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Sept. 27, 2022

#221 - Meditation - Exploring Feeling Tones

Feeling tones are subtle perceptions that deepen our connection to the nature of experience.
Sept. 25, 2022

#220 - The Moon's Garden Party

A long, sleepy poem from a book of Australian fairy tales.
Sept. 21, 2022

#219 - Meditation - Allowing Change

As the seasons change, here's a practice for sensing in to the body to allow change to help us connect to our own nature.
Sept. 18, 2022

#218 - In The Giant's House

A sleepy Norse myth where Loki gets in trouble and Thor gets to battle a giant.
Sept. 14, 2022

#217 - Meditation - "Just This" with Angelo Dilullo

A calming practice bringing a nonjudgemental approach to our current experience.
Sept. 11, 2022

#216 - The Bookkeeper's Wife

A sleepy slice-of-life tale by Willa Cather about a mismatched couple in early 20th-century New York City.
Sept. 7, 2022

#215 - Meditation - Where Intention Meets Surrender

Where sleep meets the dreamer, and where questioning meets knowing, let's spend some time in a place where we can truly rest.
Sept. 4, 2022

#214 - Poltarnees - Beholder of Ocean

A sleepy tale about three mythical land-locked kingdoms beset by the lure of the the sea.
Aug. 31, 2022

#213 - Mindfulness Meditation - Sleep Deeply by Releasing Expectations

A relaxing practice for anytime that you feel distracted or anxious from expectations or judgements. It's especially good at bedtime.
Aug. 28, 2022

#212 - Farmer Weathersky

A sleepy Norse fairy tale about the hero's journey, where life's trials and tribulations lead to both inner and outer transformation.
Aug. 24, 2022

#211 - Mindfulness Meditation - Finding Peace with Care and Curiosity

By embodying the helpful attitudes of care and curiosity, we can find peace even when we're facing challenges.
Aug. 21, 2022

#210 - Possessing Prudence

A sweet, sleepy tale from the early 1900s about a curious young girl with a very healthy imagination.
Aug. 17, 2022

#209 - Mindfulness Meditation - Accepting Our Personal Myth

When we calm the mind and body and let go of any resistance or clinging to the conditions of our story, we can begin to experience our innate sense of knowing.
Aug. 14, 2022

#208 - The Glass Dog

A sleepy American fairy tale about a wizard, a glass dog, and a glass blower who gets exactly what he asks for but not what he wants.
Aug. 10, 2022

#207 - Mindfulness Meditation - Embracing Resistance

Resistance can be at the root of so much suffering in life. Paradoxically, by learning to accept resistance, we can free ourselves to be guided by our inner wisdom instead of our doubts.
Aug. 7, 2022

#206 - The Superdream

A sleepy essay on the phenomenon of superdreams by request for a supporter who loves a good nonfiction bedtime story.
Aug. 3, 2022

#205 - Mindfulness Meditation - Unwinding the Mind

With the soothing sound of the Pacific Ocean in the background, this meditation for calming the body and mind can bring us closer to experiencing our nature.
July 31, 2022

#204 - The Enchanted Bluff

A sleepy short story by Willa Cather about coming of age in the American Midwest in the early 1900s.
July 27, 2022

#203 - Mindfulness Meditation - We Are Not Our Thoughts

By sensing into the body and allowing thoughts to be what they are, we can experience them as just thoughts, arising and fading away again.
July 24, 2022

#202 - Thor's Duel

A sleepy Viking tale where Thor duels with a giant.
July 20, 2022

#201 - Sleep Meditation - Deep Relaxation for Sleep

A guided visualization to relax your entire body while you while you drift off to the relaxing sound of the creek behind my cabin.
July 17, 2022

#200 - The Gold-Bearded Man

A sleepy fairy tale about the importance of meeting life’s challenges with compassion and an open heart.
July 13, 2022

#199 - Mindfulness Meditation - Exploring Sensations In the Body

When we accept our thoughts and feelings and gently explore the space around them, we can learn more about who we are.
July 10, 2022

#198 - The Prince and the Dragon

A sleepy a fairy tale about a young prince who saves his brothers by outsmarting a wily dragon.