Compassion In and Out Meditation

About this episode

Julie Potiker leads an open awareness meditation and shares a poem by Terry Tempest Williams.

Enjoy this open awareness meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "I Pray to the Birds", by Terry Tempest Williams. I Pray to the Birds, by Terry Tempest Williams I pray to the birds.I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward.I pray to them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day—the invocations and benedictions of Earth.I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear.And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen. -Terry Tempest Williams Continue 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.

People in this episode

Host: Julie Potiker

Topics covered

• meditation
• mindfulness
• self-compassion
• nature
• poetry

Keywords

• meditation
• mindfulness
• self-compassion
• Terry Tempest Williams
• poetry

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Gentle Currents: Poems of Pause & Peace, SNAP: From Calm to Chaos, Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos

Books & works: I Pray to the Birds

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