Michelle's Sanctuary

As the winter solstice approaches, the shortest days arrive and darkness is more present. It's common to experience SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and this beautiful journey southerly may remind you that it is but a season. Albert Camus wrote, “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Connect with the invincible summer within you before falling asleep. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Travel through time and space as you return to Sugar Hollow in this winter sleep story. Sugar Hollow is a mystical village in New England where magical things happen. You return for the annual winter festival and are united with a small, younger version of yourself. Together you enjoy the winter festivities from decadent drinks and magical snow globes to a sleigh ride and ice skating across a frozen pond. A snowstorm moves in, and you seek respite in a cozy inn on Main Street. You fall asleep to the sounds of a crackling fire. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Welcome to Part II of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Listen before bedtime so you may dream away to this classic holiday tale. Staves 3, 4. and 5 are included in this release. May you embrace your inner Scrooge with compassion, knowing that it is never to late to change or to grow into the person we wish to be and leave a legacy. It's time to dream away.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Fall asleep to the classic tale by Charles Dickens. This journey begins with a guided meditation and visualization to help you relax before journeying into Stave 1 and Stave 2 of "A Christmas Carol." Embrace your inner Scrooge, and take this time to recognize that it is never too late to change. You are always capable of becoming a better version of yourself and a better version FOR yourself. It's time to dream away.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Have you ever wanted to time travel and bring a companion along? This sleep meditation and bedtime story for grown ups will transport you to a pioneer homestead. You tend to animals and ride horses as the first snowflakes of the season begin to fall. As the storm picks up, you and your companion retreat to a rustic cabin and fall asleep by a crackling fire. It's time to dream away. Feel free to skip ahead in this podcast, if you wish to customize the experience to your preferences. 00:00 Introduction 03:01 Guided Sleep Meditation and Breathing  07:48 Sleep Story Begins  32:30 Sleep Meditation Music and Crackling Fire Sounds --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Fall fast asleep with this enchanted bedtime story for grown ups. How strange it is to be born in a body exactly as you are meant to be, only to be told by society that you should be another way. Tonight’s sleep story is led by Jacob, a healing misfit who created a treehouse escape in a forest of twisted trees. No one dares to tell a tree how to grow. You encounter a tree that sprouts healing crystals and rock beneath it on a swing. Jacob leads you to a sleep orb high above the forest, where you drift to sleep beneath the full moon. I hope this story helps everyone who listens to celebrate their uniqueness and feel a deep sense of belonging, exactly as they are. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Calm sleep awaits in this bedtime story and sleep meditation for grown-ups. In tonight's sleep story, you arrive at a A-Frame cabin in summer. This beautiful respite was gifted to you and serves as a world away from worries and concerns. In a series of vignettes, you return to the cabin and enjoy the splendors of fall, winter, and spring. From changing leaves to snowy celebrations to the sound of falling rain, you may transcend time in this journey. It's time to dream away.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Listen to a bedtime story for grown ups to fall asleep fast. Travel to a New England village where you walk through a picturesque village with your dog. You visit Margie, a local artist and shop owner, who has created a custom quilt from fabrics of your past. You return to your cottage and cuddle with you pup by the fire. Patches of the quilt conjure memories of your highlights and most beloved relationships in this life. You fall asleep to the sounds of falling rain. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

This bedtime story for grown-ups returns to the cozy launderette. Travel through time to 1960s Manhattan. Autumn is at its peak as you walk along Central Park to your historic brownstone to convene with the "Laundry Club." While laundry is cleaned, autumn treats and pumpkin decorating bring a festive feel to the gathering. The soporific smells and fluffy warmth of clean linens make it easy to fall asleep when you return to your quaint apartment and cuddle with your pet. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Travel back in time on a train through the European countryside in this relaxing fall bedtime story for grown-ups. You arrive at a village for the annual fall festival and win a night at an enchanted pumpkin farm. When you arrive at the pumpkin patch, magical things begin to happen and a healing cottage appears. This cottage addresses every one of your needs and desires as you sleep through the night. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Fall asleep fast with this bedtime story for grown-ups.  Return to the village of Sugar Hollow for a night on the scarlet bridge. On this special night but once a year, you gather for a celebration beneath the jewel-toned leaves and starry sky to host a dinner with the souls you would most like to remember. They are part of the mosaic of your life. This magical dinner begins at sundown. In the 19th century, a young man built the covered bridge in the pursuit of love, and his legacy remains. At midnight, the guests return from where they have come, and you retreat to a rustic stone cottage and fall asleep. It's time to dream away --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

"Autumn on Lake Surrender" is a calm bedtime story for grown ups to help ease worry and let go. Autumn is a season of surrender and letting go. Float in a hot air balloon outside Sugar Hollow during the peak of fall foliage. You land in a gold field, touching the earth the same time as a red maple leaf lands. You gather the leaf and take a canoe onto Lake Surrender at sunset. You release the leaf with all your cares and concerns. As twilight approaches, you paddle to a cabin where you retreat for a cozy, blissful night. It's time to surrender. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Get cozy tonight with this fall-themed bedtime story for adults. Set in the New England village of Sugar Hollow, you walk beneath peak fall foliage. You visit a beloved candle shop, where Molly,  a 6th-generation candlemaker crafts candles that invoke your best memories and favourite aromas. You return to a cozy cottage with your personalized candle and enjoy a bath as you drift from one beautiful feeling to the next before bed. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Fall asleep fast with this bedtime story for grown ups. This is a sequel to "The Witches' Cottage." Escape from modern times and return to an enchanted forest for as long as you need to heal. On the cusp of autumn, you find refuge with three witches who offer healing powers. Immersed in nature, you reconnect with the magic in you and find deep serenity. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Bedtime story for grown-ups that will bring you to a deep, healing sleep led by a female voice and asmr. In this deep sleep story, "Rainy Day at a Cat Cafe," you are the owner of a cat cafe in a city by the sea. People come from around the world to play with rescued cats in your cozy spot. It's the perfect spot for a rainy day and for animal lovers. At closing, you retreat to an apartment upstairs with your beloved cat and fall asleep to the sounds of soothing rain. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Fall asleep with this bedtime story for grown ups. Tonight's sleep story revisits "The Cozy Launderette" in a city of artists and dreamers of eras past. After a walk through the park to head to the roof to meet with other members of the club at sunset. Clean linens billow in the summer breeze as you come together. As night settles in, you find peace beneath the stars and surrounded by the glow of the city. You gather your sun-dried sheets and return to your cozy apartment to cuddle up with your pet and drift to sleep. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Power nap time or bedtime, this sleep story is set on a summer's day in a seaside town. As there is no alarm, you may wish to set one before your nap, or you may even listen to this story at night. In this story, you find yourself in a garden as your dog sleeps in the grass beneath the afternoon sun. Storm clouds roll in and the humidity breaks. You hurry to the porch with fresh mint and your pup in tow. Together, you take a nap on a porch swing as the rain patters on the roof. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Calm down in this relaxing guided sleep meditation and story set on a secret island with turquoise seas and flamingo-pink sand. You walk on the powdery sand at sunset and enter the sea to float on the tepid water beneath cotton candy skies and rose gold light. At twilight, you return to the beach and follow a path lit by tiki torches to a healing salt cave. You enter the cave and reconnect with the best parts of yourself before coming to a plush bed that overlooks the starry sky and sea. You fall asleep in the deep healing sanctuary of the pink salt cave. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Sleep beneath the stars in this bedtime story and guided talkdown for grown-ups. In this hypnotic story, you are aboard a boat of your own design in a historic harbour. It is a celebratory summer night and you are among seaside revelers. But as twilight sets in, you long for the quietude and magic of the sea and set sail. You drift far from the shore, looking back to take in the silent fireworks that illuminate the harbor. Beneath the starry sky, you cuddle up on the deck of your boat and drift to sea as you wish on the stars. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support

Fall into a deep sleep with this bedtime story and guided sleep meditation. Venture to the Outer Banks, where wild horses run through tidal pools at sunset. In the third story in the Wanderlust Series, travel through time and space in your custom caravan to North Carolina in the 1980s. You meet a friend who joins you and your two furry companions for a night camping on the beach beneath the stars. It's time to dream away. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michelles-sanctuary/support