Balanced Mind With Julie Potiker

Close 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 vestmentsmillions of sequins dancing in the sun. Above the gentle roar of the river, birds wearing spangled dressesare communicating in their precious bird language. I wish I could discern what type of bird belongs to each trillbut even if I set my curiosity upon learning to discern what bird belongs to which sounds (and I might), their stories will remain a secret. A majestic secret filling my heart with wonderand what feels like hope.Aspen Trees, by Julie Potiker.Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie P

Breathe 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 our loneliness.Let us be okay,and when we are not okay when we are really nowhere near okaylet us acknowledge each other’s suffering and not be afraid of each other’s pain.In other words let us love, let us love, let us love. Let us Love, by Jessica Kantrowitz, from her book; Blessings for the Long Night; Poems and Meditations to help you through Depression.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 mindfu

Julie 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 DisasterI see you.You who were just getting your feet backunder youwhen disaster struckMaybe a small, commonplace disasterbut enough to ruin sleepraise blood pressureshift things from almost okayto not okay at all.It was just when you thought you hada little breathing room wasn't it?Just then.I see you, nowstruggling to breathethrough another daily disaster.by Jessica Kantrowitz, from Blessings for the Long Night, Poems and Meditations to Help You through Depression.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

Think 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 way – a call, a text, a prayer, a song. by Jessica Kantrowitz, from her book, "Blessings for the Long Night, Poems and Meditations to Help you through Depression.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

In 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 window.And those who heard and closed the windowbecause the bird’s joy was so at odds withour sorrow.Do you hear the birdsongright now, where you are?If you don’t, it’s okay.Stay here with us.We’ll wait till you do.by Jessica Kantrowitz, from her book, Blessings for the Long Night.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,

Julie 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 belongyou’re neededwe need you.Community, by Jessica Kantrowitz, from Blessings for the Long Night.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", availabl

Julie 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 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.

Julie 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 “Looking to the Clearing, Poems to Encourage”, by Susan Frybort.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 yo

Use 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 waking up to life is what we were born for.As many times as I forget,catch myself charging forward without even knowing where I’m going,that many times I can make the choice to stop,to breathe, and be,and walk slowly into the mystery.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: Mind

Julie 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 meAnd becomes itself transformedInto its radiant jewel-like essence.I bow to the one who has made it so,Who has crafted this Master Game;To play it is purest delight;To honor its form – true devotion.  © Jennifer WelwoodGet 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 S

Treat 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 face the worldbut to unglove ourselvesso that the doorknob feels cold and the car handle feels wetand the kiss goodbye feels like the lips of another being,soft and unrepeatable.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", availab

Relax 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 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.

Your 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 RiosWe 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 ground. The earth beneath us moves, quiet and wild,Its boundaries shifting, its muscles wavering. The dream of sky is indifferent to all this,Impervious to borders, fences, reservations. The sky is our common home, the place we all live.There we are in the world together. The dream of sky requires no passport.Blue will not be fenced. Blue will not be a crime. Look up. Stay awhile. Let your breathing slow.Know that you always have a home here. Poem copyright ©2014 by Alberto Rios, "We Are of a Tribe," from Poetry of Presence: A

Use 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 for peace,May their hearts glimpse providence at the heart of history. That those who make riches from violence and warMight hear in their dreams the cries of the lost. That we might see through our fear of each otherA new vision to heal our fatal attraction to aggression. That those who enjoy the privilege of peaceMight not forget their tormented brothers and sisters. That the wolf might lie down with the lamb,That our swords be beaten into ploughshares And no hurt or harm be doneAnywhere along the holy mountain.  From Joh

Julie 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 PotikerDon’t ask me how I amAs sorrow flows through meDon’t ask meIf your ears must close to the truthDon’t ask meIf your heart must harden to the painDon’t ask meIf your hands hang useless at the end of your limp armsDon’t ask meWhen your arms become animated and pulse with energy, pulling me in for a warm embraceI’ll know I’ve been seenWhen your heart softens and shares my sorrowI’ll know I’ve been feltWhen your ears open to my quivering voiceI’ll know I’ve been heardThen go aheadAsk me how I am.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 S

Feel 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 upnext, move to the beat of your heartthen stir lightly outside sniff the airlook up at the skyat a clous passing byMagritte baguettea mushroom omeletopen wide your eyessee the world anewIn the fertile mind’s eyethen turn around and tune your earto the hum of a hummingbirdthat just flew into your gardento drink the honeyfrom a trumpet flowerhum alongwith the ruby throated dancerecstatic,rink on pollenbird and flowersuspended in airand if you feel the beatspread your wingsjoin the danceand if not too dizzyspin ‘round and ‘roundand sing(don’t worry if a little off key)it’s only a vibration that you hearfrom the inner chamber of your earthat echoes outward like ripples on a pondwarbling to the edge of the morning.Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie

Let 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 sound A speck of dust Star dust 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.

Sit 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 brown paper and sent through the mail. I am from the flagstone and wood house with 2 big blue spruce trees in the front yard, 2 apple trees and 2 pear trees in the backyard. I am from Lilac bushes running the length of the hedge, and my mom’s green thumb making magic in colors, textures and scents – red, orange, yellow, pinks and purples – which I sometimes helped push into the rich dark soil. I'm from matzo balls and brisket and be dressed in the foyer at 5pm. From the Jacobowitz’s, and the Scherr’s. I'm from whomever gue

In 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 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.

Unplug 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 laptop plugged in is a shade of navy blue, reflecting my unwashed face in glasses, my sleeping sweater bought by a dear friend that I wear when I want to feel her hugI wear it so much it is frayingLight!A monitor filled with little squaresIlluminated post it notes of productivityChaos on the screen that somehow feels cozyStill unable to connect to zoomStill unable to use my phone as a hot spotTiptoeing into the bedroomIt’s cold in hereMy tech support man is in a cave of blankets and pillows, the dog’s paws drying on the rug