Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai, my read and write all the stories you hear on nothing much happens,

with audio engineering by Bob Wooder-Shine.

Before I was a full-time storyteller, I was a yoga and meditation teacher for about

20 years.

I like to sneak in little bits of mindfulness and philosophy into my stories.

You might have noticed if you make it past our two deep breaths.

Anyway, I use those skills to create simple guided meditation practices on my other podcast,

first this.

It's free and available wherever you listen.

If you'd like to start your days off with a bit more intention, join us at first this.

Now, let's get ready to sleep.

I'll read you a story.

It's a place to rest your mind, like an upturned leaf resting on the surface of a river.

Your mind will follow along with the moving current of my voice and our story.

And before you know it, you'll be eased into deep sleep.

I'll read the story twice and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

If you wake in the night, take yourself back into the story, either by listening again

or thinking back through any bit you can remember.

This interrupts your brain's tendency to cycle through thought and we'll put you right

back into sleep mode.

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