It's time to rest now rebels to let your mind wander into the night sky where the stars are twinkling in the glow of the moon.

This episode is super sleepy bonus content to help you relax, reflect, and wind down from the day.

And you'll hear about some pretty incredible women along the way.

Enjoy the story, rebels.

And dream on. It is time to rest again, rebels, to snuggle up, slow down and let go of all the thoughts and questions left over from your day.

Take a deep breath in.

and release.

Ah.

Now. Now imagine that your feet are like the roots of a tree. They are strong and

sturdy pulling water and nutrients from the soft earth up into your

legs.

Then your belly and chest rise up as the long graceful trunk and out of that your arms stretch like

branches up up up into your bright canopy of leaves in the sky.

You are so tall, you can't even wear a puffy cloud as a hat or share secrets with the stars.

Tonight we are going to hear the story of a brave rebel named Julia Butterfly Hill.

Julia is my favorite human on this planet.

She lived in my branches for two whole years

and held on to me during some of the scariest storms of my life.

Ah, did I mention that I am a tree?

The name is Sequoia Sempervirens, but you can call me Luna for short.

I am what you might call an old-growth redwood, because I have been standing in this forest in Northern California

for over a thousand years. But I would not be here to tell this story if not for Julia and her incredible courage.

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