Julie Potiker guides you through this breathing meditation focusing on compassion. She completes the meditation with the poem,"Guru in Disguise", by Julia Fehrenbacher.

"Guru in Disguise", by Julia Fehrenbacher

There is something about the way

morning light resets an old, mossy oak

that quiets the loud in me, invites

me to set everything down.

As I step closer, I see

that she has wrinkled and grayed with age,

as weathered seasons, storms-indifference.

Still, she stands.

She is a resting place for gentle,

winged ones, a playground for frolicking gray

squirrel. A sharer of secrets to anyone who takes time to

listen. She is shelter for those who are worn.

Someday, she will be gone

will have turned into something else.

For now, though, she is here

sharing secrets, catching sunshine, inviting us

to turn toward the light

and listen.

-"Guru in Disguise", by Julia Fehrenbacher, from "Staying in Love".

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