Ep 932. Floatie Friend: a meditation and relaxing story for children
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 3:40
Floatie Friend Excerpt:
Daichiki Dolphin drifted near the surface of the water, watching the light dance beneath him. The sunshine made beautiful patterns that twinkled on the sandy bottom. Feeling energetic, the little dolphin twirled in a circle and then did a flip, leaping out of the water. When he came back down with a splash, Daichiki looked around to see if anyone saw his neat trick.
Nope. No one seemed to be watching. Daichiki peered over to where his dolphin pod liked to rest. Sure enough, most of his friends were relaxing. Some were floating peacefully with their eyes half-closed, while others were slowly paddling in sleepy circles.
Today’s Meditation: Imagine floating on a cloud, and relax into the feeling of lightness.
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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. |
| 0:53.4 | Hello, A-Way Islanders. We're so glad you're here. Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. Are the lights in your room dim or off? Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? Before we begin our story, |
| 1:15.6 | let's relax by taking a nice, deep, dragon breath. Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, |
| 1:24.6 | and then out through your mouth, imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:31.1 | Ready? |
| 1:32.4 | Deep breath, in and out. |
| 1:40.2 | Good job. |
| 1:45.0 | Today, we're going to relax our entire bodies. |
| 1:50.8 | First, wiggle all your toes, and then squeeze your toes together tight. |
| 1:59.9 | Now relax them. |
| 2:04.6 | Then lift your leg up just a little |
| 2:10.6 | and let it float back down. |
| 2:14.6 | Now lift your other leg just a little and let it float back down. |
| 2:22.2 | Let's take another deep dragon breath in and out. |
| 2:31.9 | Next, squeeze both your hands into tight fists, and then release them. |
| 2:45.6 | As you relax your hands, reach your arms around your chest, and give yourself a big hug and release. |
| 3:00.6 | Now make a very grumpy face. |
| 3:03.6 | Squeeze your eyes shut, squinch up your mouth, and hold the grumpy face. |
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