Julie Potiker leads you in this loving kindness meditation where you'll relax into moments of ease. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Let Me Begin Again," by Major Jackson.

Let Me Begin Again, by Major Jackson
Let me begin again as a quiet thoughtin the shape of a shell slowly examinedby a brown child on a beach at dawnstraining to see their future. Let me beginthis time knowing the drumming in my dreamsis me inheriting the earth, is morninglighting up the rivers. Let me burnmy vanities: old music in the pines, siftersof scotch, a day moon like a signatureof night. This time, let me circlethe island of my fears only once thenlive like a raging waterfall and growa magnificent mustache. Let me not ever bethe birdcage or the serrated blade orthe empty season. Dear Glacier, Dear Seaof Stars, Dear Leopards disintegratingat the outer limits of our greed; soon we willencounter you only in motivational tweets.Reader, I should have married you sooner.This time, let me not sleep like the prophet whobelieves he’s seen infinity. Let me runat break-neck speeds toward sceneriesof doubt. I have no more dress rehearsalsto attend. Look closer: I am licking my lips.

Let Me Begin Again, by Major Jackson

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