The Library Beneath the Lake

Big Zzz: Sleep Stories for Grown Ups

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this enchanting episode of Big Zzz: Sleep Stories for Grown-Ups, you’ll journey into the still waters of a hidden world—a mysterious library beneath a quiet lake. Guided by soft narration and rich sensory detail, this sleep story invites you into an ancient, forgotten place filled with floating books, glowing lanterns, and secrets stored beneath the surface.

As you descend through gentle currents into this submerged sanctuary, you’ll wander past endless shelves of stories waiting to be read, and feel your thoughts slow with each peaceful step. Perfect for bedtime relaxation, guided sleep meditation, and letting your imagination drift.

Designed to help you fall asleep fast, reduce nighttime anxiety, and enter a dreamlike state, this immersive fantasy story blends mindful storytelling with deep sleep support.

✅ Ideal for:

Overthinkers and night owls
Listeners seeking a calm bedtime escape
Fans of magical realism and cozy fantasy
Guided meditation through narrative
Subconscious relaxation and dream readiness

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0:00.0	Welcome to Big Z's, sleep stories for grownups.
0:10.9	I'm Zoe, and tonight we'll take a quiet journey far beneath the surface of the waking world.
0:20.3	To a hidden place that exists only when your body
0:24.3	is still and your thoughts begin to drift.
0:30.9	It's called the library beneath the lake, a peaceful underwater archive where your dreams are carefully kept and slowly read back to you.
0:43.3	But first, let's relax your mind with the body melt technique, a slow release, starting from your head all the way down to your toes.
1:01.0	Close your eyes. Let your forehead soften. Feel the muscles in your face melt like warm wax let your shoulders drop and imagine all
1:19.2	tension dripping away from your arms hands and fingers.
2:08.0	Feel your chest gently rise and fall. Your back relaxing into the surface beneath you're back relaxing into the surface beneath you. Now your legs Heavy
2:11.5	Warm
2:14.8	Still Your feet warm, still.
2:19.3	Your feet, soft,
2:24.3	calm, floating.
2:29.3	You're ready to descend.
2:32.3	The water is calm tonight.
2:36.0	The library is waiting.
2:41.0	You're standing at the edge of a still lake.
2:46.0	There is no wind.
2:50.0	No sound. But your breath and the face There is no wind, no sound,
2:53.6	but your breath and the faint lapping of water against stone.
3:01.6	A narrow wooden dock leads you out over the surface.
3:16.3	With each step, the world around you grows quieter, as if time is holding its breath. At the end of the dock is a small boat.
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