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Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf

where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book. I'm your host, Elizabeth. It's a pleasure to be with you tonight.

This evening we are returning to Villett,

but before that, take a moment here to relax and prepare for sleep.

Begin to breathe slowly and evenly. And as you breathe, feel yourself sink deeper into relaxation.

Whatever position you are in, I'm going to ask you to lift your right hand, and when I count to three, you will drop it back down again.

As you do so, you will become even more deeply relaxed.

So lifting your right hand now,

one, two, three, sinking deeper into relaxation.

Now the same with your right leg,

lifting it up and dropping it on one, two, three.

Now try your right leg, feeling the weight of it.

1. 2. 3.

And you're more deeply relaxed.

Now your left leg.

One, two, three, and drop it down, even more deeply relaxed.

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