Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker

Julie Potiker takes you to your favorite summer spot - through this guided visualization. Where are you, what do you hear, smell or feel? She completes the meditation with her poem, "Delicate Blossoms".Delicate Blossoms, by Julie PotikerPrunus persica - a Contender. Small emerald and ruby velvet coated stones. Untold dangers - snails, spiders, beetles, Cedar Waxwings, Bluejays and Mockingbirds amo...

Julie Potiker leads you in this quiet compassion meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "In a Friend's Garden", by James Crews. In a Friend's Garden, by James Crews "I want to be here to see the poppies open,"my friend says, telling me whyshe never travels anymore in the middle of summer. We each hold one of the heavy buds whose petalsalready ache to break free and spread, burstin...

Breathe in peace and love while listening to this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Folding Alter", by James Crews. Folding Altar, by James CrewsI carry my church with mewherever I go, unfolding the altarof a moment while out walkingwith my husband, pausing to picka few dandelions gone to seed,taking a deep breath, then blowing,sending those silve...

Breathe in love, for yourself and those around you as you follow this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Forms of Love", by Daniel Baylis. Forms of Love, by Daniel Baylis. Sometimes I wonder:What's the point? Why be good? Why care? Why try to change things? Why--when we continue to wreck each other? Yet, I keep moving forward. Not because I am conf...

Hold yourself in love as you sink into this Loving Kindness meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Natural Silence", by James Crews. "Natural Silence", by James Crews. It’s not easy to find the silencebehind traffic noise and the rush of a jetdragging its contrails through the sky. But here it is again in the in-between,when I learn to listen long enoughto th...

Breathe 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 lear...

Find 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   clutch...

Tap 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...

Breathe 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...

Bring 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...

Join 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 cau...

Julie 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 wi...

Feel 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 beautif...

Ease 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...

Sit 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 o...

In 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...

Focus 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...

Embrace 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...

In 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 compa...

"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...

Julie 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...

Join 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 bereaved...

Use 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 a...

In 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,...

Embrace 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 soft...