861. Garden Friends: a calming story and meditation for bedtime
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 4:21
Garden Friends Excerpt:
The morning sun peeked over the horizon, spreading warm, golden light across Ahway Island. Fionn the dandelion seed had been planted and was just now beginning to grow. As he stretched out of the ground, he felt the gentle embrace of the soil and the welcoming rays of the sun. Fionn looked around, curious to find out where he had ended up after his journey drifting through the sky.
The little dandelion found himself in a beautiful garden surrounded by colorful flowers, buzzing bees, and fluttering butterflies. The air was filled with the sweet fragrance of blooming blossoms, and the garden seemed to be brimming with life.
Today’s Meditation: Relax your whole body from head to toe in this meditation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Awe Islanders, Islanders, are you looking for a favorite episode? You'll find it on Patreon.com forward |
| 0:16.8 | slash away island that's p-a-t-r-r-O-N dot com forward slash Aw-Way Island. |
| 0:28.4 | Our Patreon members get access to our library of past episodes plus extra exclusive stories just for patrons. |
| 0:38.0 | And now let's relax. Relax. Hello, Ahway Islanders. We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:58.8 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Away Island. |
| 1:10.0 | Are the lights in your room dim or off. Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:19.3 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice deep dragon breath. |
| 1:31.9 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, |
| 1:36.0 | and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:39.0 | imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:45.0 | Ready, deep breath, in and out. Good job. |
| 2:00.0 | Today, we're going to. |
| 2:01.0 | Good job. |
| 2:08.0 | Today we're going to relax our entire bodies. |
| 2:20.4 | First, wiggle all your toes, and then squeeze your toes together, and relax them. Then lift your leg up just a little and let it float down. Now lift your other leg just a little and let it float down. Let it float down. |
| 3:10.0 | Let's take another deep dragon breath in and out. Next, squeeze both your hands into tight fists, and then release them. As you relax your hands, reach your arms around your chest and give yourself a big hug and release. Now make a very grumpy face. |
| 3:34.0 | Squee your eyes shut. |
| 3:37.0 | Squinch up your mouth |
| 3:39.0 | and hold that grumpy face and let it go. Now your whole body is relaxed. So let's take one final deep tucked in nice and cozy. |
| 4:15.0 | We're ready to begin our story. Let's be calm on Away Island. |
| 4:35.0 | Our story today is Garden Friends. |
| 4:40.0 | The morning sun peaked over the horizon, spreading warm golden light across Away Island. |
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