Hello,
Beautiful little one.
My name is Kelly.
Thank you for joining me for this bedtime story tonight.
So just begin by snuggling down into your bed.
You can bring your favorite blanket or stuffy with you,
Whatever feels right.
Just allow your head to rest gently on your pillow.
And you might want to bring your covers all the way up to your chin so you can be all comfy.
And now take a nice deep breath in,
Blow it out your mouth,
And then breathe in whatever way feels good to you.
Maybe you'd like to count your breaths.
Breathing in one,
Breathing out two,
Breathing in three,
Breathing out four,
And breathing until you get to 10.
Well done.
Go ahead and breathe in whatever way feels good for you right now.
And then focusing in on your body,
Starting with your toes,
Maybe giving them a little wiggle so you can feel them beneath the covers,
And bringing your attention to the bottoms of your feet,
And the tops of your feet,
And your heels,
Your calves,
And your shins,
And your knees,
And your upper leg,
And your bottom,
Feeling your butt as it presses down into the bed or whatever you're lying on.
Noticing your back,
And your belly,
And your chest.
Noticing your fingers,
Maybe giving them a little wiggle.
Noticing your lower arms,
And your elbows,
And your upper arms,
And your shoulders.
Coming up into your neck.
And as you come up to your face,
Just allow your eyes to gently close as you focus on my voice as I tell you the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Once upon a time,
There lived a poor widow and her son Jack.
One day,
Jack's mother told him to sell their only cow.
Jack went to the market,
And on the way he met a man who wanted to buy his cow.
Jack asked,
What will you give me for my cow?
The man answered,
I will give you five magic beans.
Jack took the magic beans and gave the man the cow.
But when he reached home,
Jack's mother was very angry.
She said,
You fool!
He took away your cow and gave you some beans?
And she threw the beans out the window.
Jack was very sad and went to sleep without dinner.
The next day,
When Jack woke up in the morning and looked out of the window,
He saw that a huge beanstalk had grown from his magic beans.
He climbed up the beanstalk and reached a kingdom in the sky.
There lived a giant and his wife.
Jack went inside the house and found the giant's wife in the kitchen.
Jack said,
Could you please give me something to eat?
I'm so hungry.
The kind wife gave him some bread and some milk.
While he was eating,
The giant came home.
The giant was very big and looked very fearsome.
Jack was terrified and went and hid inside.
The giant cried,
Fee,
Fie,
Foe,
Fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he alive or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
And the wife said,
There's no boy in here.
So the giant ate his food and went to his room.
He took out the sacks of gold coins and counted them and kept them aside.
And then he went to sleep.
During the night,
Jack crept out of his hiding place,
Took one sack of gold coins and climbed down the beanstalk.
At home,
He gave the coins to his mother.
His mother was very happy and they lived very well for some time.
So then Jack climbed the beanstalk and went to the giant's house again.
Once again,
Jack asked the giant's wife for food.
But while he was eating,
The giant returned.
Jack leapt up in fright once again and went and hid under the bed.
The giant cried,
Fee,
Fie,
Foe,
Fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he alive or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
The wife said,
There's no boy in here.
The giant ate his food and went to his room.
There he took out a hen and he shouted,
Lay.
And the hen laid a golden egg.
When the giant fell asleep,
Jack took the hen and he climbed down the beanstalk.
Jack's mother was very happy with him.
After some days,
Jack once again climbed the beanstalk and went to the giant's castle.
For the third time,
Jack met the giant's wife and asked for some food.
Once again,
The giant's wife gave him bread and milk.
But while Jack was eating,
The giant came home.
Fee,
Fie,
Foe,
Fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he alive or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread,
Cried the giant.
Don't be silly,
Said the wife,
There's no boy in here.
The giant had a magical harp that could play beautiful songs.
While the giant slept,
Jack took the harp and was about to leave.
Suddenly the magic harp cried,
Help master,
The boy is stealing me.
The giant woke up and saw Jack with the harp.
Furious,
He ran after Jack.
But Jack was too fast for him.
He ran down the beanstalk and reached home.
The giant followed him down.
Jack ran quickly inside the house and fetched an axe.
He began to chop the beanstalk and the giant and the beanstalk fell and crashed to the ground.
Jack and his mother now had everything they need and were very rich and lived happily ever after.
As you become more and more sleepy,
As you begin to breathe and wind down from the story of Jack,
You can allow your arms and legs to just seek down into the bed.
Your arms and legs can feel heavy.
You can become more and more sleepy as you listen to the sound of my voice or maybe hearing some sounds in the room around you.
And now you can let the sounds fade away and pay attention to the rhythm of your breath.
As your head feels heavy on your pillow,
Your breathing gets slower and slower,
Easy and effortless.
Your eyelids are getting heavy and knowing that you can drift off into cozy and blissful slumber.
And tomorrow you can awake refreshed,
Energized and ready to start your day.
Sleep well now,
Little one.
Namaste.
And good night.
