853. Nectar Detectives: a relaxing short story and meditation
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 4:00
Nectar Detectives Excerpt:
On a lovely morning on Ahway Island, the sun shined down on the flowers that dotted the meadows and gardens. A soft breeze tickled their petals, shaking the dew from them. A little bumblebee was dozing on one such petal. Feeling this gentle swaying, Bert Bumblebee woke up, stretched his fuzzy legs, and yawned. With a happy hum, he took off for a flight. It was a beautiful day to go and gather some delicious nectar.
Bert buzzed cheerfully through the familiar patch of wildflowers. He dipped his round little body between their white petals and took a deep, refreshing drink of the sweet nectar. The pollen tickled his legs as he flitted from flower to flower.
Today’s Meditation: Relax as you imagine you are a baby penguin snuggled close to its papa.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Awe Islanders. Did you know that our past episodes are available on Patreon? |
| 0:16.8 | That's right. Our Patreon membership includes access to hundreds of past episodes, opportunities to suggest story ideas, and more. |
| 0:29.0 | Visit Patreon.com forward slash away island that's p at re on dot com forward slash away island slash Away Islanders. Are you ready to be calm on Ahway Island? |
| 0:57.0 | Are you ready to be calm on Ahway Island? |
| 1:02.0 | 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? |
| 1:16.0 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:21.0 | Great job, everyone. |
| 1:25.0 | Let's start by taking a nice deep dragon breath to relax. |
| 1:32.0 | This is all pretend and you are very safe. Here we go. |
| 1:40.0 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your belly, and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:47.2 | pretending you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:54.0 | Ready? deep breath. |
| 1:56.0 | In and out. As you breathe out, every inch of your body begins to relax. Good job. Now let's take another deep dragon breath. |
| 2:23.0 | Remember to breathe in through your nose |
| 2:26.0 | and breathe out through your mouth. |
| 2:30.0 | Okay, breathe deeply, in and out. |
| 2:35.0 | Good. Good as you relax even more. Think about a Papa Penguin gently tucking his baby up onto his feet to snuggle the baby penguin close to him. |
| 3:00.0 | You feel connected and loved just like the baby bird. |
| 3:09.7 | Are you ready to take one more deep dragon breath. Here we go. Deep breath in and out. Now close your eyes and enjoy feeling completely relaxed like the baby penguin. |
| 3:39.7 | Loving energy surrounds you and you are cherished. |
| 3:47.2 | Great job everyone. |
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