Compassionate Breath Guided Meditation

Use your breath to focus on compassion through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "An Ode to Thistle Seeds", by Sam Aureli.An Ode to Thistle SeedsI catch you during my morning ritual—specks of light caught in the low angleof a late spring sun.Lift, dip, tilt—some of you in a hurry,others meander, carried more by whim than wind.No two of you take the same path.One of you snags in the thorny clutchof the hawthorns tangled branch,another settles in the soft chaosof wildflowers.A few of you vanish mid-air,as if you’ve changed your mindsabout being seen at all.I watch you. Not because I expect meaning,but because you seem so at easewith not knowing where you’ll land.-Sam AureliContinue your mindfulness journey with Julie - through her writings. Her latest book is, "Gentle Currents: Poems of Pause & Peace", a collection of poems focusing on themes of nature, self-compassion, and tranquility.Her other books include,"SNAP: From Calm to Chaos", and "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos". All are available on Amazon.com.Follow Julie on YouTube and Facebook at Mindful Methods for Life.comThis podcast is available on iTunes, iHeart, Blubrry and everywhere you listen to podcasts.