823. Drifting Dandelion: a story and guided meditation for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 3:50
Drifting Dandelion Excerpt:
It was a cool, sunny morning in the Ahway Island forest. The calm creek trickled water downstream. Birds chirped playfully, coasting from tree to tree, and the sun shined brightly. A gentle breeze carried the aroma of local wildflowers. In the thick, green grass, a bed of once bright yellow dandelions had transformed into a blanket of white, fuzzy seeds clustered together around each flowerhead in the shape of snowballs. Among the hundreds of seeds was Fionn, who was just now seeing the beauty of the forest for the first time.
As Fionn opened his eyes, he gasped as he took in the beauty of the world he had only heard until now. The sapphire sky contrasted brilliantly against the verdant canopy of the forest made Fionn sigh in awe.
Today’s Meditation: Feel calm and relaxed as you imagine a baby elephant and its mama.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Away Islanders. Did you know that our past episodes are available on Patreon? That's right. Our |
| 0:18.6 | Patreon membership includes access to hundreds of past episodes, opportunities to suggest story ideas, and more. |
| 0:28.8 | Visit Patreon.com forward slash Aw island that's p a t r e o n dot com forward slash a way island slash Away Islanders. Are you ready to be calm on Away Island? |
| 1:03.6 | Before we begin, let's see if you have everything you want for our story today. |
| 1:10.2 | Are the lights in your room dim or off? Do you have your favorite listening buddy or blanket? |
| 1:18.4 | Great job everyone. Let's relax by taking a deep dragon breath together. |
| 1:25.0 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:31.0 | pretending you are breathing fire, like a dragon. Are you ready? |
| 1:36.8 | Deep breath, in and out. As you breathe out, feel your legs back and belly relax. |
| 1:56.5 | Now picture a baby elephant, hugged tight by its mother's trunk. You feel connected and loved, just like the baby elephant. |
| 2:10.9 | As you imagine the elephant, let's take another deep dragon breath. |
| 2:17.0 | Here we go. Deep breath in and out. |
| 2:23.0 | As your chest, arms, |
| 2:33.0 | shoulders relax, |
| 2:35.0 | imagine that you are the baby elephant, |
| 2:40.0 | held tightly in your mama's elephant's trunk. |
| 2:44.5 | You feel safe and loved. |
| 2:49.8 | Now let's take one more, |
| 2:52.2 | deep dragon breath together. |
| 2:55.0 | Remember to breathe in through your nose, |
| 2:57.2 | filling up your lungs, and breathe out through your mouth, |
| 3:01.6 | pretending you are breathing fire. |
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