799. Soft and Loud: a calming story and meditation for bedtime
Be Calm on Ahway Island | Bedtime Stories & Meditations for Kids
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 3:18
Soft and Loud Excerpt:
It was a bright weekend morning on Ahway Island. Sunlight streamed through the leaves on the trees as a trio of sparrows flitted through the neighborhood. In the cheerful Olsen-Mueller house, Clara Clarinet was resting quietly in her cozy case that sat on the bookshelf in Lisa’s room. Clara had been given to Lisa on Lisa’s last birthday, and Clara loved when Lisa made music with her.
The house had been silent for quite some time, and the peacefulness had lulled Clara to sleep. From her slumber, Clara heard footsteps and noises in the other room, and she instantly popped awake. A pair of familiar footsteps that Clara recognized became louder, and Clara knew that Lisa was nearby!
Today’s Meditation: Love flows through you in this meditation as you imagine a baby fawn and mama deer.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Ahway Island friends. Did you know that our Patreon membership includes access to the whole |
| 0:15.9 | Away Island library? Plus you'll get exclusive extra episodes and the opportunity to suggest new stories. |
| 0:25.8 | Visit Patreon.com forward slash Aw Way Island to become a member. |
| 0:33.4 | That's P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com |
| 0:38.2 | forward slash A-way Island. |
| 0:41.6 | And now let's relax. Hello Away Islanders. Are you ready to be calm on Away Island? |
| 1:04.0 | Before we begin, let's see if you have everything you want for our story today. |
| 1:10.0 | Are the lights in your room dim or off? |
| 1:14.0 | Do you have your favorite listening buddy or blanket? |
| 1:18.0 | Great job everyone. |
| 1:21.0 | Before today's story, let's relax. |
| 1:25.0 | We'll start by taking a deep dragon breath together. |
| 1:29.0 | You'll breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:34.8 | pretending you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:37.8 | Ready? |
| 1:38.8 | Deep breath. |
| 1:40.8 | In and out. |
| 1:43.0 | out. |
| 1:44.0 | As you breathe, |
| 1:48.0 | as you breathe out |
| 1:51.0 | as you breathe out, feel your legs, back, and belly soften. |
| 1:57.0 | And think of a mama deer, gently nudging her baby up onto its feet, encouraging the fawn to stand on its own. |
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