I'm Jasmine and this is Stillness and Stories.
Your space for guided meditations and tales of tranquility.
Take a deep breath and let's begin.
Tonight you're going on a gentle journey leaving earth behind,
Floating into the calm silent sea of space.
Tonight you're invited to stillness,
A voyage beyond gravity into the quiet beauty of deep space where the mind rests and the soul floats.
As you settle in,
Take a moment to soften the room around you.
Dim the lights,
Make sure your pillow feels just right and let the atmosphere settle into silence.
Close your eyes and allow your breath to slow.
Inhale gently,
Exhale slowly.
Again,
Inhale and exhale.
Imagine you're lying in a soft enclosed pod perfectly designed for rest.
The air inside is perfectly still and cool like the inside of a dream.
Above you is a wide clear dome,
Your window to the stars.
You can see the sky stretching endlessly,
Deep blues fading into velvet black.
You're still on earth for now,
But not for long.
You feel light,
Safe,
Calm.
Your body begins to relax,
Starting at your feet.
Let your toes soften.
The muscles in your legs go loose,
Heavy.
Your hips,
Your lower back,
Your shoulders.
A soft weighted blanket of peace drapes,
Holding you like gravity itself.
Steady,
Gentle,
Safe.
Above you,
Stars shimmer brighter like they know you're watching.
You hear a quiet hum,
The sound of your pod preparing for liftoff.
Just breathe in.
Slowly,
Gently,
You feel yourself rising,
Weight shifting,
Lightness growing.
Outside the window,
Earth is quiet.
The horizon curves gently away from you.
Clouds resting across the surface like wisps of cotton.
Tiny glimmers of city lights sparkle faintly.
It all feels vast,
But slowly it begins to fall away.
Clouds part as you rise above them.
The earth becomes a blue echo in the dark,
Peaceful,
Distant.
You're rising now,
Until the deep obsidian stillness of space surrounds you.
A hush wraps around you.
Soft light pulses around your pod.
Cool blues and warm golds,
Like galaxies breathing in the dark.
You begin to feel weightless,
Supported.
Every worry,
Every thought is thousands of miles below.
Pinpricks of starlight shimmer overhead,
Like gentle signals from distant galaxies.
Soft pulses of blue and gold drift across the pod ceiling.
They ripple,
Like northern lights contained just for you.
Your body hovers,
Still,
Yet floating.
You are safe,
Completely safe.
Just breathe.
Let go.
Your pod approaches the sleep station.
A gentle dock,
A soft click.
You've arrived.
The room welcomes you like a favorite blanket.
It's dim,
With soft lights glowing along the edges.
There's no sound,
Just the hum of the ship,
And the rhythm of your breath.
You lie down in your sleep deck,
Weightless,
Wrapped in silence.
Let your breath match the sound around you.
Inhale,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhale,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Let the space hold you.
Feel the gravity ease off,
Until you're floating,
Light as a feather.
Behind your closed eyes,
Colors begin to swirl.
Soft,
Slow,
Like watching ink move through water.
Drift even deeper.
Let each part of your body sink into this stillness.
Start at the top of your head.
Feel your forehead soften.
Let your eyes be closed,
Light as stardust.
Your jaw,
Your neck,
Floating.
Your shoulders,
Arms,
Hands,
Completely at ease.
The rest of your body melts and dissolves into rest.
Untethered,
Quiet,
Surrounded by stars.
You're nowhere and everywhere.
Just you,
Your breath,
And the stars.
Inhale,
Exhale.
Nothing to do now.
No direction,
No time.
Just sleep.
Let the silence take it from here.
Only the soft hum of your space deck,
And the quiet feeling of floating deeper and deeper into rest.
Let the sound continue.
Let your thoughts fade away.
You are exactly where you need to be.
