Welcome to bedtime.
Should we go on a sleepy fun adventure?
Take a deep breath and settle into your bed.
Make yourself exactly comfortable under your covers and with your pillow.
Look around your room and notice some of the comforting things you find.
Have you had any good night hugs or kisses?
Imagine that you can feel the hugs and kisses on your skin and in your body and you feel safe and loved.
Have you sung any bedtime songs?
Imagine that any songs you've sung today are now tucked into your heart for the night and they will keep you happy all night long.
Take a deep breath all the way down to your belly and notice how your body feels.
Pay attention to your feet,
To your legs,
To your belly,
To your arms,
To your shoulders and to your face.
Feel any part of you that feels tight or uncomfortable or just needs to wiggle.
Maybe it's your toes,
Your fingers or your nose.
Take a deep breath and let the wiggles and the tension flow away.
Feel any muscles that are tired or painful and imagine that your body is slowly healing any aches from the day as you breathe gently in and out.
Imagine that your superpower right now is to make your muscles feel relaxed and healthy so that they can grow stronger by the morning.
Imagine your feet softening and growing stronger,
Your legs softening and growing stronger,
Your belly softening and growing stronger,
Your arms softening and growing stronger,
Your shoulders softening and growing stronger,
And your neck and your head softening and growing stronger.
Let all the muscles of your body relax into your bed.
Now as you breathe in and out,
Imagine that high above you,
You see a magic cape,
A superhero cape floating gently down to you.
Imagine that as it gets closer,
It floats around and you can see all sides of it.
You notice that it has your name on it and it is your favorite color with gold on the edges.
It looks powerful and also comfortable and as it floats down to you,
It looks like it's going to fit you perfectly.
As the cape floats down and then gently wraps around you,
Your body feels warm.
The cape tucks around your shoulders and feels just a bit heavy,
But not too heavy,
Just right.
As you take a deep breath in,
Wearing your magic cape,
You also feel comfortable and powerful.
As you lie here in your cape,
You begin to imagine that you're floating just a tiny bit above your bed.
Imagine that you feel safe and comfortable wrapped in your new cape.
As you float,
Your cape flies you to your window and then outside your window into the evening.
You can feel the air on your face and you can see the sky above.
The air temperature is just right,
Not too cool and not too warm.
The moon and stars are out and they're shining brightly down.
You take a deep breath and let it out and pull your cape close to you.
Slowly you begin to float up toward the stars and moon and around you,
You see a few fluffy clouds floating by in the night.
They look soft and as you watch them,
You notice that your cape is taking you closer to them.
As you get closer,
You see that the clouds are magical and made of many colors.
As your cape flies you to the first cloud,
You see that it's a sparkly red and sparkly orange.
It shines in the moonlight and before you know it,
With a gentle whoosh,
Your cape flies you right into the cloud.
As the sparkly red and orange swirl around you in this cloud,
You feel safe and sound.
Being in these pretty colors makes you think of all the people who love you.
It feels like everyone is sending you their love and it feels red and orange and you are right in the middle of a great big hug.
With one more breath,
The cloud floats beneath you and you are back in the starry sky.
Up above you a bit higher,
You see another cloud and this one looks like the most comfortable pillow you've ever seen.
It's a soft buttery yellow color with green sparkles.
Your magic cape flies you near to it and you begin to feel warm.
The warm starts in your heart and spreads out through your whole body to the top of your head and the tip of your toes.
Your cape slowly flies you into this cloud.
The green and yellow sparkles swirl around you and you know that your whole self is made out of love and you have lots of love to give to the world.
You feel so peaceful in this pillow cloud that you stretch your arms out wide just to catch a bit more yellow and green.
Your cape gently bounces you around inside this cloud for a few moments and then floats you right out.
The yellow and green cloud is below you and you are back again in the starry night.
This has been quite an adventure.
You notice that you're beginning to feel very sleepy and it's hard to keep your eyes open.
But up ahead you see one more beautiful cloud.
This one is twinkling and shining and it's blue and purple and pink.
Your cape flies you closer and as you fly into it you begin to hear the most beautiful music you have ever heard.
You realize that this cloud is playing music just for you.
As you float in the pink and the blue and the purple listening to your song,
You know that you are an important part of this cloud music.
You can tell that the people down below in your house and maybe even in your whole town can hear this beautiful music too.
It makes you feel connected to all the people and the animals down below you.
When the music comes to an end,
You feel so comfortable that you can barely stay awake.
Your cape is wrapped around you and you realize that it's gently floating you back to your house.
As you swirl and spin softly back toward your window and toward your bed,
You realize that your magic cape has kept a bit of each of the colors of the clouds and you have left a rainbow path across the sky.
As your cape returns you back to your room and back to your bed,
You feel happy and strong,
Safe and important and full of love and I hope you sleep well.
