Ep 929. Kindness Takes Root: a bedtime story and meditation for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 4:13
Kindness Takes Root Excerpt:
Babette loved springtime. She loved Summer, Autumn, and Winter, too – but Spring! Spring had a special magic to it. Birds sang cheery tunes, celebrating their return from a winter vacation. Colorful, fragrant flowers bloomed all around. Streams babbled and bubbled, full of rainwater from the spring showers. New green growth pushed up everywhere in the forest, reaching toward the warm sunshine. Everything felt fresh and alive.
Seeing the short, green sprouts poking up from the ground jogged Babette’s memory. She remembered the special morning months ago when she, Peanut squirrel, and Odin owl had planted a tiny chestnut seed in the open field by the creek. They had tucked it into the soft earth, gave it a drink of water, and whispered kind words, hoping it would grow big and strong.
Today’s Meditation: Imagine that you are a graceful willow tree in today's meditation.
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| 0:54.5 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:56.3 | And now, let's begin the relaxation. Hello, Awe Islanders. |
| 1:13.6 | We're so glad you're here. |
| 1:16.6 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. |
| 1:24.6 | Are the lights in your room dim or off? |
| 1:30.3 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:36.3 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a deep dragon breath. |
| 1:46.0 | Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:53.6 | imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:59.1 | Okay, deep breath in and out. Okay. Deep breath. In and out. |
| 2:09.2 | Good. Imagine you are a graceful willow tree, swaying in a gentle breeze. |
| 2:24.8 | Pretend your feet are the roots of the willow tree. Feel your roots stretch through the grass |
| 2:32.7 | and into the earth. |
| 2:35.0 | The warm soil hugs you as your roots reach deeper and deeper, |
| 2:43.0 | and you feel safe and secure in the earth's embrace. |
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