Ep 906. Bubbles and Splashes: A bedtime story and guided meditation for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 3:41
Morning Mystery Excerpt:
The curious dragon peered out from their cozy cave, watching the sun paint the sky with orange and pink as it dipped toward the horizon. The wind rustled the leaves of the trees in the forest, and Dragon could hear the faint hum from the sparkling train fading into the distance. The sun would be settling down for the evening soon, and Dragon wanted to do some exploring before nighttime. So, Dragon stepped outside the cave, stretched their wings wide, then leapt into the air.
Dragon caught the wind and soared over the forest treetops. Below, the train tracks gleamed in the fading light, winding through the forest and out toward all the areas of Ahway Island. Dragon considered where they should go for this evening’s trip, remembering the beach, and the arctic area, and the mountaintop. A smile spread across Dragon’s face as they decided to make a visit to the animal sanctuary.
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 | Hello, Awey Islanders. Did you know that our past episodes are available on Patreon? |
| 0:16.9 | That's right. Our Patreon membership includes access to hundreds of past episodes, |
| 0:23.9 | opportunities to suggest story ideas, and more. |
| 0:28.9 | Visit patreon.com forward slash Awey Island. |
| 0:34.1 | That's P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com forward slash A-Way Island. |
| 0:58.4 | Hello Awe Islanders. We're so glad you're here. |
| 1:01.4 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. |
| 1:06.6 | Are the lights in your room dim or off? |
| 1:10.4 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:14.6 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice, deep dragon breath. |
| 1:22.9 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, imagining you |
| 1:29.3 | are breathing fire like a dragon. Ready? Deep breath, in and out. |
| 1:41.8 | Good job. |
| 1:45.0 | Today, we're going to relax our entire bodies. |
| 1:52.0 | First, wiggle all your toes and then squeeze your toes together tight. |
| 2:03.2 | Now relax them. |
| 2:14.2 | Then lift your leg up just a little and let it float back down. |
| 2:24.7 | Now lift your other leg just a little and let it float back down. Let's take another deep dragon breath in and out. Next, squeeze both your hands into tight fists and then release them. |
| 2:47.2 | As you relax your hands, reach your arms around your chest, and give yourself a big hug and release. |
| 3:01.3 | Now make a very grumpy face. |
| 3:05.6 | Squeeze your eyes shut, squinch up your mouth, and hold the grumpy face. Now let it go. |
| 3:18.7 | Now your whole body is relaxed. So let's take one final deep dragon breath in and out. |
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