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Sleep Meditation for Children THE HAPPY TURTLE Bedtime Sleep Story for Kids · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: H close your eyes and take a deep breath in
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  and then slowly and gently breathe out again. Deep breath in,
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  and slowly and gently breathe out. One final time, deep
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  breath in and slowly and gently breathe out. Just bring
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  your breathing back to its normal rhythm and relax. Let
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  your body sink into your bed, and just allow yourself
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  to just relax naturally. Take a few breaths and exhale
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  slowly as you feel your muscles relaxing and getting softer
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  as you sink deeper and deeper into your lovely soft bed. Now,
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  imagine yourself standing on a beautiful beach filled with golden sand,
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  and the sun is shining and there's not one single
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  cloud in the sky. The sky is an amazing blue color.
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  It's so wonderful. Then it looks like it's alive, so
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  alive that you'd almost reach out and touch it, Almost
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  so alive that you can feel the vibrations, just almost
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  feel them. And if you look closely enough, maybe you
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  can see the shimmering vibrations as they move slowly and
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  gently through the sky. You turn your attention to the
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  ocean and see the movement of the waves as they
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  gently come up to the shore. The sun shines so
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  brightly on the surface of the water that it looks
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  like it's glistening with starlight. And as you look at it,
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  you find yourself feeling so peaceful, so calm, and you
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  imagine what it would feel like to just float on
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  the water and let the waves gently take you to
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  wherever you need to be. It's then that you notice
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  something moving amongst the waves, and you see a little
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  head just bobbing up and down. You're not sure what
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  it is at first, but then you realize it's a turtle,
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  and the little turtle is swimming your way. Comes out
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  of the ocean and onto the sand, and he has
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  the most amazing smile on his tiny face. He looks
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  so happy that you find yourself smiling back at him.
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  Speaker 2: He comes up.
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  Speaker 1: Alongside of you, and he says aloud, and he tells
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  you that his name is Teddy. He is extremely cute,
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  and he looks ever so cudly, and he can stand
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  on his back legs, and he has little turtle flippers,
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  big brown twinkling eyes, a funny little nose, and the
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  sweetest smile on his tiny face. You say hello to
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  him and tell him your name, and you are so
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  very pleased to meet him. Teddy tells you that he
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  has a little cave he likes to have a sleepover
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  him sometimes. He tells you that it's just behind the
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  tropical trees at the edge of the sand. Teddy asks
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  you if you would like to stay and play with
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  him today. He asks you if you would like to
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  have a sleepover in his cave.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: He tells you that it has all more cons too.
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  It's not just a cave with no windows and no
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  proper floor, you know. Oh, no, only the best for Teddy.
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  His cave has carpets and fluffy rugs too. It has
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  everything he needs to be comfortable and warm, and he
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  tells you he even has nice candles that make his
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  cave smell ever so nice. So you tell him that
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  you would love to spend the day with him and
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  would love it even more to be able to stay
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  in his little cave. So the two of you set
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  off across the sand to Teddy's cave, and just as
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  you reach the opening too Teddy's cave, you notice that
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  there is a volleyball cord just outside it. Teddy sees
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  you're looking and he asks you if you would like
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  to play a game of volleyball with him. He says
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  it's his favorite game of all time. Oh yes, please,
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  you say so. You both get ready to play, and
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  when you begin, you wonder, how, how, just how will
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  Teddy be able to get the ball over the net, because,
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  after all, Teddy is well, he's a bit small with
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  tiny flippers. You look over at Teddy and you see
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  and he's attaching something made of wood to his back legs.
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  Speaker 2: It stilts.
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  Speaker 1: He's fastening stilts to his legs, and when he stands up,
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  he's now the same height as you. Oh wow. Just
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  as Teddy is walking towards you, you both hear a
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  rustle from the trees, and out pops a very beautiful
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  gray donkey and a rather large and white ostriche. Teddy
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  looks delighted and has a very happy smile on his face. Hello,
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  he says to the two newcomers. Teddy tells you that
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  they are his very best friends. The beautiful gray donkey
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  is called Josephine, and she has the most amazing big
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  blue eyes, which is really very unusual as donkeys.
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  Speaker 2: Have big brown eyes.
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  Speaker 1: And the black and white ostriche is called Henrietta and
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  she is very tall. They both say hello to you
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  and how nice it is to meet you. They tell
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  Teddy that they have come to play too, So the
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  four of you begin your game of volleyball. So for
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  a few moments, just have fun playing volleyball with Teddy,
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  Josephine and Henrietta and maybe get to know them better. Toew,
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  that was a good game. Who won? You are all
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  feeling a little bit tired now and need a rest
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  because you've had a very exciting and very energetic game.
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  Teddy invites you all into his cave to have some
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  cold drinks and some cakes and some sweets.
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  Speaker 2: Teddy's cave is wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: There has lots of toys and games to play with.
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  Speaker 2: It has big soft bean bags for.
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  Speaker 1: Seats, lots of them, which, by the way, are very comfortable.
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  Teddy says that he uses his to sleep on as
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  he doesn't need a bed, and you think that is
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  a very good idea. As you sink down into your
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  lovely soft beanbag, the little happy Turtle tells you that
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  when you woke up this morning, you didn't think what
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  a wonderful day you were going to have.
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  Speaker 2: You woke up to a.
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  Speaker 1: Beautiful day of life, a life that holds adventure and
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  many surprises and new friends. You think to yourself, how
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  very thankful you are that you simply woke up and
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  had the opportunity to experience this wonderful day, and you
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  feel so very blessed. You also learned things today, A
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  how to play volleyball with a turtle on stilts. A
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  turtle on stilts, Now that was fun. Teddy tells you
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  that he is grateful for all life's lessons, pig and small.
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  He tells you that he learned some think new every
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  single day. Then he does a happy little dance and
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  it makes you feel all the happiness in your own heart.
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  He tells you that every day he says thank you
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  out loud. In fact, he says it lots of times
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  during the day, especially when he feels happy and grateful
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  for his life. You realize that you too have many
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  things to be grateful and happy for, your family, your friends,
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  the animals that you love, the trees and how they
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  move gently in the breeze. So many things to be
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  grateful for the big things and especially the small things.
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  And you're very thankful for this. Teddy does another little
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  happy dance and that.
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  Speaker 2: Makes you giggle.
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  Speaker 1: Teddy reminds you that all of these people they love
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  you just exactly the way you are, and you feel
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  so good in your heart knowing that you are loved
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  and cared for very very much. Teddy looks so happy
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  that you are all here with him, and he's just
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  loving it. But now it's time for everyone to go
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  to bed, because what you didn't realize was that while
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  you were all chatting and drinking your cold drinks and
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  eating your cakes and your sweets, the sun has set
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  and it's now dark outside, but not too dark, as
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  the stars are shining and twinkling very brightly in the
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  night sky. Josephine and Henrietta have also decided that they
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  too are going to join in your sleepover with Teddy.
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  So you all settle down on your big, squashy beanbags,
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  and you think to yourself that life is so much
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  better when we take time to be grateful for all
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  that we have and for all of the wonderful moments
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  we experience in our lives. He lean back and your
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  comfy being back and close your eyes for just a
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  little bit. And even though your eyes are closed, you
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  still smile to yourself, feeling so peaceful and calm, so relaxed.
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  And as you sink deeper and deeper into your comfy
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  bean bag, you say good night to Teddy and to
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  Josephine and to Henrietta, your new friends. You take a
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  deep sigh, real relaxing even further, sinking down and down,
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  sinking down and down into blissful sleep, feeling so very happy.
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  And you take a breath and you say it back out,
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  going deeper and deeper into sleep, when your eyes feel
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  so heavy now, so relaxed, so peaceful and calm, but
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  you feel so very very happy, just like Teddy the
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  happy Turtle.
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  Speaker 2: To sleep now and just rest.
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