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Heidi Cherry & Vaya - First Day Of School - Children's Meditation Story

by Cory Cochiolo

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In another offering by Cory, Heidi, Cherry, and Vaya help Charlize with her first day back to school jitters! This story should help you see that you are cool, don't worry, be you! This is a fun story that gets relaxing at the end!

ChildrenMeditationAnxietySelf EsteemOpen MindednessBreathingSocialSleepGratitudeRelaxationDeep BreathingSocial IntegrationChild AnxietiesMantrasMantra RepetitionsStories

Transcript

Are you ready to meditate with Kari?

To lay down and relax and be still and quiet.

Let go of your day.

Let go of everything in your world.

Just be still.

Relax your muscles.

Maybe take a nice big deep breath.

Charlize was going back to school.

She was nervous.

She wasn't sure whether she was going to get a nice teacher.

She wasn't sure whether she was going to be with any of her old friends.

She didn't know whether she would be sat at a table with people that she liked.

She was nervous about just going back to school and hanging out at recess and being with people maybe she didn't know.

All of it was really overwhelming.

Instead of her being excited about going back to school,

She was really worried.

It was stressing her out no end.

Luckily Charlize had three stuffed animals.

Three stuffed animals that were cats.

They were cats that looked just like her favorite meditation stories,

Heidi,

Cherry and Veja.

She took to sleeping with them.

She took to taking them with her when she went places and she decided that they weren't that big and she could fit them in her backpack the first day of school.

The first day of school eventually came and Charlize went on her way with her free cats in her bag.

She had a lunch,

She had a new pencil case,

She had paper,

She had everything that she needed for school for the first day back.

But most importantly she had her friends with her,

Her cats.

They were right there at the bottom of her backpack.

It turns out that Charlize had a new teacher,

A new teacher that was actually new to the school so no one knew whether he was nice or not.

But on first impressions it seemed like he was a very nice teacher.

That was one thing less to worry about.

The other thing was she actually had one of her friends in the class,

The same class as her.

That was another thing that she was very happy about.

One thing that didn't work out so great was she was sat at a table with a bunch of kids that she didn't really get along with in the past.

Kids that were not so friendly you could say.

They were okay but they weren't really her friends and they weren't really her type of people.

They were a little bit clicky.

Two of them were girls that were in a clique of about five girls that everyone knew about.

They were kind of like the popular girls and Charlize really wasn't one of those type of girls.

She was awesome and she was cool but she wasn't in the popular gang.

You know what that's like.

Every school has a popular gang right?

So when she ended up being sat with two of them from that gang she wasn't very happy.

It came to recess and she decided that she needed to just sit.

Maybe not do very much at all.

Just sit and think about the pluses and the minuses of her first day of school.

The pluses were she had an okay teacher and she had a friend in her class.

The minuses were she was sat with two popular kids that she didn't really like.

There wasn't anything wrong with being popular.

I mean each to their own she thought.

But somehow there's this feeling that if you're not in the popular gang then you're less than or you're not as cool or you're just not as awesome right?

And Charlize didn't really think that.

She thought she was awesome.

She thought she was awesome because she listened to Cherry a lot and if you know Cherry you know that Cherry just thinks she's absolutely amazing.

She's very confident.

She decided to get the cats out of her backpack but she was sat at recess.

She was talking to them.

Nobody really noticed everybody was doing their own thing.

She heard Cherry inside of her mind.

OMG Charlize this is amazing.

You have a really nice teacher and you have one of your friends in class and you know so what if you've got two girls that you don't think you really like very much at your table.

That's okay.

You never know.

Maybe just maybe they'll get to know you and when they get to know you they'll see how awesome you are and you never know.

You never know they might actually be really nice girls.

They said me think so too.

Don't always judge a book by the cover Charlize.

Me thinks that you should give people a chance because you never know right?

Right Heidi?

Heidi said that's right.

That's both of you.

Good advice.

Charlize.

Just be open minded because these two girls might be just as nervous as you are even though on the outside you think they're super popular and confident and everything is fantastic in their world.

It might not be.

So you just be you.

You stay open minded and give people a chance.

Charlize listened to the advice of her bestest friends the cats.

Cherry said and you know what what else you need to to remember.

Remember this.

Remember that you are COOL.

COOL you're absolutely cool and you know everybody has their own special qualities and you don't have to be in a popular gang to be awesome.

You know that right?

Don't you?

Because I was never in a popular gang.

Look at me.

I'm absolutely amazing.

I'm like one of the best people I know in this all entire world.

I think that you should feel like that too because that way it doesn't really matter if people don't like you because you don't have to take it personal.

I never take it personal do I.

I said no.

No I don't because I just like people think whatever they want about me and that's absolutely okay because at the end of day is what I think about myself not what anybody else thinks about me.

It's what I think about me and I think I'm absolutely COOL just like you Charlize.

So that means if you think the same as me you'll be all right no matter what.

Because if people talk about you,

If people say bad things about you,

If people decide that they're gonna spread rumors about you,

If people decide that they're gonna exclude you and leave you alone and all that mean stuff that can happen at school then you know what just tell yourself I am COOL.

I am COOL.

I am COOL.

Just keep saying it in your mind like a mantra you know like some kind of yeah a mantra because mantras are awesome and mantras help you to believe in yourself if you say the right ones and I say I'm COOL to myself all the time and you know what it does it helps me to relax.

It helps me to not think that everybody else's opinion is so important because it's not.

It's not that important.

Cherry went on and on and on like a normal self but Charlize needed to listen.

She needed to hear all of Cherry's advice.

It was good advice after all.

When she went back into class after recess she decided to do exactly what Faye and Cherry and Heidi said.

Keep an open mind.

She decided to start a conversation with the two girls from the popular group.

Just little words like did you have a good summer?

What did you guys do?

That kind of stuff.

This led to a conversation.

They all started talking about summer and within like five minutes of talking when they weren't supposed to be talking in class by the way,

Of five minutes of talking she discovered she had a lot in common with these two girls that she would have never realized that she had in common with them if she'd have not kept an open mind.

Things could possibly be okay this year she thought.

She didn't want to be in the popular group or anything like that but it was nice to know that the girls in the popular group are actually a lot like her.

Not very different at all.

This made her feel very good.

When she got home she told her mom and dad all about her first day of school.

She went upstairs,

Did her homework,

Come downstairs,

Had her dinner,

Then had a shower,

Then got comfortable in bed,

Read her book for a while.

She loved to read.

She read her book for a while and then she decided it was time to relax.

Time to just let go of her day.

Her actual great day.

She thought about all the things to be grateful for about her day and then she closed her eyes and started to relax.

She did a few deep breaths like Kori talks about.

Nice deep breaths all the way down to her tummy.

This helped her to get comfortable,

To start to slow down and it didn't take very long at all before her mind started to get quiet and her body relaxed.

And eventually she was fast asleep.

With Heidi,

Cherry and Veya her stuffed toys laid right there next to her.

The end.

Meet your Teacher

Cory CochioloSan Diego, CA, USA

4.7 (399)

Recent Reviews

Jessie

December 7, 2025

You are COOL just like cherry haha Merry christmas cory hope you have the best time ever. Lots of love lola PS: i love you

Branden

August 6, 2025

I loved it! It was so C O O L l listened to it the night berfore my fist day of school and it helped me with my first day jittters! My First day of school is: Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 Thank you 🙏🏼 so much for this meditation 🧘‍♀️ 🩷Kathrine

Lally/

July 31, 2025

Popular g1rls aren’t m3an because it’s not l1ke those wi3rd mov1es were the cool gi1ls are m3an

Geraldo

June 16, 2025

Love it so much and I am in 2nd and you are the best in the world ❤️❤️❤️❤️ from letizia ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Aria

May 29, 2025

I absolutely LOVE this story, Followed by Poop problems/New glasses/moonbow forest! I personally think you dont need to improve this! Your great! Thanks.

Ivy

February 23, 2025

Heidi would be a nerd at school cherry would be popular and Vaya would be that girl that sat by herself, but she liked it just time with herself

Jeremiah

January 8, 2025

I did this one because I am going into sixth grade but I am not done with fifth grade yet 🙃🙃🙃

Marian

August 13, 2024

thank you so much Cory! I love listening to your voice and it soothes me right to sleep! love, Addie ❤️❤️

Raylnn

August 11, 2024

My profile picture is Cherry I drew as a human when she was in China do u think it's what u imagine her as human because I made it look like how I imagine her and sorry it's anima it's the style I draw in.♡♡♡ how to get ♡ u go in the !#1 section then press the 1/2 button and in the second row(below the numbers) eighth button is the ♡ I use it ALL the time and plz tell me if this profile pic I should put on my messenger photo 👁❤️👉 I love uuuuuuuuu

Lily

August 4, 2024

i love it i have new converse and i love drawing and grafting my converse so i got some coloured paint pens and one shoe had hidei cherry and vaya on it! and the other one had u brunch of colours on them. i wish i coukd send you the photo

Audrie

July 17, 2024

OMG Cory I really liked that no wait I didn’t like it I loved it 😍 thank you so so so much Cory this is encouraging to talk to others! Thx - Audrie Also I just want to say your voice is very very soothing I always listen to your meds of all meds!!!!

Emma

June 6, 2024

Recess what (irish person) *loos up in dictionary * ah Break. Btw great med

Lindsay

May 5, 2024

PRESENTING HIDIE CHEERY AND VAYA CRUISE One day the cats where being carried in their cat carrier cages and being put into the car. Cherry was going crazy. Cheery said: OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!!!!! She kept on saying omg for a few minutes and kept just going on and on and on. Hidie said: Cheery just calm down. We are not going to the groomers or anything I don't think. This is not the way to the groomers. Cheery said: Oh thank goodness! 😊 I was worried if that's where we might be going! Hahahahaha!!!! Vaya said: I wonder where we are going. How long will it take to get there? What's it like there? Hidie said: I don't know. But I think it might be someplace good. A few hours went by in the car then suddenly Cherry started talking out of nowhere. Cherry said: This is taking so long!!! When will we be there?!?!?! Vaya said: Look! Mum and dad are parking that means we are here. Cheery said: Oh thank goly goodness! I'm so glad vaya! I'm so glad! But I mean this place looks a bit strange don't you think? They where taken out of the car finally and being taken inside the place. Hidie said: I think that's a boat! We are going on a cruise! Cheery and you Vaya will love this! Vaya got realy excited 😊 🤗 🤪 😃 😄 😛 😊 🤗 🤪 😃 😄. Vaya said: Oh me can't wait any longer! Cheery said: same vaya same! Once they got Into the boat and everything was settled Mum and dad opened up the cat cages so they all could look around. Cheery said: Horray!!! We get to explore!!!!!! Hidie said: don't be so loud Cheery. Your hurting my ears. Vaya said: ya same cheery. Cheery said: oops! Sorry! Then they all separated and started to explore. But then all three cats got lost. Cheery was alone, hidie was alone, and even vaya was alone! Cheery said: hidie!!! Vaya!!! Anyone?!?! Oh gosh. I'm lost!!!!!!! Cheery was allready panicking. Vaya said: Oh. Um... Hidie! Cheery! Where are you and where am I?! Hide said: guys!?! Oh no. We are all lost... Cheery said: ahhhhhh!!!!! Cheery was falling. Down down down she went. Cheery kept saying: aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then she landed with a thud. Cheery said: where am I? The place looked like I was a royal palace. Some people welcomed her inside. She got to meet the queen of England!!!! Soon vaya and hidie landed in there too with a thud. Cheery said: hidie!!! Vaya!!! You guys!!! Vaya said: Oh! Its so nice to see you both again. Where are we? Hidie said: it looks like we are in a royal palace. Some people told them that they where the new princesses of the village and that they would have their own buttler and everything. As soon as Hidie Cheery and Vaya got into their room they all started talking at once. Hidie Cheery and Vaya at the same time said: has h urshk h e46sefbkf. Ghdyj!!!! Hidie then screamed: STOPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then all cats got quiet. Hidie said: This is a very strange place. Vaya said: me agrees. Cheery said: Hopefully we get out if here soon because this place is really really scary!! But then all of the sudden the 3 cats started falling again! Hidie cheery and vaya all said at the same time said: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then they landed with a thud all together in their cat carrier s. Turns out they all dreamed of that. Cheery said: What a crazy dream!! Vaya said: Oh my... Hidie said: What a cool dream. They had a crazy dream of being let out the cat carrier cages and going In a palace. Soon the boat stopped and everyone was let off the boat. A few days later they went to the fun park. They went to Lego land!! They where there for about 5 hours or so a day for 2 weeks. Cheery said: that ride was so much fun! Mum!?! Can we have icecream?! I see ice cream over there! Hidie Cheery and Vaya loved it. By the end of the day they all went to bed said goodnight to each other and fell fast asleep with good dreams. THE END Make that a med please. Loved it so much 5 stars! Bey!!!💓🧡💓🧡💓🧡🧡☀️☀️

Sabine

December 30, 2023

I need stuffed hiedi cherry and vayas! Maybe I also need a t-shirt 👕 that says You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l You are c-o-o-l Like that! Anyway, I am s-l-e-e-p-y so goodnight! Ps pls make #SunrayDragonDesert

Leslie

September 6, 2023

My daughter loved this! We did it the night before the first day of school.

Kinz

August 28, 2023

Wow 🤩 I loved this soo much thank you 🙏🏻 I go back to school 🏫 September 5 I love all of your what is the longest story that you did ps . :) :) :)🩷❤️thank you. Again for your stories 😄🙂🐱byee from kbr

Hayley

July 26, 2023

I remember my first day of school I was pretty nervous about it but I felt better when it got closer to the end of the day and what grade is charleise in? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 or 12?

Wild

June 2, 2023

I’ve had a hard day today and needed that ☺️ thank you so much 😄 hope it’s warm where you are, it’s freezing here 🥶 have a good day, Amy 👱🏻‍♀️

Lexi

May 26, 2023

AMAZING like always🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🤩🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰😌😌😌👍👍👍 From Lexi Edit:❤️🥇👍🤩🔥😍🥰

Amanda

April 14, 2023

100000000000000/10 I feel like in my school every grade has a popular group by the way up to Tiberious my mom is Amanda she is the best mom ever

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