Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations

A sleepy Welsh fairy tale about a king and a queen who outsmart a fairy prince. It's Spring here on the mountain, and this week I made a video of some of wildflowers that are blooming now. You can find it on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@listentosleep or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/listentosleep/ . If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a month?...

Lay by a gentle creek as you visualize a serene mountain to help you fall deeply asleep. This meditation has the sound of the creek behind the cabin in the background to help you relax more deeply. If you'd like to download an mp3 of just the creek sound, it's available as a gift when you subscribe to free my monthly newsletter on https://www.listentosleep.com . If the podcast helps you sleep, wou...

A charming fairy tale about a young girl and her sleepy adventures with the dream fairies. I spent a lot of time thinking about dreams this week, and how It can be so easy to feel lost or frustrated by our seeming lack of progress toward our dreams. I made a video about it and included a lot of shots of the local wildflowers that are blooming here on the mountain. You can find it on TikTok at http...

This is a free preview of Listen To Sleep Plus. We just finished Winnie The Pooh, and now we're starting The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. You can subscribe to Listen To Sleep Plus at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You'll get new chapters of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz over the coming weeks and then other longer books read serially in these Wednesday night episodes: that's a total of 8 or more new a...

A mindfulness meditation bringing gratitude and gentle awareness to the body as you fall asleep. This meditation combines the sound of the creek behind the cabin with gentle music in the background to help you relax more deeply. If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a month? You'll get new episodes a day earlier with no ads or introductions, an immediate download...

A sleepy Ukrainian folk tale with magical animals, a dragon couple, and a happy ending. In the blog, I wrote about some of the ways we can all help the people and animals in Ukraine. There are links to an international charity to help refugees and their pets and a shelter outside of Kyiv you can support directly. It's at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/helping-others-in-need/ . We've had Bandit...

Drift off to sleep with a deep awareness of the present moment. We've had Bandit staying with us this week and we've been getting out for some beautiful walks to see all the wildflowers. Come join us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@listentosleep or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/listentosleep/ . If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a month? You'l...

A sleepy Scottish fairy tale about a boy who outsmarts a witch. We've had the neighbor's dogs staying with us this week and we've been getting out for some beautiful walks. Come join us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@listentosleep or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/listentosleep/ .If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a month? You'll get new episo...

A Tibetan meditation to bring peace and healing to yourself and the world as you fall deeply asleep.  In last week's blog post, there are links to an international charity to help refugees and their pets and a shelter outside of Kyiv you can donate to directly. It's at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/helping-others-in-need/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it wit...

A sleepy Ukrainian folk tale that reminds us to be kind and help those in need. I rescued Bodhi from our local shelter when he was just 11 weeks old. This week my heart is going out to all the people and animals suffering in Ukraine, and in the blog this week, I wrote about some of the ways we can all help. There are also links to an international charity to help refugees and their pets and a shel...

A mindfulness meditation for noticing and letting go of your thoughts as you fall deeply asleep. If you'd like to keep up with our life here at the cabin, I post pictures and videos on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog . If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a month? You'll get new episodes a day earlier with no ads or introductions, an immediate dow...

A sleepy Polish fairy tale that reminds us not to underestimate the abilities of others. It's late-Winter here on the mountain. The nights are cold but the days are getting warmer. Bodhi and I have been taking chilly some sunrise walks. Would you like to join us? There are some pictures and video on the blog this week at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/late-winter-mornings/ . If the podcast hel...

This meditation is a combination of mindful breathing and visualization to help you relax and let go of tension while creating a calm place inside that you can return to whenever you like. If you'd like to keep up with our life here at the cabin, I post pictures and videos on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog . If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a...

A sleepy French fairy tale about the importance of being courageous and helping others. Did you know you can search and listen to over 150 free bedtime stories and sleep meditations at https://www.listentosleep.com ? You can. :)  If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $3 a month? You'll get new episodes a day earlier with no ads or introductions, an immediate downloa...

Take a sleepy open air train ride through beautiful countryside in this guided visualization meditation. This meditation also includes some affirmations for sleep to help you fall deeply asleep and wake well rested. Did you know you can search and listen to over 150 free bedtime stories and sleep meditations at https://www.listentosleep.com ? You can. :) If the podcast helps you sleep, would you c...

A sleepy tale by Edith Wharton from 1908 about an artist who realizes the truth about his work. The mountain has been warm and Spring-like this week, and I made a couple videos on my TikTok about it. https://www.tiktok.com/@listentosleep  Did you know you can search and listen to over 150 free bedtime stories and sleep meditations at https://www.listentosleep.com ? You can. :)  If the podcast help...

Fall deeply asleep with a guided mindfulness meditation on the breath and letting go. Letting go really means letting be. It's one of the foundations of mindfulness. It reminds us not to get too caught up in having things a certain way. Letting go is also about the power of acceptance of the present moment and its contents. Not trying to push the river, but just allowing it to be as it is. You can...

A sleepy German fairy tale with a dragon, a witch maiden, a magician and of course, our hero. Bodhi and I took a beautiful sunrise walk this week that got me thinking how easy it is to get anxious when we're always focused on the future, and how powerful it is to be in the moment. I wrote a little about it on the blog and posted a picture and some video from our walk. If you're interested, it's at...

Fall deeply asleep with a guided mindfulness meditation on acceptance of the present moment. Acceptance is an active process of recognizing that things are as they are.  It can be hard sometimes to accept the way things are, but it gives us a good place to start bringing awareness to the present moment. It can give us access to our innate wisdom and open up new ways of being that can be healing or...

This is a free preview of Listen To Sleep Plus. We just finished The Children of Odin, a great book of Norse tales, and now we're starting Winnie The Pooh. You can subscribe to Listen To Sleep Plus at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You'll get new chapters of Winnie The Pooh over the coming weeks and then other longer books read serially in these Wednesday night episodes: that's a total of 8 o...

A sweet, sleepy story about finding the soft heart of beauty in our sometimes hard world. I took a walk with Bodhi this week that helped me remember to see the beauty in the world. I wrote a little bit about it and posted a video of our walk on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/the-beauty-around-us/ . If the podcast helps you sleep, would you consider supporting it with $1 a month? Yo...

A guided sleep meditation to help you cultivate compassion and loving kindness for yourself and others. In this metta sleep meditation, we direct loving kindness toward somebody we love already, somebody we are neutral towards, and then finally toward ourselves. You can search and listen to over 150 sleep meditations and bedtime stories for free on https://www.listentosleep.com . If the podcast he...

A Japanese fairy tale about a magical boy who was born from a peach. This week, the mountain has been either shrouded in fog or drenched in sun, and we had a beautiful wolf moonrise. The fog got me thinking about how often life can feel foggy and I wrote a bit about how mindfulness can help on the blog. I also posted a video of a foggy walk with Bodhi and a picture of the moon. It's all at https:/...

A guided mindfulness meditation to help you create inner peace as you fall deeply asleep. I'm so excited to be bringing you these new meditations to help you sleep. They are in addition to the regular Sunday bedtime story episodes, and please let me know what you like and what you don't on the website at https://www.listentosleep.com so that together, we can make these as sleepy as possible. :) If...

A sleepy Russian fairy tale about a prince who outwits an evil magician. We had an extremely colorful week up here on the mountain. One day we had one of the most beautiful sunrises I've seen in a while, another there was an incredible rainbow. If you'd like to see some pictures and video, they are on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/rainbows-and-unicorns/ . If the podcast helps you...