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Sleep Meditation for Children _ THE SLEEPY SWING _ Mindfulness for Kids · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Snuggle down and make yourself comfortable and just gently close
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  your eyes. Take a big, deep breath in through your
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  nose and slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth.
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  Take another deep breath in and slowly and gently breathe
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  out through your mouth. One last time, deep breath in
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  and slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth, and
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  just feel the gentle rhythm of your breath. Feel a
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  steady beat of your heart and take a moment to
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  listen to your heartbeat. Feel a gentle rise and fall
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  of your chest as it moves in time with your heartbeat.
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  And with each beat of your heart, you feel more
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  and more relaxed, more and more calm, more and more peaceful.
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  That every time you breathe in, you are breathing in
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  deep relaxation and it's making you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
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  Imagine yourself walking through a lush green field and your
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  barefoot and you can feel the grasp beneath your feet.
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  Does it feel soft? What does it feel a bit rough?
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  Does it feel warm? What does it feel cool on
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  your feet? You decide. The field you're in is very
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  large and stretches a good way, and as you look
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  around you. You see in the distance other fields, lots
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  of them, and they look like a patchwork quilt. Each
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  field is filled with a different color. It's really very beautiful.
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  Can you see what's growing in the other fields? Is
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  it flowers or are the vegetables growing? Take a moment
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  to appreciate the beauty of nature and how it makes
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  you feel seeing all the different colors. Maybe you can
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  see your favorite color too. You notice that in the
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  middle of your field there is a swing all by itself.
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  It's just waiting for you. So you walk over to
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  it and sit down and begin to gently sway back
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  and forth, back and forth, and the sun is shining
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  down on you, and the warm breeze is blowing through
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  your hair. And as you swing, you notice that the
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  patchwork of the colorful field surrounding you becomes much clearer
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  now and you can see much much more. What can
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  you see? Can you hear anything? Take a deep breath
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  in and slowly and gently breathe act as you swing
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  backwards and forwards, you decide that you want to go
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  a little higher now, so you'll pump your legs and
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  feel yourself swinging higher. Well, this is a lot of
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  fun it's just a peaceful day with nothing to do
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  but swing back and forth, back and forth. But the
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  swing squeaks a bit as you go higher. It's almost
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  like it's playing a tune for you. It feels very comforting.
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  But with each swing, just imagine that you're letting go
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  of any worries that you may be holding onto. Just
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  let go of anything that you don't need any more,
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  and just move back and forth with the swing, back
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  and forth, back and forth. Allow yourself to be present
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  in this moment and just enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Now,
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  focus on your breathing. Take a deep breath as you
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  go higher and backwards, and as you go forwards, breathe
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  out gently, just gently in and out, in and out,
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  back and forth, back and forth. Let your mind just
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  wander around freely, but try not to hold on to
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  anything particular, or any particular thoughts or any worry. Just
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  enjoy yourself swinging back and forth, back and forth. Simply
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  just observe your thoughts as they come and go, like
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  clouds passing in the sky, just drifting on by, and
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  with each breath, allow yourself to sink deeper and deeper
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  into relaxation. So just for a moment, be content to
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  just swing back and forth, back and forth, just you
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  the swing and the sunshine. That was very relaxing. But
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  now you decide you want to swing higher still, So
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  this time you really pump your legs and go for it.
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  And as you go higher, the breeze becomes stronger on
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  your face and in your hair. It feels so rate,
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  so exhilarating, and so much fun. And you are now
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  so high you can see for miles across the fields.
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  You can even see in a far off field some
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  white fluffy things, and as you swing back up you
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  realize that they are sheep, white fluffy sheep with the
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  lambs just jumping away on the grass. How lovely is that?
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  Speaker 2: The view you have when you swing higher and higher
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  is just amazing. It's like there are colors everywhere and
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  it's a beautiful sight to see.
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  Speaker 1: And it makes you feel so calm, so safe, and
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  so very very happy. So just take some time to
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  explore this peaceful environment with all all of your senses.
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  What do you see, what do you hear, what do
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  you smell? How do you feel? Right now? Just explore
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  this time with your senses. So for a few moments,
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  just allow yourself to fully experience the beauty of this
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  place and how it makes you feel as you swing
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  back and forth, back and.
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  Speaker 3: Forth, sim music music.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you feel so peaceful now, so calm, so relaxed,
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  and you feel so very tired now, so sleepy, but
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  so very happy. A beautiful wave of sleepiness travels all
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  the way up your body and down your arms and
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  into your hands, making your body feel very very heavy,
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  very very tired, and very very sleepy. This gentle, warm
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  wave of sleepiness travels up your face and over the
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  top of your head and down the back of your neck.
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  And you feel so tired, so sleepy now, and you
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  feel nice and warm and snuggly under your soft blanket
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  and very squitchy pillow. So just have a little sleep now,
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  and as you do, remember this that you are loved,
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  that you are special, and that you are perfect just
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  as you are. Night night sleep night.
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  Speaker 3: The fifty US US.
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  Speaker 4: The music.
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  Speaker 3: Music USA.
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