837. Ferry Time: a relaxing short story and meditation
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 4:09
Ferry Time Excerpt:
The morning sun peeked through the curtains, painting bright stripes across C.J. Riva’s room. A single ray landed right on C.J.’s nose, tickling the child awake. C.J. smiled with a wide grin. Today was the day! Today, C.J. and their dad were going on a ferry adventure to see Nonna and Mimi!
C.J.’s grandparents lived in a house by the sea on one of the outlying islands. C.J. was excited to visit– excited for snuggles with Mimi in the hammock outside as they read together, and excited for Nonna’s warm hugs. Nonna was always ready with a steaming cup of hot cocoa and one of her soft, knitted blankets if the sea air ever got a little too chilly.
Today’s Meditation: Imagine you are a twinkling star, receiving and sending energy through the universe in today's meditation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Away Islanders. If you want more Away Islander, |
| 0:18.0 | Islanders. If you want more Away Island content, check out our Patreon memberships at Patreon.com forward slash away island. |
| 0:23.2 | You can get access to the whole away island library, |
| 0:27.9 | add free episodes, and much more. |
| 0:31.6 | That's P-A-T-R-E-O-N-D-C-O-E-N-T-O-E-N-T-O-E-T-O-E-T-O-N-T-O-T-O-T-T-O-N-T-O-T-O-T-O-N-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-O-O-O-O-O-T-O-O-O-O-O-O- And now it's time for a relaxing meditation and a new story. Hello, Awe Islanders. We're so glad you're here. |
| 1:06.8 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Away Island. |
| 1:14.8 | Are the lights in your room, dim or off? |
| 1:20.8 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:25.0 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice deep dragon breath. |
| 1:37.1 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, |
| 1:41.8 | and then out through your mouth imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:51.6 | Ready, deep breath, in and out. Now imagine you are a bright shimmering star in the night sky. |
| 2:12.0 | The universe surrounds you with loving energy that circles all around |
| 2:20.4 | your body. |
| 2:22.1 | Feel the warmth of that. around your body. |
| 2:27.0 | Feel the warmth of that energy in your feet, moving up through your legs, chest and back, |
| 2:49.0 | and then out through your arms, hands, neck and head. The energy flows within you and you feel strong and safe and loved. Take another deep dragon breath in and out. As you twinkle in the darkness your whole body shares your loving light with the universe. |
| 3:17.0 | You send your energy outward to the other stars in the sky. |
| 3:27.9 | They send their light back to you, strengthening you. |
| 3:30.6 | Together you light up the universe. |
| 3:35.0 | As you radiate energy and light, let's take one last deep dragon breath. |
| 3:44.7 | In and out. |
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