Sleepy Stories Chapter 4: Inner Love

Your Inner Land Your inner land.

This bedtime story helps you build healthy and purposeful boundaries.

When you make a healthy boundary for yourself,

Things that sometimes have hurt you in the past will not be able to reach you anymore.

Boundaries give to us by protecting as well as providing some life essentials.

So let's begin as we always do by breathing together.

Take five deep breaths now with me to oxygenate your body and all of its systems.

Breathe in and let it go.

Slowly draw a breath in and let it go.

Breathe in and let it go.

Breathe in Let it go.

Last one.

Breathe in and exhale as you feel the weight of your body and how it is cradled by the bed and your blanket.

Make sure you are in a very comfortable position so you can fully relax.

Gently close your eyes increasing your ability to imagine.

As you breathe easily and gently you feel safe and cozy.

My voice is guiding you like a beacon of light through the darkness.

As the sun rises you see you are standing in a beautiful lush green grass and there is a small house you've built by hand in the middle of it.

This house represents you and all the work you put into yourself and the grass represents the world around you.

You decide it would be good to plant some trees and some shrubs so that these plants will aid in protecting you from harm and they also benefit the world.

For example a raspberry bush is very spiky and dense yet it gives a bounty of fruits for us to enjoy and be nourished by.

If you plant many in a row they will protect you as well as a tall electric fence but this plant also gives it serves two purposes.

And when you plant tall trees they will protect you from harsh winds if placed in a way that is good through all the seasons.

Tall trees supply us with the most oxygen therefore they are giving while also protecting.

Trees also serve many purposes here.

Imagine you are planting all these beautiful plants on your land.

And you notice they need a water source so you find a low-lying area and begin digging down and around making the shape of a small pond.

As you step back from the circle of dirt you've created you know only a few heavy rains need to pour down and it will begin to fill and turn into a natural source of water.

This pond serves many purposes on your land.

It not only provides you with a lot of water but also provides you with a lot of water.

This pond serves many purposes on your land.

It not only provides you and the wildlife with water but it also gives you somewhere to go meditate and reflect on the good things in life.

And the good things you do for others.

Closer to your home you see that you need some vegetables and fruits.

So create a garden that is easy for you to access and water when necessary.

Plant all the fruits you like and any kind of vegetables you need.

Your garden flourishes and provides.

All this garden needs from you is to be tended to.

You look around you and you see you need an orchard.

So strategically plant many apple trees and other fruiting trees right next to the protected area by the big tall trees and a little closer to the pond so that they can dry.

So strategically plant many apple trees and other fruiting trees right next to the protected area by the big tall trees and a little closer to the pond so that they can drink from their roots.

This orchard supplies you with the most delicious apples you have ever tasted and their nutrients are off the charts.

You look around your plot of land and you are proud.

Not only do all these plants protect you and your home but they give to you and the community around them.

So make sure you work on the garden within you and put up proper barriers so that if planted well and with love and care they also give.

You are protected and allowed to lead a happy life.

And now look again at your hand built home and make any necessary changes to it.

You are an excellent builder after all.

You are an excellent builder after all.

You make some changes to your home to make it more beautiful and appealing to you and your needs.

You look around and you see how beautiful this valley is that you live in and you are grateful that you have this space to call your own.

Some years pass by in this visualization and you can see the trees have grown tall protecting your homeland from the high winds.

You can see a long row of raspberry bushes has grown so tall and thick that nothing could possibly pass through.

The bushes and the trees are dripping with fruit during the hot months and they grow tall above your height.

The row of raspberries grows almost around your entire property protecting you at every angle.

There are tall beautiful cedar trees who hold on to their green through the winter and blow in the breeze seeming to wave at you.

Your homeland is alive,

Literally.

Your land nourishes you,

Protects you and makes you feel so at ease.

You love taking care of this land just as your land takes care of you.

It is an equal exchange like a figure eight.

It circles out to others and then back towards yourself.

Imagine the exchange you get for taking care of your land.

It's like giving out and then receiving and then giving out and then receiving again.

It's a never ending cycle of giving and receiving.

The home you have built on this land is solid.

It will last for many generations without breaking down.

This wonderful place you have created and all your ancestors coming after you will appreciate how you've made it for them to enjoy.

Now relax in your home or somewhere out near your garden or maybe you want to go sit under the orchard of apple trees.

Notice how good you feel imagining this beautiful nature around you.

Now find some place cozy to lie down and take a little nap on your homeland.

And just close your eyes in your imagination as well.

Have a dream within a dream.

A nap within a sleep.

Good night great creator and rise tomorrow ready to build your paradise.

Thank you for watching.