Find your breath, as you breathe in compassion through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Alive", by Zach Beach.

Alive

We are alive every day,

and alive for the moments we realize it.

When,

lost in thought,

an ancestor or a god or a peck of pollen

shakes us awake,

and an ocean of small beauties

demand our attention.

The flowers themselves moving like music;

The trees swaying instead of snapping;

the summer breeze cooling our skin,

dancing with our hair,

and ticking our nostrils

with scents of faraway lands.

The hummingbird,

making its 10,000-mile journey

with such tiny wings,

and you,

smack dab in the middle of this painting:

alive.

What a gift.

Alive, by Zach Beach.

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