Ep 999. Playground Plans: a mindful bedtime story
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 4:09
Playground Plans Excerpt:
Today, Brent was going to meet his friend Billy at the park. They had agreed on meeting in the morning before the park got busy because it would be quieter.
Brent had been thinking about the playdate all night long. He thought about how they could play follow-the-leader again. He thought about climbing on the jungle gym. He thought about searching for bugs under rocks. But most of all, he thought about talking to Billy, because Billy always listened to Brent’s favorite facts about trains, bugs, and weather.
Today’s Meditation: Imagine that you are a graceful willow tree in today's meditation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Awee Islanders, are you looking for a favorite episode? |
| 0:13.6 | You'll find it on Patreon.com forward slash Awee Island. |
| 0:19.4 | That's P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com forward slash A-Way Island. |
| 0:28.0 | Our Patreon members get access to our library of past episodes, |
| 0:33.8 | plus extra exclusive stories just for patrons. |
| 0:38.1 | And now, let's relax. |
| 0:58.0 | Hello, Awe Islanders. We're so glad you're here. |
| 1:01.0 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. |
| 1:09.0 | Are the lights in your room, dim or off? |
| 1:15.6 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:21.7 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a deep dragon breath. Breathe in through your nose, filling up |
| 1:33.7 | your lungs, and then out through your mouth, imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:43.5 | Okay, deep breath, in and out. |
| 1:53.8 | Ah! |
| 1:58.3 | Good! |
| 2:08.6 | Imagine you are a graceful willow tree, swaying in a gentle breeze. Pretend your feet are the roots of the willow tree. |
| 2:13.6 | Feel your roots stretch through the grass and into the earth. |
| 2:19.3 | The warm soil hugs you as your roots reach deeper and deeper, |
| 2:27.3 | and you feel safe and secure in the earth's embrace. |
| 2:33.3 | Take a deep dragon breath. secure in the earth's embrace. |
| 2:35.0 | Take a deep dragon breath, in and out. |
| 2:46.0 | Think of your legs, tummy, and neck as the trunk of the willow tree. |
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