Episodes

Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation focused on compassion. She completes the meditation with the poem, "In a Friend's Garden", by James Crews.This meditation ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. In a Friend's Garden, by James Crews"I want to be here to seethe poppies open," my friend says,telling me why she never travelsanymore in the middle of summer.We each hold one of the heavy budswhose petals already ache to breakfree and spread, bursting red at the seam...

Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation focused on compassion. 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 seethe poppies open," my friend says,telling me why she never travelsanymore in the middle of summer.We each hold one of the heavy budswhose petals already ache to breakfree and spread, bursting red at the seams.The mulch is warm beneath our feet,and sunlight shimmers pink in th...

Breathe in as you relax into this calming meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Whispers of a Fifth Force". This meditation ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Whispers of a Fifth Force, by Julie PotikerIn Idaho’s early morning hush,I settle into the Adirondack chair by the fire pit,fast running river less than a pickle-ball court away,my slippered feet rest on the cool back of a boulder,smooth and steady beneath me.Above, the Aspen lea...

Breathe in as you relax into this calming meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Whispers of a Fifth Force". Whispers of a Fifth Force, by Julie PotikerIn Idaho’s early morning hush, I settle into the Adirondack chair by the fire pit, fast running river less than a pickle-ball court away, my slippered feet rest on the cool back of a boulder, smooth and steady beneath me. Above, the Aspen leaves shimmer— green coins rustling their soft applause in th...

Use your breath to breathe in compassion for yourself and others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Guest House", by Rumi. This meditation ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, ...

Use your breath to breathe compassion for yourself and others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Guest House", by Rumi. The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, Who violently Weep your house Empty of its furniture, Still, treat each gu...

This meditation may be just what you need right now. Julie Potiker completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Sunday Morning June 1, 2025".This meditation ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Sunday Morning June 1, 2025, by Julie Potiker Stretched out on the thick grey sofa cushion,the courtyard still cool with early light.Above me, the carob treeleans in—its green leaves filtering the sun,green pods long and thick,not yet brown or curled with time.Before me,a swath of p...

This meditation may be just what you need right now. Julie Potiker completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Sunday Morning June 1, 2025". Sunday Morning June 1, 2025, by Julie Potiker Stretched out on the thick grey sofa cushion,the courtyard still cool with early light.Above me, the carob treeleans in—its green leaves filtering the sun,green pods long and thick,not yet brown or curled with time.Before me,a swath of pale blue Texas rangershimmers like sky.Tucked above and below,magenta...

Breath in loving kindness for yourself, and out for others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Going Gently Looks Like". This meditation ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. “Going gently looks like” (prompt from Julia Fehrenbacher) This rounded cane chair, my body nestled in cozy fleece, the breeze kissing my thighs, knees, shins, and ankles. Black-headed Grosbeak trilling like a Song Sparrow Cobweb threads flut...

Breathe in loving kindness for yourself, as you breathe out for others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Going Gently Looks Like". “Going gently looks like” (prompt from Julia Fehrenbacher) This rounded cane chair, my body nestled in cozy fleece, the breeze kissing my thighs, knees, shins, and ankles. Black-headed Grosbeak trilling like a Song Sparrow Cobweb threads fluttering from the body of the cracked wooden shorebird to its...

Julie Potiker lead you through this guided meditation focusing on what you need right now. She completes the meditation with the poem, "How to Love Yourself", by James Crews. This meditation ends with the poem so you can drift off to sleep at the end. How to Love YourselfSit by the open window as long as you can,listening as rain taps out its own rhythmon the canopies of trees at last gone to green.Feel how that music seeps into youas each new droplet sinks into soil,touching earthworm and ro...

Julie Potiker lead you through this guided meditation focusing on what you need right now. She completes the meditation with the poem, "How to Love Yourself", by James Crews. How to Love YourselfSit by the open window as long as you can,listening as rain taps out its own rhythmon the canopies of trees at last gone to green.Feel how that music seeps into youas each new droplet sinks into soil,touching earthworm and root, feedingall the small things we cannot see.This solitude is food for you too...

This meditation led by Julie Potiker might be just what you need today. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Imaginal Cells", by James Crews. (This version ends with music so you can drift off into sleep.)  Imaginal Cells, by James CrewsLike caterpillars born with imaginal cellsthat know how to become a thing with wings, we too carry a dream inside ourselvesof a different, better world. There will bestruggle, yes, as we claw our way out ofa chrysalis that can no longer keep us trappe...

This meditation led by Julie Potiker might be just what you need today. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Imaginal Cells", by James Crews. Imaginal Cells, by James CrewsLike caterpillars born with imaginal cellsthat know how to become a thing with wings, we too carry a dream inside ourselvesof a different, better world. There will bestruggle, yes, as we claw our way out ofa chrysalis that can no longer keep us trapped,as we give the heart room to breathe, spaceto seek the nectar of f...

Breath in peace for yourself - as you breath out peace for others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Light Show", by James Crews. "Light Show", by James Crews.Before supper, I called upstairs to him:Come see the light show. And withouta moment’s hesitation, he rushed downto the basement to stand next to meon the other side of a pool of sunstretching from the one small windowin the door across the concrete floor.We watched in silence...

Relax and breathe along with Julie Potiker as she leads you through this healing breath meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "In the Habitable Zone".In the Habitable Zone, by Julie PotikerI let the thought settle—dew on my skin—120 light years from my morning coffee,a world, more than eight times biggerthan Earth, orbits a red dwarf star.Spinning steadily in what scientists callthe habitable zone.It could be a Hycean world, coveredin water so deep it forgets land.And maybe, ju...

Use your breath to focus on what you need right now - through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "11 minutes". 11 minutes, by Julie PotikerThe Karmine Line, invisible.But real enough to draw a boundarybetween us and what's beyond.At 62 miles the air gives up its gripand Blue Origin, that sleek silver wish,carries six women through suborbital space into weightlessness. 11 minutes, a life can turn inside that. 11 minutes, enough to change ho...

Join Julie Potiker as she leads you through this Classic Metta Meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "March on Meadowbrook Road". March, on Meadowbrook Road, by Julie Potiker. Down the way from the old Triumph mine, Narrow-leaf Willow, a rust-colored and wild, leans into the breeze. Rubber Rabbit-brush waits in stillness, not yet yellow - there's room here forwhat takes time. Basin Wild Rye a parchment scrap from last year's book, whispers its end in a papery rush. Between ...

Find compassion for yourself and those around you through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Return of Hearts and Minds", by James Crews. The Return of Hearts and Minds, by James CrewsI wake before dawn this morningto live inside the quiet, to feaston the dark bread of the possible.The house breathes on its own, thoughno footsteps stamp the floor above,no doors slam shut, and nothingstirs outside except for the maskedraccoon, hungry eye...

Relax into this meditation -- as you breathe in compassion. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with her poem, "Joy has Four Legs and Doesn't Ask for Permission".Joy has Four Legs and Doesn’t Ask for Permission, by Julie PotikerNo one told them about warsor the price of eggs.Mutts and pure breeds of every flavorrun without hesitation,as if the world has always been this open,this forgiving.Wellington leaps and sprints with every dog chasing a ballMadeline rolls her old bones in the wet sand.O...

In this guided meditation you will focus on peace, love, and compassion. Julie Potiker competes her meditation with the poem, Prayer, by James Crews. "Prayer", by James CrewsI ask for just the slightest shiftin my thinking, the kindest siftingof my busy mind so only wonderand peace are left behind. So thatas I walk in sleet on this spring morningI can see even these muddy rutsmade by careless trucks on the forest trailas harbors of miracle, knowing they willfill with enough snow melt and rainfo...

Relax into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Sunflower", by James Crews. Sunflower, by James Crews "Joy is not made to be a crumb."Mary Oliver once wrote, but isn't thathow it often shows up at first? One crumbof attention, then another, and anotheruntil you're able to follow the trailleading to the volunteer sunfloweryou hadn't noticed blooming by the garden."Volunteer," we say, meaning no humanhand nestled that seed in the ground,though...

Using your breathe ease into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Awe", by James Crews. AweIt's a shiver that climbs the trellisof the spine each tingle a brightwhite morning glory bursting into blossombeneath the skin. It can happen anywhere,anytime, even finding a sleeve of iceworn by a branch all morning, now fallenon a bed of snow. You can choose to pause,pick it up, hold that cold thing in your handor not. Few tell us that w...

This guided meditation may be just what you need today. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "The Most Important Thing", by Julia Fehrenbacher. The Most Important Thing, by Julia Fehrenbacher I am making a home inside myself. A shelterof kindness where everythingis forgiven, everything allowed—a quiet patchof sunlight to stretch out without hurry,where all that has been banishedand buried is welcomed, spoken, listened to—released.​A fiercely friendly place I can claim as my ve...