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March 1, 2023

#265 - Nowhere To Go - A Guided Meditation on Stillness

When we feel triggered or overwhelmed, we can find stillness by bringing our attention to the senses.
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Feb. 26, 2023

#264 - The Golden Treasure

A sleepy Danish fairy tale about a boy who finds his treasure within.
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Feb. 22, 2023

#263 - Nothing To Do - A Guided Meditation on Presence

By bringing our attention to the senses, we can find stillness and presence. Join this week's Awaken Your Myth zoom gathering by signing up at https://awakenyourmyth.com. In my free newsletter, I send you a story every month about something I’ve learned living here on the mountain along with some tips to help you get a better night’s sleep and a little more peace during the day. When you join, you’ll also get a free sleepy audiobook and a relaxing 30 minute recording of the creek behind my...
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Feb. 19, 2023

#262 - Seneca's Letters on Worldliness & Practicing What You Preach

Two beautiful, sleepy letters from the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca to his friend Lucilius.
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Feb. 15, 2023

#261 - Rain by the Creek - An Unguided Meditation with Nature Sounds

Join Bodhi and me on the back porch to listen to a recording I made of the sound of the rain and the white noise of the creek in winter.
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Feb. 12, 2023

#260 - Autumn Morning Dreams

In this original story for the Listen To Sleep Mountain series, we’ll share the peace and quiet of a typical autumn morning here on the mountain with the sound of the creek in the background.
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Feb. 8, 2023

#259 - Sensing Into Presence - A Guided Meditation

By bringing attention to the five senses, we can connect more deeply with present moment awareness and our human instincts.
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Feb. 5, 2023

#258 - The Olive

Nod off to this romantic, dreamy, and almost surrealistic short story from the 1920s.
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Feb. 1, 2023

#257 - Embodying Presence - A Guided Body Scan Meditation

This is a great practice for embodying presence, enhancing non-judge mental awareness, and increasing compassion for ourselves and others.
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Jan. 29, 2023

#256 - Tales of an Old Sea Port

The sleepy history of a small New England town that was home to a great Wampanoag king, and possibly, a band of Norsemen.
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Jan. 25, 2023

#255 - Letting Go of Reactivity: A Guided Meditation

This meditation can help you find equanimity and peace by breaking the connection to reactivity that often starts with feelings of doubt or fear.
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Jan. 22, 2023

#254 - Thomas The Rhymer

A sleepy Scottish fairy tale from the 1400s with a Scottish laird who is beguiled by a fairy queen.
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Jan. 18, 2023

#253 - Peaceful Resolution - A Meditation for Overcoming Inner Conflicts

Anytime we feel stuck or are unsure of how to proceed in life, we can always stop and connect to our intuition to see what might be holding us back and find a way forward.
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Jan. 15, 2023

#252 - The Journey South

In this original story, we’ll follow a flock of band-tailed pigeons on their sleepy migration from Vancouver to the oak forests of Northern California.
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Jan. 11, 2023

#251 - Meditation - The Treasure in the Shadow

We can find incredible gifts in the shadow, the part of our unconscious mind that contains the traits and emotions that we have repressed or denied.
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Jan. 8, 2023

#250 - Geirlaug The King's Daughter

A sleepy German fairy tale about a good princess and an evil queen.
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Jan. 4, 2023

#249 - Meditation - New Beginnings

Yielding to the moment, to what life is presenting to us, we can begin to move with the synchronicity of all life and all beings.
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Jan. 1, 2023

#248 - Toinette and the Elves

A sleepy holiday story about a young girl who learns a lesson on kindness from some magical elves.
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Dec. 28, 2022

#247 - Meditation - Hearing Silence

Simply listening to sounds and the silence between them, we can experience the power of attention to connect us with the world around us.
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Dec. 25, 2022

#246 - Old Father Christmas

A sleepy Christmas classic about the origins of the Christmas tree.
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Dec. 21, 2022

#245 - Meditation - Perfect Naturalness with Angelo Dilullo

Dr. Angelo Dilullo guides this week's meditation to guide you to a place of perfect naturalness.
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Dec. 18, 2022

#244 - The Little Elder-Tree Mother

A classic story about how fairy tales grow out of reality, and how reality grows out of fairy tales.
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Dec. 14, 2022

#243 - Meditation - Sensing Into the Body

Bringing attention to the breath and sensations in the body can help us calm the mind.
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Dec. 11, 2022

#242 - King Thrushbeard

A classic fairy tale about a proud princess who learns the importance of humility.