaustion, bewilderment,anxiety, amusement, hope?I feel it, too.There is nothing in you however wild or strangethat is not in me, too.There is not...
Tranquil Breeze Guided Meditation
June 20, 2022 18:17 - 17 minutes - 24 MBClose your eyes and feel the breeze gently brush against your skin as you sway along with the Aspen Trees in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, 'Aspen Trees". Aspen Trees by Julie Potiker When we arrived, the grey trunks were welcoming, their black eyes and symbols beckoning us to witness thousands of delicate naked arms swaying in the wind. Now, a blink in time later, the branches are bedecked in shimmering green vestmentsmi...
Being Love - Guided Meditation
June 10, 2022 02:25 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBBreathe in compassion, energy, light, and love through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Let Us Love", by Jessica Kantrowitz.Let Us Love Please let us be healthy,and if we can’t be healthy let us take care of each other in our illness.Let us be kind, and when we are not kind let us be honest and apologize, and try again.Let us be together,and when we can’t be together let us be together let us feel that we are not alone in o...
Tonglen Meditation - Dealing with Disaster
May 26, 2022 02:37 - 18 minutes - 24.7 MBJulie Potiker leads you through a Tibetan Buddhist meditation known as Tonglen. During this practice you will breathe in the pain and suffering of yourself and others and then exhale compassion and healing. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Another Daily Disaster," by Jessica Kantrowitz.Another Daily Disaster I see you. You who were just getting your feet back under you when disaster struck Maybe a small, commonplace disaster but enough to ruin sleep raise blood ...
Guided Meditation - What Do You Need To Hear Right Now?
May 25, 2022 18:58 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBThink about what it is you need to hear right now as Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "A Short To-Do List for the Day", by Jessica Kantrowitz.A Short To-Do List for the Day Acknowledge that life is hardand often painfulNotice that life is nevertheless startlingly beautifulMake are in some small way – a poem a line of prose, a drawing, a songLove yourself the way you dream of being lovedTake care of someone else in some small w...
Healing Compassion Meditation with poem, "All of Us Here"
May 17, 2022 22:15 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this healing compassion meditation, you'll use your breath to find out what it is you need right now. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "All of Us Here", by Jessica Kantrowitz, from her book, 'Blessings for the Long Night, Poems and Meditations to Help You Through Depression'.All of Us Here Out of everyone here, there arethose who found pockets of peace todayand those who could not.Among us, there arethose whose hearts liftedat the song of a birdfrom a newly opened win...
What You Need Tonight - Compassion Meditation
May 11, 2022 01:34 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBJulie Potiker guides you through this compassion meditation where you will focus on what you need right now, for yourself and your community. She completes the meditation with a poem by Jessica Kantrowitz, "Community". Community by Jessica Kantrowitz,Maybe you’ll be in a placeto help someone todayor maybe you’ll have to ask for helpfor the nth day in a row.maybe you’ll be someone’s comfortOr maybe you’ll need their comfort.It’s not the numbers game, it’s communityand you’re part of it.you bel...
Gifts of Compassion Meditation
May 02, 2022 19:22 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBJulie Potiker guides you to love, hope, faith, peace and compassion through this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Compassion", by Miller Williams. Compassion by Miller WilliamsHave compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.What appears bad mannersan ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of thingsno ears have heard, no eyes have seen.You do not know what wars are going ondown there where the spirit meets the bone. Get the latest on mindfuln...
Quiet Mind Compassion Meditation with poem, "A Calling"
May 01, 2022 07:40 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBJulie Potiker leads you to a quiet, peaceful place through this compassion meditation. She completes the meditation with a poem, "A Calling", by Susan Frybot. “A Calling”, by Susan Frybot A callingisn’t concerned about fame,or interested in glory.Callings are not providers of comfortand sometimes lead to sacrifice.And not everyone will answerthe loud criescoming from something voraciousdeep inside that’swanting to wake theminto living full-on withpurposeful passion. “A Calling”, is from “Loo...
Calm Compassion Meditation with Poem, "Walk Slowly", by Danna Faulds
April 17, 2022 19:34 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBUse your breath to breathe in calm and compassion for yourself, loved ones, and the world around you. Julie Potiker completes her meditation with the poem, 'Walk Slowly', by Danna Faulds.Walk Slowly, by Danna Faulds It only takes a reminder to breathe,a moment to be still, and just like that,something in me settles, softens,makes space for imperfection.The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper and I remember again that life isn’t a relay race;that we will all cross the finish line;that w...
Healing Compassion Meditation with poem "Unconditional" by Jennifer Welwood
April 14, 2022 16:08 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBJulie Potiker leads you through this healing compassion meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, 'Unconditional', by Jennifer Welwood. Unconditional, by Jennifer WelwoodWilling to experience aloneness,I discover connection everywhere;Turning to face my fear,I meet the warrior who lives within;Opening to my loss,I gain the embrace of the universe;Surrendering into emptiness,I find fullness without end. Each condition I flee from pursues me,Each condition I welcome transforms me...
Loving Kindness Meditation with poem 'Awakening Rights', by Mark Nepo
April 10, 2022 14:23 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MBTreat yourself to some loving kindness for yourself and others - through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Awakening Rights", by Mark Nepo. Awakening Rights by Mark NepoWe waste so much energytrying to cover up who we arewhen beneath every attitudeis the want to be loved,and beneath every angeris a wound to be healedand beneath every sadnessis the fear that there will not be enough time.Our challenge each dayis not to get dressed to fac...
To Be Love - Finding Gratitude
March 29, 2022 18:39 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBRelax into this meditation of gratitude and love led by Julie Potiker. This was a meditation she presented to the Balanced Mind Meditation Center, in La Jolla, CA. 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 Mi...
Orb Healing Light Compassion Meditation
March 28, 2022 19:28 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBYour focus during this compassion meditation will be the healing light of an orb. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, 'We Are Of A Tribe,' by Alberto Rios. We Are Of A Tribe, by Alberto Rios We plant seeds in the groundAnd dreams in the sky, Hoping that, someday, the roots of oneWill meet the upstretched limbs of the other. It has not happened yet.We share the sky, all of us, the whole world: Together, we are a tribe of eyes that look upward,Even as we stand on uncertain g...
Meditation for Peace
March 15, 2022 19:21 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBUse this meditation practice to send compassion, safety, protection, and peace to those around the world who are in harms way. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, 'For Peace', by John O'Donohue.For Peace, by John O’Donohue, Irish poet and philospher. As the fever of day calms towards twilightMay all that is strained in us come to ease. We pray for all who suffered violence today,May an unexpected serenity surprise them. For those who risk their lives each day fo...
Compassion Meditation for Ukraine
March 08, 2022 17:22 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBJulie Potker leads this timely compassion meditation, sending peace, hope, and protection to the people of Ukraine. She completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, "Don't Ask Me". Don’t Ask Me, by Julie Potiker Don’t ask me how I am As sorrow flows through me Don’t ask me If your ears must close to the truth Don’t ask me If your heart must harden to the pain Don’t ask me If your hands hang useless at the end of your limp arms Don’t ask me When your arms become animated and...
Calming Compassion Meditation
March 02, 2022 02:51 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBFeel the calm wash over you through this guided compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Recipe for Joy", by Mort Cohn. Recipe for Joy, by Mort Cohn -for Jonah Begin by waking up next, move to the beat of your heart then stir lightly outside sniff the air look up at the sky at a clous passing by Magritte baguette a mushroom omelet open wide your eyes see the world anew In the fertile mind’s eye then turn around an...
Waves of Compassion Guided Meditation
February 23, 2022 22:58 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBLet the waves of compassion wash over you through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Space". Space, by Julie PotikerDust rings Gaps Torquegravitational pull2 trillion galaxies 200 billion trillion stars Red, white and blue Smaller to biggerCooler to hotter Farther to closer Black holes collidingMaking a sound And me Orbiting others Attracting Repelling SpinningStanding still Smaller to biggerCooler to hotter Closer to fartherMaking a sou...
Classic Metta Meditation with Poem, "Where I'm From", by Julie Potiker
February 15, 2022 15:01 - 22 minutes - 31 MBSit back, close your eyes and breathe in compassion for yourself and others through this guided meditation. At the end of this loving kindness meditation, Julie Potiker shares her poem, "Where I'm From". Where I’m From Poem, by Julie Potiker I am from The Random House Dictionary, on its’ own built-in desk in the library, near the gold colored Flokati Rug – a rug that could tell tales. From Fig Newtons and Grandma Claire’s oatmeal cookies, delivered in the oatmeal cylinder box covered in b...
Golden Healing Light - Guided Meditation
February 08, 2022 14:41 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this guided meditation, led by Julie Potiker, you'll be embraced by a golden healing light filling you with warmth, love and energy. Potiker completes the meditation with a poem from the book, “Passages”, by Mort Cohn. 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 ...
Magical Journey Guided Meditation with poem, "Tech and Me"
January 31, 2022 12:56 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBUnplug and relax with Julie Potiker as she takes you on a magical journey where you will find peace, connection, compassion and balance. She completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Tech and Me". Tech and Me by Julie Potiker Intuitively I slow my breathingFeel my bottom in the chairUnplug cords in the many cord stripUnplug cords in my chest, arms and handsPlug little blocks back inShut down, restartShut downRestartIs that the same as sleeping?The monitor is a luminous black blankMy l...
Relaxing the Body - Compassion Meditation with poem, "Worried"
January 25, 2022 05:41 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBJulie Potiker leads this compassion meditation focusing on relaxing your body.She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "I Worried", by Mary Oliver. "I worried", by Mary Oliver I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas it was taught, and if not how shallI correct it?Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do better?Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrowscan do it and I am, well,hopeless.Is my eye...
Calm Compassion Meditation with poem, "Birthday Blessing", by Janice Steinberg
January 17, 2022 03:38 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this compassion meditation Julie Potiker guides you to a place of calm and peace. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Birthday Blessing", by Janice Steinberg. Birthday Blessing by Janice SteinbergWhatever makes you weepmay it open your eyesto beautyWhere your heart has hardenedmay it crack open and letthe light flood inWhatever worry squirrel-cages in your mindmay it animate your creativityWhatever pettinessworms through your doormay it teach you to laugh gentlyat your very human...
Year-End Release and Envision Meditation with poem, "Clear a Path"
December 29, 2021 14:39 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBRelax, unwind and envision yourself in the New Year through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Clear a Path". Clear a Path by Julie Potiker Clear a path Settle Allow your thoughts to drift down Gently sweep them aside with a soft broom, the kind that looks hand made from natural grasses Some of the little notes now in piles on the perimeter of your awareness are things to return to later, not now, but later so you keep them safe ...
Calm and Settle Meditation with poem "Unbuckle"
December 27, 2021 00:24 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBAllow your body to feel content and peace through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her own poem, "Unbuckle". Unbuckle by Julie Potiker This morning as I lay in bed I heard from my left hip flexor, it had a high pitched tone, too tightly strungThen my right ankle joined the songThen my left toeI rolled onto my belly and imagined unbuckling my hips Unbuckling my ankles Dragging my arms down to my sides I unbuckled my shoulders Has anyone ever writt...
Compassion In - Compassion Out meditation, with poem, "Resolute"
December 20, 2021 16:12 - 14 minutes - 20 MBRelax into this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. You'll be breathing in compassion for yourself and others. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Resolute", from the book, "Call Us What We Carry", by Amanda S.C. Gorman.Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. She is an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Get the latest ...
Peaceful Place Compassion Meditation
December 13, 2021 05:08 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBJourney to a safe, secure, and peaceful place through this guided meditation, led by Julie Potiker. You'll use all your senses in this visualization. Potiker completes the meditation with a reading from the book, "Call Us What We Carry", by Amanda S.C. Gorman.Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. She is an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African dia...
Thanksgiving Gratitude Meditation with "Eagle Poem"
November 25, 2021 05:38 - 17 minutes - 23.6 MBGratitude is the focus of this Thanksgiving meditation led by Julie Potiker. Who are you grateful for in your life? Who influenced you along the way?She completes the meditation with the poem, "Eagle Poem", by Joy Harjo. Harjo, an American poet, is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate. She's the first Native American to hold the honor. Eagle Poem, Joy Harjo To 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...
Resting Compassion Meditation with poem "Simply Resting" by Zach Beach
November 18, 2021 18:20 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBRelax as you breath into this resting compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with a reading of the poem "Simply Resting", by Zach Beach. 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 ...
Peaceful Compassion Meditation with poem, "Swan", by Mary Oliver
October 19, 2021 02:23 - 17 minutes - 23.6 MBTune out and relax into this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Swan", by Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver - Swan: Poems and Prose PoemsOrdinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable.I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours.Besides, when I am alone I c...
Loving Kindness Meditation with poem "Come to Dust"
October 18, 2021 02:41 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBBring kindness and peace to yourself and others through this loving-kindness meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Come to Dust", by Ursula K. Le Guin Come to Dust – by Ursula K. Le GuinSpirit, rehearse the journeys of the bodythat are to come, the motionsof the matter that held you.Rise up in the smoke of palo santo.Fall to the earth in the falling rain.Sink in, sink down to the farthest roots.Mount slowly in the rising sapto the branches...
Cozy Peaceful Meditation with poem, The Sun, by Mary Oliver
October 05, 2021 10:47 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBSlip into Fall with this Cozy Peaceful Meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with the poem "The Sun," by Mary Oliver. The Sun, by Mary Oliver. Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills, or the rumpled sea, and is gone--and how it slides again out of the blackness, every morning, on the other side of the world, like a red flowe...
One for Me; One for You, with Poem for Autumn
September 26, 2021 15:22 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MBSit back and relax into autumn in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the poem with a reading of, "Poem Beginning with a Line from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", by Maggie Smith. "Poem Beginning with a Line from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," by Maggie Smith Just look—nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see— the way the changed leaves, flapping their yellow underbellies in the wind, glitter. The tree looks sequined wherever the sun to...
Forgiveness Meditation - with Ho'oponopono Affirmation
September 19, 2021 03:19 - 17 minutes - 24 MBJulie Potiker leads a forgiveness meditation for Yom Kippur, incorporating the Hawaiian Ho'oponopono Affirmation Meditation. 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.co...