Quiet Meditation - Sleep Version

Quiet Meditation - Sleep Version

From Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker by Julie Potiker

June 10, 2026 · 23 min

About this episode

Julie Potiker leads a quiet meditation focused on breath and self-reflection, concluding with a poem by Barbara Crooker.

Join Julie Potiker for this quiet meditation. Using your breath as an achor - focus on the message you feel you need right now. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Promise", by Barbara Crooker. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep.PROMISEThis day is an open roadstretching out before you. Roll down the windows.Step into your life, as if it were a fast car.Even in industrial parks,trees are covered with white blossoms,festive as brides, and the air is softas a well-washed shirt on your arms. The grass has turned implausibly green.Tomorrow, the world will begin again,another fresh start. The blue sky stretches,shakes out its tent of light. Even dandelions glitterin the lawn, a handful of golden change.-Barbara Crooker 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…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Potiker

Topics covered

  • meditation
  • mindfulness
  • sleep
  • poetry
  • self-compassion

Keywords

  • meditation
  • sleep
  • mindfulness
  • poetry
  • self-compassion
  • Julie Potiker
  • Barbara Crooker

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Promise, 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

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