Just What Is Needed - Guided Meditation

About this episode

Julie Potiker leads a guided meditation focusing on personal needs and shares a poem by Moudi Sbeity.

Julie Potiker leads this guided meditation focusing on what is needed in your life right now. She completes the meditation with the poem, " Hawk and Crow Surf the Wind", by Moudi Sbeity. Hawk and Crow Surf the Wind, by Moudi SbeityWhether it was for play or rivalry, I could not tell. Crow cawed. Hawk was silent. They glided in massive signatures,nearing then drifting, in the clear cold wind. At times hawk flew higher, then crow climbed above.They titled and wedged their open wings through the bare branches. They circled the neighborhood,then the next one over, then came back and perched on opposite trees.All the while I watched this happen, and the cyclists rolled on, and the cars drove by,and the nations with their many troubles warred still. It was a moment of private purity,a quiet thrill held like a secret in my pen. As to whether they noticed me, I cannot say,but I stood there like a sunflower, my face awed and tracking, a shiver rising up my spine.- Moudi Sbeity 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…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Potiker

Topics covered

• guided meditation
• mindfulness
• self-compassion
• poetry
• mental health

Keywords

• guided meditation
• mindfulness
• Moudi Sbeity
• Hawk and Crow Surf the Wind
• self-compassion
• 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: Hawk and Crow Surf the Wind

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