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Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker

by Julie Potiker

Individual guided meditations to help ease you through the stresses of everyday life and improve your health. Set to calming music these guided visualizations, mantra meditations, mindfulness meditations, and meditations that focus on breathing will help you find balance in a stressful world. Producer/Editor: Patty LanePatty Lane

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Episodes

  1. Compassion Meditation for October 7th - We Remember - Sleep Version

    Julie Potiker brings you a compassion meditation marking three years since the tremendous loss and heartbreak of October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led attacks on Israel. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. "We have been bent, but not broken, and we carry forward the light...

  2. Compassion Meditation for October 7th - We Remember

    Julie Potiker brings you a compassion meditation marking three years since the tremendous loss and heartbreak of October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led attacks on Israel."We have been bent, but not broken, and we carry forward the light of a people who generation after generation continue to remember…

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  3. Deep Relaxation Meditation - Sleep Version

    Settle into this deep relaxation meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a poem by Betzy Lynch. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep In the days leading to the New Year,I have been feeling the heat.How it lingered,how it dried the earth,how...

  4. Deep Relaxation Meditation

    Settle into this deep relaxation meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a poem by Betzy Lynch. In the days leading to the New Year,I have been feeling the heat.How it lingered,how it dried the earth,how after enough days of iteven my bones began to feel dry.I found...

  5. Easy Compassion - Sleep Version

    Julie Potiker guides you through this meditation focusing on compassion. She completes the meditation with the poem,"Wordless", by Julia Fehrenbacher, from her book, "This Too, Words to Walk You Home". This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. WordlessThe blank page keeps...

  6. Easy Compassion

    Julie Potiker guides you through this meditation focusing on compassion. She completes the meditation with the poem,"Wordless", by Julia Fehrenbacher, from her book, "This Too, Words to Walk You Home". WordlessThe blank page keeps calling to me,but when I arrive here with pen in hand,words do not...

  7. Breathing In What You Need - Sleep Version

    Use your breath to breathe in what you need right now as Julie Potiker leads you in this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Perseid Star Party, Julian, California".This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Perseid Star Party, Julian,...

  8. Breathing In What You Need

    Use your breath to breathe in what you need right now as Julie Potiker leads you in this guided meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Perseid Star Party, Julian, California".Perseid Star Party, Julian, California.Am I in your way?No, it’s straight up in the sky, she said.But my...

  9. Quieting the Mind Meditation - Sleep Version

    Quiet your mind and find inner peace through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "What the Heart Says", by James Crews. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. What the Heart Says The mind may leap five steps...

  10. Quieting the Mind Meditation

    Quiet your mind and find inner peace through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "What the Heart Says", by James Crews. What the Heart Says The mind may leap five steps ahead,devices pinging with new messages,alerts, alarms. But the heart...

  11. Loving Kindness Guided Meditation - Sleep Version

    Place your focus on kindness - for yourself and others - through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Peace", by James Crews. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. The PeachBy James CrewsIt is almost enough…

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  12. Loving Kindness Guided Meditation

    Place your focus on kindness - for yourself and others - through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Peace", by James Crews. The PeachBy James CrewsIt is almost enough, even betterthan biting into it—holdingthis ripe peach to your noseand...

  13. Compassionate Breath Meditation - Sleep Version

    Feel grounded through this compassionate breath meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Hope Watches", by James Crews. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Hope WatchesHope watches from the windowlike a small child waitingfor his...

  14. Compassionate Breath Meditation

    Feel grounded through this compassionate breath meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Hope Watches", by James Crews. Hope WatchesHope watches from the windowlike a small child waitingfor his parents to come home.His eyes are the lightshope keeps burninglong...

  15. Returning Again To Present Moment -Sleep Version

    Join Julie Potiker as she leads this open awareness meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Before Dawn". This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Before Dawn, by Julie Potiker.Even with fences, even with locks, I’m not always safe from the thoughts in…

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  16. Returning Again To Present Moment - Meditation

    Join Julie Potiker as she leads this open awareness meditation. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Before Dawn". Before Dawn, by Julie Potiker.Even with fences, even with locks, I’m not always safe from the thoughts in my head. The second sleep—that strange, lucid hour before dawn—can…

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  17. Quiet Meditation - Sleep Version

    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...

  18. Quiet Meditation

    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.PROMISEThis day is an open roadstretching out before you. Roll down the windows.Step into your...

  19. Just What You Need Guided Meditation - Sleep Version

    Julie Potiker leads you through this self compassion meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Endless Waltz", by James Crews. This version ends in music allowing you to drift off into sleep. This Endless Waltz, by James Crews In this endless waltz of give and taketrust and...

  20. Just What You Need - Guided Meditation

    Julie Potiker leads you through this self compassion meditation. She completes the meditation with the poem, "The Endless Waltz", by James Crews. This Endless Waltz, by James Crews In this endless waltz of give and taketrust and receivetoday, I am the one who must open his armshold the door for...

  21. Mostly Quiet Guided Meditation - Sleep Version

    Breathe in peace and tranquility through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "All the Ways to Name a Dragonfly", by Ellen Rowland.This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. All the Ways to Name a DragonflyWhat if your...

  22. Mostly Quiet Guided Meditation

    Breathe in peace and tranquility through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "All the Ways to Name a Dragonfly", by Ellen Rowland.All the Ways to Name a DragonflyWhat if your first thought upon wakingwas not of all you have to do, or how sadand...

  23. One for Me, One for You - Can You Imagine?

    Breathe in what you need right now, and then breathe out what you want to send to others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Can You Imagine", by Mary Oliver. Can You Imagine?Mary OliverFor example, what the trees donot only in…

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  24. One for Me, One for You - Can You Imagine? (Sleep Version)

    Breathe in what you need right now, and then breathe out what you want to send to others through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Can You Imagine", by Mary Oliver. Can You Imagine?Mary OliverFor example, what the trees donot only in…

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  25. Compassion In and Out Meditation - Sleep Version

    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. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. I Pray to the Birds, by Terry Tempest Williams I pray to the birds.I pray to...

  26. Compassion In and Out Meditation

    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…

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  27. One for Me, One for You, Guided Meditation - Sleep Version

    Join Julie Potiker as she leads this gentle meditation practice focusing on what you need right now. Is it love, energy, calm, peace? She completes the meditation with two poems, "Spring", by Ellen Rowland, and "Bring Me The Sun", by Julie Potiker. This version ends with music allowing you to…

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  28. One for Me, One for You, Guided Meditation

    Join Julie Potiker as she leads this gentle meditation practice focusing on what you need right now. Is it love, energy, calm, peace? She completes the meditation with two poems, "Spring", by Ellen Rowland, and "Bring Me The Sun", by Julie Potiker. Spring, by Ellen Rowland -after James PearsonHow...

  29. Just What Is Needed - Guided Meditation - Sleep Version

    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. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Hawk and Crow Surf the Wind, by Moudi...

  30. Just What Is Needed - Guided Meditation

    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....

  31. Calm Lake Meditation - Sleep Version

    Visualize a calm lake, a reflective, peaceful body of water, to help you relax into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with an untitled poem from Mark Nepo's book of poems (in progress), "Tales of the Ferryman". From Mark Nepo's, Tales of the Ferryman.A…

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  32. Calm Lake Meditation

    Visualize a calm lake, a reflective, peaceful body of water, to help you relax into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with an untitled poem from Mark Nepo's book of poems (in progress), "Tales of the Ferryman". This is from Mark Nepo's book of poems in...

  33. Breathing In For Yourself - Out For Others - Sleep Version

    Using your breath, breathe in what you need for yourself - and then breathe out what you want to send to others. Julie Potiker completes her meditation with the poem, "Drifting Ochre", by Sam Aureli. This meditation ends with music to allow you to drift off into sleep. Drifting Ochre, by Sam...

  34. Breathing In For Yourself - Out For Others

    Using your breath, breathe in what you need for yourself - and then breathe out what you want to send to others. Julie Potiker completes her meditation with the poem, "Drifting Ochre", by Sam Aureli.Drifting Ochre, by Sam AureliA single leaf of yellow ochrefloats along the water's gentle…

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  35. Sitting In Stillness

    Find yourself in stillness as you listen to this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Invitation", by Mary Oliver. Invitation, by Mary OliverOh do you have timeto lingerfor just a little whileout of your busyand very important dayfor the...

  36. Sitting In Stillness -Sleep Version

    Find yourself in stillness as you listen to this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Invitation", by Mary Oliver.This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep.Invitation, by Mary OliverOh do you have timeto lingerfor just a…

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  37. Breathing Goodness In, Goodness Out - Sleep Version

    This meditation focuses on using your breath to breathe in loving kindness for yourself and out for others. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "Reciprocity - When redpolls arrive in Minnesota," by Holly Lamond. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep....

  38. Breathing Goodness In, Goodness Out

    This meditation focuses on using your breath to breathe in loving kindness for yourself and out for others. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, "Reciprocity - When redpolls arrive in Minnesota," by Holly Lamond. Reciprocity- when redpolls arrive in Minnesota, by Holly Lamond -...

  39. Loving Kindness - Small Kindness - Sleep Version

    Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation focusing on loving kindness. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Small Kindness", by Denusha Lameris.This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep Small Kindness, by Denusha Lameris I’ve been thinking about the…

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  40. Loving Kindness - Small Kindness

    Julie Potiker leads you through this guided meditation focusing on loving kindness. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Small Kindness", by Denusha Lameris. Small Kindness, by Denusha Lameris I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in their legsto...

  41. Ocean Guided Meditation - Sleep Version

    Visualize the waves of the ocean to anchor you in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "It is Born", by Mary Heebner. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. It is Born, by Mary HeebnerHere I came to the very edgewhere...

  42. Ocean Guided Meditation

    Visualize the waves of the ocean to anchor you in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with the poem, "It is Born", by Mary Heebner.It is Born, by Mary HeebnerHere I came to the very edgewhere nothing at all needs saying,everything is absorbed through weather...

  43. New Year Meditation - Sleep Version

    Set your intentions for the new year through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of two poems, "Don't Hesitate", by Mary Oliver and "This New Year", by James Crews.This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Don’t…

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  44. New Year Meditation

    Set your intentions for the new year through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of two poems, "Don't Hesitate", by Mary Oliver and "This New Year", by James Crews. Don’t Hesitate, by Mary OliverIf you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,don’t...

  45. Giving Yourself What You Need Meditation - Sleep Version

    Relax into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker as you breathe into what it is you need right now. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Joy", by Donna Asworth. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Joy, by Donna AsworthJoy does not arrive with a…

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  46. Giving Yourself What You Need Meditation

    Relax into this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker as you breathe into what it is you need right now. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Joy", by Donna Asworth.Joy, by Donna AsworthJoy does not arrive with a fanfareon a red carpet strewnwith the flowers of a perfect lifejoy sneaks...

  47. Chanukah 2025 Meditation - Sleep Version

    Breathe in goodness, strength, love, hope - whatever it is you need right now - and then send it out into the world. Julie Potiker completes her meditation with some words about Chanukah. This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep.As we come out of meditationand return to…

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  48. Chanukah 2025 Meditation

    Breathe in goodness, strength, love, hope - whatever it is you need right now - and then send it out into the world. Julie Potiker completes her meditation with some words about Chanukah.As we come out of meditationand return to the movement of the day,we remember that this is the week of…

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  49. Lots of Quiet Meditation - Sleep Version

    Settle in to peace and quiet through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She competes the meditation with the poem, "Why read poetry if it won't make you rich?", by Joy SullivanThis version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleep. Why read poetry if it won't make you…

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  50. Lots of Quiet Meditation

    Settle in to peace and quiet through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She competes the meditation with the poem, "Why read poetry if it won't make you rich?", by Joy Sullivan Why read poetry if it won't make you rich?For starters, your soul will get bigger.Your love, more terrible and...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Individual guided meditations to help ease you through the stresses of everyday life and improve your health. Set to calming music these guided visualizations, mantra meditations, mindfulness meditations, and meditations that focus on breathing will help you find balance in a stressful world. Producer/Editor: Patty LanePatty Lane

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