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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: Settle down, close your eyes, and make yourself comfortable. Take
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  a big, deep breath in through your nose and slowly
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  gently breathe out through your mouth. Again, take another deep
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  breath in through your nose 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 the
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  steady beat of your heart.
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  Speaker 2: Take a moment to listen to your heartbeat. Can you
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  hear it?
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  Speaker 1: Feel a gentle rise and fall of your chest as
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  it moves in time with your heart?
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  Speaker 2: Can you feel it? With each beat of.
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  Speaker 1: Your heart, you feel more and more relaxed, more and
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  more calm, more and more peaceful, more and more peaceful.
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  Speaker 2: And every time you breathe.
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  Speaker 1: In, you're breathing in deep relaxation. It's making you feel
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  all warm and inside and you feel very comfortable and
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  very in peace with yourself. Just let your body relax
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  just a little.
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  Speaker 2: Bit more with each breath.
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  Speaker 1: Now, imagine that you are in your very own garden
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  and you find yourself standing in front of the most
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  perfect old wooden bench. It looks very comfortable, It has
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  lovely soft cushions on it too.
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  Speaker 2: It even has a.
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  Speaker 1: Nice, soft and cozy, velvety blanket draped over the back
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  of it. You realize that you don't have any shoes on,
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  and the grass is soft and warm under your bare feet.
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  The sun is shining and it feels warm and comforting
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  without being too hot. And there is a soft, sweet,
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  gentle breeze wafting. The beautiful scent of the flowers coming
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  towards you smells amazing. You can recognize the scent of
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  some of the flowers and shrubs, and they are all
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  mingling together to create the most beautiful aroma. And you
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  breathe it in deeply, fill up your lungs, feeling so
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  peaceful and so calm. You can hear the birds singing
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  in the trees and the bushes nearby, and you can
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  hear the light rustle of the wind blowing gently in
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  the trees. You can hear it. You can even hear
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  a trickle of water, and you realize there is a
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  shallow river running through your garden as well.
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  Speaker 2: How special is that.
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  Speaker 1: The colors everywhere are beautiful, the rich greens of the
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  grass and the plants, the blue of the sky, the
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  amazing colors from all of the flowers and the birds
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  is just beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: And it makes you smile with happiness.
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  Speaker 1: And if you stay quiet and look very carefully, you
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  may see all the different wildlife going about their day.
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  The hedgehog mooching around looking for some big fat worms
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  to eat, the squirrels seeing out nuts for their dinner.
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  The butterflies happily dancing from flower to flower. Is that
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  a rabbit you see hopping around under the big tree
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  at the end of your garden, or maybe a fox
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  playing with the cubs in the sunlight. Smell everything in
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  your garden, Breathe in the wonderful a romance of your
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  very own special place. Maybe there is a wild strawberry
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  patch and strawberry is just itching to beaten by you,
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  of course, Or an apple from a tree that you
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  might want to taste. Maybe you have a bear tree
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  to your garden. You can have anything you want. Maybe
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  you can stoop to pick up a flower, or hold
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  a shell or a special stone in your hands. Just
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  enjoy the warmth of the sun on your body, and
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  really listen to the sounds of your garden, really hear
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  the sounds of nature. All around you, the bird's song,
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  a bee passing on a distant flower, the little squirrel
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  cracking a nut. This is your space, your garden.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: Explore your garden, just walk around it for a few moments,
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  and just see how beautiful a place this is.
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  Speaker 3: M f.
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  Speaker 4: STT.
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  Speaker 1: And that was really lovely, wasn't it? Just you and
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  your garden. You decide to find somewhere to rest now,
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  and you feel a little bit tired. Then you remember
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  the lovely old wooden bench in your garden, the one
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  with the soft cushions and the even softer velvety blanket.
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  You go back to your bench, but this time you
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  take a good look at it and notice what courage is,
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  what it's made.
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  Speaker 2: Of, how big it is. You love it.
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  Speaker 1: 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 a 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 5: 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.
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  Speaker 2: You give a great big sigh of happiness.
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  Speaker 1: 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 sigh his out. Oh, but
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  you feel so sleepy now, and even though your eyes
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  are closed, they feel ever so tired. Breathing softly and
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  gentle now. And each time you breathe in, you take
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  in all the good thoughts and positive feelings, And each
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  time you breathe out you let all of your unwonted
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  thoughts just drift away, just as you drift into the
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  most wonderful night's sleep.
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  Speaker 2: Good night.
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