Peaceful Visualization Guided Meditation

Breathe in to this peaceful visualization meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, "Morning Time in July".<br />Morning Time In July, by Julie Potiker<br />It must be a backhoe.And maybe a dump truck backing upBeep beep beep<br />I’m folded into my sit spotMy favorite cushioned cane chairUnder the eaves<br />Faded green and yellow scraps with brown spots are scattered on the multi-hued gravel at my feetThe leaves let go of the carob tree and land with a thwack<br />Coffee in one of my mom’s tall lavender mugsNew poetry bookAnd peach from our treeRest on the cream cement side table<br />My favorite post-it tabs lift their orange, yellow and blue squares in a helloready to be plucked and smoothed on lovingly selected pages of poetry<br />A lizard doing push-ups in the dappled lightBees kissing the wild white rose bushespetals making bright thumb prints in the rich brown earth<br />The Spotted Towhee breaks through the airwaves with his trillUnder or over his sound there is a chorus fromHouse FinchHouse SparrowNorthern MockingbirdAmerican CrowWrentitHummingbirdThe low cooing of Morning Doves<br />A Red Tailed Hawk might be having a behavior problem - screaming in circles against the clear blue sky, a scoop of moon stuck straight up like a pale white upside down smile<br />Now my dogs are barkingHearing the men at the construction site behind our Garden of Eden<br />Cacophony of noise and dazzling colorSo much lifeSuch gratitude<br />Morning Time In July, by Julie Potiker<br />Find out more about using mindfulness in everyday life through Julie's books, "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". Both are available on Amazon.com.Follow Julie on YouTube and Facebook at Mindful Methods for Life.com<br />This podcast is available on iTunes, iHeart, Blubrry and everywhere you listen to podcasts.<br />