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Sleep Meditation for Children _ THE SLEEPY GARDEN _ Bedtime Sleep Story for Kids · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Hmm. Settle down, close your eyes, and make yourself comfortable.
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  Take a big, deep breath in through your nose and slowly,
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  gently without through your mouth. Again, take another deep breath
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  in through your nose and slowly and gently batheout through
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  your mouth. One last time, deep breath in and slowly
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  and gently breathe out through your mouth, and just feel
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  the gentle rhythm of your breath. Feel a steady beat
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  of your heart. Take a moment to listen to your heartbeat.
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  Can you hear it? Feel a gentle rise and fall
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  of your chest as it moves in time with your heart?
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  Can you feel it? With each beat of your heart,
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  you feel more and more relaxed, more and more calm,
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  more and more peaceful, more and more peaceful. And every
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  time you breathe in, you're breathing in deep relaxation. It's
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  making you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and you
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  feel very comfortable and very in peace with yourself. Just
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  let your body relax just a little bit more with
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  each breath. Now, imagine that you are in your very
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  own garden and you find yourself standing in front of
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  the most perfect old wooden bench. It looks very comfortable,
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  It has lovely soft cushions on it too. It even
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  has a nice, soft and cozy, velvety blanket draped over
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  the back of it. You realize that you don't have
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  any shoes on, and the grass is soft and warm
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  under your bare feet. The sun is shining and it
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  feels warm and comforting without being too hot, And there
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  is a soft, sweet, gentle breeze wafting. The beautiful scent
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  of the flowers coming towards you smells amazing. You can
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  recognize the scent of some of the flowers and shrubs,
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  and they are all mingling together to create the most
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  beautiful aroma. And you breathe it in deeply, fill up
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  your lungs, feeling so peaceful and so calm. You can
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  hear the birds singing in the trees and the bushes nearby,
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  and you can hear the light rustle of the wind
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  blowing gently in the trees. You can hear it. You
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  can even hear a trickle of water, and you realize
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  there is a shallow river running through your gol garden
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  as well. How special is that the colors everywhere are beautiful,
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  the rich greens of the grass and the plants, the
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  blue of the sky, the amazing colors from all of
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  the flowers and the birds is just beautiful and it
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  makes you smile with happiness. And if you stay quiet
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  and look very carefully, you may see all the different
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  wildlife going about their day. The hedgehog mooching around looking
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  for some big fat worms to eat, the squirrels seeking
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  out nuts for their dinner. The butterflies happily dancing from
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  flower to flower. Is that a rabbit you see hopping
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  around under the big tree at the end of your garden,
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  or maybe the fox playing with the cubs in the sunlight.
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  Smell everything in your garden, Breathe in the wonderful a
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  romance of your very own special place. Maybe there is
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  a wild strawberry patch and strawberry is just itching to
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  beaten by you, of course, Or an apple from a
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  tree that you might want to taste. Maybe you have
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  a bear tree to your garden. You can have anything
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  you want. Maybe you can stoop to pick up a
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  flower or hold a shell or a special stone in
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  your hands. Just enjoy the warmth of the sun on
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  your body, and really listen to the sounds of your garden,
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  really hear the sounds of nature all around you. It's
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  bird's song, a bee putting on a distant flower, the
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  little squirrel cracking a nut. This is your space, your garden.
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  Enjoy it. Explore your garden, just walk around it for
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  a few moments, and just see how beautiful a place
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  this is.
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  Speaker 2: M to totting.
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  Speaker 3: And.
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  Speaker 1: That was really lovely, wasn't it? Just you and your garden.
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  You decide to find somewhere to rest now, and you
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  feel a little bit tired. Then you remember the lovely
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  old wooden bench in your garden, the one with the
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  soft cushions and the even softer velvety blanket. You go
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  back to your bench, but this time you take a
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  good look at it and notice what cour it is,
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  what it's made of, how big it is. You love it.
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  You decide to have a little rest on it for
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  a while. The bench looks so inviting, so comfortable. You
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  fluff up the cushions and lay down your head. You
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  pull the soft velvety blanket all around yourself, giving a
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  happy little sigh. Close your eyes, but you can still
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  feel the garden all around you. You can still smell
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  the beautiful scents of the flowers. You can still hear
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  the sounds of the wildlife and all of the little birds,
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  but it's like they know that you're going to take
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  a nap now, so the birds are singing a lot quieter,
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  and the wildlife are going about their business ever so quietly,
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  so they don't disturb you. They know you want to
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  sleep and rest your weary eyes, and you really do.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 1: As you listen to the much quieter garden, you feel
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  very grateful to be here, so grateful in fact, that
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  you decide you will come back here as often as
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  you can, because you know there are many many things
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  in your life that you are grateful for. You know
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  how wonderful your life can be. But in this garden,
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  it's amazing, and it's wonderful, your very own perfect garden
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  with the most amazing old wooden bench. But for now,
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  just breathe gently, feeling your eyes becoming very heavy now
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  and they're just resting in silence. But it's not quite silent,
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  not yet. You settle yourself down and you relax even further,
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  and just being here in this lovely place, on this
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  ever circumfy old wooden bench, it's wonderful. As you breathe
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  slowly and gently, you give a great, big sigh of happiness.
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  You feel so happy and relaxed, so peaceful and so calm,
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  so protected and so very very safe. You're take in
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  another breath and then slowly sighs out. Oh, but you
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  feel so sleepy now, and even though your eyes are closed,
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  they feel ever so tired. Breathing softly and gently now,
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  And each time you breathe in, you take in all
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  the good thoughts and positive feelings, and each time you
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  breathe out you let all of your unwonted thoughts just
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  drift away, just as you drift into the most wonderful
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  night's sleep. Good night.
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