Guided meditations for mindfulness, with Arnold & Porter partner Brian Israel. These short 15-minute meditations are designed help colleagues, and their friends and families, find a moment of peace and tranquility during these challenging times. To join the daily meditation live, please contact Brian at brian.israel@arnoldporter.com.
Episodes
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Poetry Friday Featuring Mary Oliver
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Poet Mary Oliver wrote soul-searching lines of trauma and grace, as well as accessible verses celebrating nature, beauty, life and joy.
Today we'll read from her poem "The Journey."
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
The Healing Power of Gratitude
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
In these uncertain and challenging times, we all need to find ways to heal. Of course, healing does not mean that pain doesn't exist. It means that the pain no longer controls you. Through gratitude, we can improve our resilience, our optimism, and our ability to cope with pain and uncertainty.
Today's meditation will focus on the healing power of gratitude.
Friday May 17, 2024
Poetry Friday - A.A. Milne
Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
Today's poem comes from A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh.
Thursday May 16, 2024
A Focus on Lovingkindness
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
In celebration of "Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day", today's meditation will focus on Lovingkindness.
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Awakening and Expanding Joy
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
It doesn't always feel this way, but joy is a state of being we can choose. What's more, joy is infinite and always within us.
Today's podcast will focus on expanding joy.
Friday May 10, 2024
Well-Being Week In Law: Emotional Well-Being
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
As part of Well-Being in Law Week, today’s meditation will focus on emotional well-being. We'll practice letting go of the things we don't want and expanding the things we do want.
Friday May 10, 2024
Well-Being in Law Week: Social Well-Being
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
As part of Well-Being in Law Week, today’s meditation will focus on social well-being. Healthy relationships can profoundly impact our mental health and overall wellness. Research shows that we live longer, heal faster, have less stress and more joy.
So today, let's expand our social well-being by focusing on deepening our relationships and connections with others.
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Well-Being Week in Law: Professional Well-Being
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Meditation can help us achieve professional well-being by allowing us to focus on true and lasting success.
As part of Well-Being in Law Week, today’s meditation will focus on Professional Well-Being.
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Well-Being Week in Law: Spiritual Well-Being
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Meditation can help us calm our mind and provide the fertile soil where answers we seek can come more easily.
Today's meditation will focus on spiritual well-being.
Monday May 06, 2024
Well-Being Week in Law: Slowing Down and Releasing Stress
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
Research shows that meditation can help reduce the body's production of cortisol, which is our body's stress hormone.
As a part of Well-Being Week, today's meditation will focus on slowing down and releasing stress.
Friday May 03, 2024
Poetry Friday: William Wordsworth - "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
William Wordsworth's poetry captures the healing powers and beauty of the natural world. It provides respite from the business of our daily lives.
Today we'll listen to his poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
A Focus on Simple Meditation
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
The most productive thing you can do is to do nothing.
Today's podcast will focus on being still.
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Enjoying the Poetry of Wendell Berry
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Today's meditation will focus on the poetry of Wendell Berry and healing power of nature.
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Spring (Soul) Cleaning
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Today's podcast will focus on a spring cleaning of the soul.
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Poetry from Khalil Gibran
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Today's podcast features poetry from Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer and poet. Gibran is most famous for a book of poems called "The Prophet", first published in English in 1923.
Remember poetry, like meditation, can be experienced in any way you experience it.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
The Gift of Compassionate Breathing
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Often the greatest gift we can give ourselves is the gift of stillness.
Today's podcast will focus on compassionate breathing.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
A Focus on Being Playful
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
George Bernard Shaw once said "We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.”
Today's podcast will focus on being playful.
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Poetry Friday: Blessings from David Steindl-Rast
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Today's Poetry Friday will focus on words from David Steindl-Rast. While you're listening, become aware of a growing feeling of gratitude.
Friday Apr 05, 2024
The Wonder of Spring
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
While it's true that every season contains infinite possibilities, spring seems to be nature's reminder of all that is possible. Perhaps this is because spring is when we can easily observe the life bursting forth in everything.
Today we'll share a few poems about spring.
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Becoming Like Water
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Bruce Lee once said "Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
Today we'll focus on becoming like water.
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Welcoming the Healing Power of Love
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Love is the key ingredient to healing. When we feel the power of love, we connect to our deeper spiritual self.
Today's meditation will focus on the healing power of love.
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Reclaiming the Beginners’ Mind
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
A beginners' mind is a mind full of curiosity and wonder, free of preconceptions and expectations.
Today's podcast will focus on reclaiming the beginners' mind.
Monday Apr 01, 2024
A Focus on Simplicity and Stillness
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Thích Nhất Hạnh once said "if we are not calm, we cannot listen and understand."
Today's meditation will focus on finding stillness.
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Poetry Friday - Classic Poems from the United Kingdom
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
In solidarity with Catherine, Princess of Whales, we'll enjoy some classic poetry from the United Kingdom.
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Enjoying a Relaxed Moment
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is to just relax.
Today's podcast will focus on meditating to achieve complete relaxation.
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Poetry Friday - William Edgar Stafford
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
William Edgar Stafford was a poet from Hutchinson, Kansas. Some of his most poignant poems are about the simple beauty of nature and appreciating the moment.
Today we'll reflect on his poem "Ask Me".
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Prayer Through Gratitude
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
It's been said that what we focus on expands and grows. Thus when we focus on the goodness in our lives, we actually create more of it.
Today's podcast will focus on prayer through gratitude.
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Breathing in Peace
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
You are completing deserving of peace, now and always. From time to time, your mind may begin to wander to a memory of fear. That's part of being human.
Today's meditation will focus on welcoming peace with our breath.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
The Joy Within
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Joy is a state of being you can choose. Joy is infinite and part of who we really are. Sometimes we simply need to reawaken the joy that exists naturally within us.
Today's meditation will focus on the joy within.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a mindfulness training program created by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979. It is supported by a wide body of research showing that is effective in treating stress, chronic pain, anxiety, and even depression. One component of the program is called the body scan, in which we bring awareness to various parts of our body.
Today's podcast will focus on the body scan component.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Choosing to Welcome Inner Peace
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Welcoming inner peace begins with choice. Our emotions are our emotions. In the words of the American nun Pema Chödrön "Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions."
Today's meditation will focus on welcoming inner peace.
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Choosing Mindfulness and Expanding Awareness
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Mindfulness is simply expanding your awareness of your own actions, thoughts and feelings. It is the practice of non-judgmental serving. It allows us to liberate ourselves from the extremes of thinking too much and thinking too little.
Today's podcast will focus on choosing mindfulness.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
To Choose Happiness
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Especially in times of uncertainty or difficulty, it's important to remember that we all deserve happiness. True happiness is not dependent on what is happening around us, but is within us and always available.
Today's podcast will focus on choosing happiness.
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
A Focus on Conscious Breathing
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thich Nhat Hanh once said "Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."
Today's podcast will focus on conscious breathing.
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
The Infinite Healing Power of Pure Love
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
When love is the foundation of your life, there are no limits or problems that cannot be solve. Today's meditation will focus on the healing power of love.