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Sleep Meditation for Kids THE SHY DINOSAUR Bedtime Sleep Story for Children · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Hmm. Make yourself all cozy and nice and relaxed in
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  your bed, and then close your eyes. Take a deep
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  breath in and then slowly and gently let the breath
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  out again. Deep breath in, and then slowly and gently
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  let the breath out one more time. Deep breath in,
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  and slowly and gently let the breath out, and just relax. Now,
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  imagine you're walking in a beautiful, lush green rainforest with
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  the most amazing trees. Some of them are very tall,
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  so tall it looks like they reach up to the sky,
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  and you're deep in the forest, and you realize it's
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  late in the evening because you notice that the sun
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  has already set and it's disappearing beyond the trees. The
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  night sky is growing darker, and you look up and
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  you can see the stars have come out, and you
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  notice that the moon is shining brightly high up in
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  the sky, lighting your way forward. The stars are so
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  very bright, you can see them clearly as you walk along,
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  and the air smells so fresh and crisp. It fills
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  your lungs, helping them to expand and really breathe in deeply,
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  and it feels so good. As you walk, you can
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  hear the amazing sounds of the evening. You can hear
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  an owl calling to its mate. You can hear the
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  gentle hum of crickets. You can hear the wings of
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  the birds as they fly to the resting place for
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  the night. You can even hear twigs being broken and
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  stepped upon by the animals of the night as they
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  go about their business. And this comforts you, and it
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  makes you feel quite safe, very relaxed, and so calm
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  and so peaceful. You stop suddenly and look ahead of you,
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  and you see what looks like a dinosaur. Wow, a
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  real live dinosaur. He has a long neck and a
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  very long tail, but rather a small body. His skin
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  is brown like the bark on the trees, and it
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  has long stripes on it that are the color of
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  the green leaves. And he has the most amazing big
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  brown kind eyes. He also has a bright orange tie
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  around his long neck and a very big, bright yellow
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  flower sticking out behind one of his ears. Hmmm, it's
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  a bit odd. The dinosaur is gently eating the grass
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  and the flowers around him. Phew. You think to yourself, well,
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  that okay, because now you know that he won't eat you,
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  because he is a herbivore and not a carnival. Only
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  carnivores eat meat, so they won't eat you. You watch
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  him quietly for a moment because you don't want to
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  scare him, and you notice how he chooses food. It's
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  like his mouth is rolling from side to side, you know,
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  kind of like the way a cow does. And he
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  looks like he's really enjoying it too. He's very happily
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  munching away without a care in the world. Suddenly he
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  sees you, and he stops and he looks at you,
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  and then just as suddenly, he darts behind a very
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  large tree. He's hiding from you. He thinks you can't
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  see him now, but he can because his very long
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  tail is sticking out and you can see it, and
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  you can also see his bright orange tie flapping in
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  the breeze. You walk over to where he is hiding
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  and you say hello. You tell him not to be afraid.
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  You're not going to hurt him. You just want to
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  say hello. The dinosaur with the big bright orange tide
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  and the big yellow flower behind his ear peeks out
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  from behind the tree and he looks scared, but you
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  tell him it's okay. You just want to be his friend.
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  The dinosaur slowly steps out from behind the tree and
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  very shyly says hello, and you smile at him and
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  tell him your name, and he smiles back at you,
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  and he tells you that his name is Douglas, and
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  you say you are very pleased to meet him. You
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  ask Douglas why he's so scared of you, and he
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  tells you it's not that he's just scared of you,
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  he's scared of everyone, even the other dinosaurs. He tells
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  you that he doesn't have any friends, only his mom
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  and his dad, and you think that's very sad. Douglas
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  tells you that because he doesn't know anyone, they scare him.
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  He says he's very afraid of anything new, not just
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  dinosaurs and people everything. You tell him that to shame,
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  because new things can be fun. And you tell him,
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  what if you found a new fruit that you hadn't
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  tasted before, but you wouldn't try it well because it
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  was new, then you would be missing out on something
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  very tasty, because sometimes new fruit tastes much better than
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  the old fruit. Douglas says that that is true, but
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  eating new fruit isn't the same as meeting new people.
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  So you tell him that meeting new people is much
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  better than meeting or tasting new fruit. If he met
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  new people and new dinosaurs, then maybe he would meet
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  someone who could be his best friend, someone who he
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  could play with and go on adventures with. Now, wouldn't
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  that be nice? But what if I met someone new
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  and I didn't like them? Douglas says, Well, you say,
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  if you meet someone that you don't like, you can
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  still be nice to them, but you don't have to
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  be there, and you can just say goodbye and not
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  see them again, and then everything would be okay. Douglas hays,
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  he never thought about it that way before, he says,
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  all he ever did was hide away from them. You
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  tell him that sometimes there are strange people and strange creatures,
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  but mostly everybody are usually very nice. So you tell
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  him that sometimes it's worth meeting a few maybe not
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  so nice, just to meet the ones who are nice,
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  because you will meet them. So for a few moments,
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  stay with Douglas and show how nice and friendly that
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  you can be. You can tell him all about your
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  friends too, how nice they are. You can tell him
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  all about the bit in your life, the goodpet and
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  the bad bittle they're not the good bits that you
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  don't really like very much. But you still have a
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  wide circle of friends. All these people in your case,
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  people that you love very much, some you just like,
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  some you don't like. But the ones you don't like,
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  you just don't have to see them again, do you.
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  Maybe you can help Douglas to find some new friends
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  of his own, So just stay with him for a
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  few moments and help him and be kind. That was nice,
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  wasn't it? Just you and Douglas making a friendship that
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  will last forever. But now it's time for you to
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  return to your own home. Now you've had a really
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  lovely time with your new friend Douglas, and you've helped
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  him very much. Now he's not so scared to meet
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  new people or new creatures, and he's not so scared
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  to try new things because you helped him, because you
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  were kind to him. Douglas looks a little bit sad
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  that you are leaving, but you tell him that you
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  will be back again really soon. Then Douglas gives you
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  a great big smile of happiness, and this makes you
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  very happy too. Douglas gives you a wave and says
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  goodbye and bravely turns away. But he does feel ever
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  so brave, now, ever so confident. And you did this
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  for him. You helped him to be brave, and you
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  helped him to be confident. And you should be very
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  very proud of yourself. And remember you can come back
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  here time you want to see Douglass again, and I
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  know that it'll be very very happy if you do. So.
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  For now, just breathe in through your nose and slowly
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  and gently breathe out through your mouth. Again, breathe in
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  and slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth, one
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  last gentle time. Breathe in and slowly breathe out through
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  your mouth, and you find yourself now back in your
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  very own bed, feeling so happy, so peaceful, but very
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  very tired. So close your eye no, and just rest
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  night night A com look, look, look