Episode 42

Birthday Meditation for New Beginnings

A birthday can feel joyful, tender, quiet, or full of reflection. This guided meditation offers a way to pause and meet your birthday with presence.

This meditation explores birth and rebirth as an ongoing experience in your life. Through breath, visualization, and reflection, you reconnect with the energy of your first breath, honor the beings who have supported you, and offer a fresh wish for yourself out to the universe, as if today were a new beginning.

This episode was recorded from a live Journey You Own Meditation Gathering, so you may notice natural pauses and gentle references to shared practice.

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Jyothi Robertson

Dr. Jyothi V. Robertson is a student of meditation practice for 40+ years and trauma-sensitive grounding practices formally for the past three years. She was raised by parents who practice meditation and lead spiritual teachings for members of their Indian community. She began pursuing her own formal exploration of spirituality as an anthropology major at Princeton University and conducted fieldwork for her thesis while living at an ashram (spiritual center) in India in 1996. As a veterinarian, she is interested in highlighting the spiritual connection between all living beings.

Jyothi has completed certifications in trauma-sensitive mindfulness, advanced trauma-sensitive meditation, deep listening, DEI, and since 2019, has been receiving training in Buddhist meditation practices and philosophy. As a student learning meditation, she is interested in exploring these practices with others in community.