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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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  Every time you breathe in, you are breathing in deep
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  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 beauty of nature and how it makes you
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  feel seeing all the different colors. Maybe you can see
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  your favorite color too. You notice that in the middle
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  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.
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  Speaker 2: Reath act.
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  Speaker 1: As you swing backwards and forwards, you decide that you
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  want to go a little higher now, so you'll pump
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  your legs and feel yourself swinging higher. Well, this is
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  a lot of fun. It's just a peaceful day with
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  nothing to do but swing back and forth, back and forth.
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  But the swing squeaks a bit as you go higher.
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  It's almost like it's playing a tune for you. It
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  feels very comforting. But with each swing, just imagine that
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  you're letting go of any worries that you may be
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  holding on to. Just let go of anything that you
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  don't need any more, and just move back and forth
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  with the swing, back and forth, back and forth. Allow
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  yourself to be present in this moment and just enjoy
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  the peaceful surroundings. Now focus on your breathing. Take a
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  deep breath as you go higher and backwards, and as
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  you go forwards, breathe out gently, just gently in and out,
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  in and out, back and forth, back and forth, and
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  let your mind just wander around freely. But try not
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  to hold on to anything particular, or any particular thoughts
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  or any worry. Just enjoy yourself swinging back and forth,
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  back and forth. Simply just observe your thoughts as they
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  come and go, like clouds passing in the sky, just
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  drifting on by, and with each breath, allow yourself to
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  sink deeper and deeper into relaxation. So just for a moment,
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  be content to just swing back and forth, back and forth,
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  just you the swing and the sunshine. That was very relaxing.
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  But now you decide you want to swing higher still,
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  so this time you really pump your legs and go
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  for it. And as you go higher, the breeze becomes
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  stronger on your face and in your hair. It feels
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  so great, so exhilarating, and so much fun. And you
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  are now so high you can see for miles across
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  the fields. You can even see in a far off
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  field some white fluffy things, and as you swing back
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  up you realize that they are sheep, white fluffy sheep
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  with the lambs just jumping away on the grass. How
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  lovely is that? The view you have when you swing
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  higher and higher. It's just amazing. It's like there are
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  colors everywhere, and it's a beautiful sight to see, and
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  it makes you feel so calm, so safe, and so
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  very very happy. So just take some time to explore
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  this peaceful environment with all all of your senses. What
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  do you see, what do you hear, what do you smell?
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  How do you feel? Right now? Just explore this time
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  with your senses. So for a few moments, just allow
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  yourself to fully experience the beauty of this place and
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  how it makes you feel as you swing back and forth,
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  back and.
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  Speaker 2: Forth fie.
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  Speaker 3: 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 snuggily 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: Us.
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  Speaker 3: US, US.
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  Speaker 4: US A.
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  Speaker 3: Day, US, US school, US schol
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