Quiet your mind as you listen to this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Garden Dreams".

"Garden Dreams", by Julie Potiker

Jasmine, roses - lavender flowers dot the rosemary hedge.

I’m in a clapboard house, sleeping over with other women, some sort of retreat.

Roni is there too.

Grasping at images

Fragments of feelings

Snippets of conversations

Trying to hold onto the story-line

as it disappears in a wisp of vapor as I open my eyes,

3 minutes before my alarm bell.

I think it was a good dream.

I think so … yes, a good dream, as I uncurl my body under the comforter,

still hugging the warm soft fabric up over my shoulders.

I was researching little pansy flowers called Johnny Jump Up

before falling back to sleep in the early morning light.

That flower is the star of a poem by Jill Hall

that I plan to share with my meditation group

I got so into researching them that I imagined planting them in lush beds under some of my old growth trees - bright lemon yellow and violet faces

smiling in the partial sun.

Maybe I should always read about flowers before closing my eyes

and slipping into sleep, it makes for garden dreams!

"Garden Dreams", by Julie Potiker

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

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