Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker

Sit 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 arrives...

Breathe 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...

Bask 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 e...

This 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...

Join 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 r...

Tap 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...

What 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 litt...

The 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 ha...

What 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...

Focus 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 T...

Julie 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...

This 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 usTon...

Ground 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...

Settle 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 c...

Use 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 brigh...

A 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 Retur...

The 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 careful...

Receive and pass along loving kindness through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of a poem, "Prayer", by Elaine Starkman. Prayer, by Elaine Starkmanlord, let my soulsour above my roomlet her dance on the wallsto songs of violinsleap rooftopsto pages of poetrypraisean orange, a horsea mountain, a breezelet her transcend all limitsof my small li...

Throughout 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’...

Join 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 touc...

Feel 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 ag...

Julie 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 kno...

Join 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. T...

Where 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...

Tap 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...