840. Eggplant Extravaganza: a meditation and calming bedtime story

Helen and her mother cook a new dish with the vegetables that Helen picked out at the grocery store. Narrator: Female Story Begins: 3:30 Eggplant Extravaganza Excerpt: The warm afternoon sun streamed through Helen’s window. Helen yawned, stirring from her cozy nap.  She blinked sleepily as she sat up and stretched her arms above her head. With a contented sigh, she swung her legs over the side of her bed. Just then, Helen remembered the colorful vegetables she had picked out at the grocery store earlier that day. She and her mother were going to cook them into a delicious dinner tonight! Helen smiled, feeling proud and excited to make a meal with her mom. Today’s Meditation: Enjoy the feeling of your body relaxing into the warm sand on a sunny beach. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care. As a listener-supported podcast, we truly appreciate our members on Patreon. If you're not already a member, please consider joining! Writing, recording, editing, and publishing episodes and managing digital platforms is an enormous endeavor. Our Patreon program will help continue to grow Ahway Island and we hope you will support us! You can choose from 2 different Membership Levels, all of which include access to our Archives and extra episodes every other month! Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations? Looking for a podcast to help settle your child in for nap time, bedtime or a break?  You'll find it on Ahway Island®. Be Calm on Ahway Island® Podcast offers original bedtime stories, like "Nap Time or Not?" paired with meditations for kids. We help them drift off to sleep with a guided relaxation and a calming story. Gently nestled within each podcast episode are mindfulness techniques and positive learning moments.  To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team, please visit our website. In the press: Read about how and why we created Ahway Island in this feature from Global Comment! Zzz! The Boston Globe recommends "Be Calm on Ahway Island" as as one of "Eight Podcasts That Could Help You Get Some Sleep." SheKnows recommends us as as a podcast you and your kids will love! Digital Trends warns listeners that "you may not make it through an entire episode fully conscious." Yay! Thank you for being a part of our Ahway Island community!