Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - An Autumn Hike in New Zealand (Premium)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story tonight by subscribing to our supporters' feed. There you'll get access to the entire back catalogue, bonus episodes, and more, and it's all completely ad-free. Click the link below to learn more and thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your support. The early signs of mourning are starting to appear through the fabric walls of your tent. With your eyelids still closed, you can sense the warm glow of some rise. Outside the brisk mountain air lightlyumples the tent fabric. Your face is comfortably cool in the ambient temperature.

Starting point is 00:01:11 While the rest of your body is warm and content our Raki Mt. Cook National Park, a stunning land of ice and rock with striking glaciers and peaceful Alpine lakes hidden amongst towering snow-capped mountains. Eventually, you'll begin exploring the amazing landscape, but you don't want to leave the warmth of your sleeping bag quite yet. How wonderfully peaceful this morning is, you think. You take a few moments to soak in the serenity of your quiet tent as you drift into gentle wakefulness.

Starting point is 00:02:20 It's one of those times that feels so perfect, you almost forget where you are. The exact location doesn't matter. All you notice is the comfort of being present here and now. and now. A slow extended yawn escapes your mouth and your eyelids flutter open. You slip your arms out of your sleeping bag and stretch them high above your head. It's a kind awakening for your body after a long peaceful night's rest under the beauty of the stars. With a smile you start to shift the rest of your body, pressing yourself up into a seated position on your sleeping pad. Your legs are still cocooned in the sleeping bag, and you move them as one like a mermaid's tail. You take a deep inhale straightening your spine toward the ceiling of the tent.

Starting point is 00:03:53 And as you exhale, you fold your torso over your legs, enjoying a nice stretch along the length of your back. This is a peaceful moment but you don't want to miss the miraculous sunrise that you know is beginning outside. You slide your legs out of the sleeping bag and raise yourself up off of the tent floor. Then you untwist the top of your water bottle to enjoy a few refreshing sips and grab your hiking shoes out of your pack. One at a time, you slip them onto your feet. You can hardly wait to get outside and enjoy the full day of adventure ahead of you. Once your lace is attired, you get on to all fours and grab the zipper of the door, pulling it open with a childlike sense of eagerness.

Starting point is 00:05:16 Ducking your head below the top of the door, you peek outside for the first time. Sunlight floods the tent and baves your face with its warm touch. It illuminates the snowy frozen peaks of the colossal mountains and glaciers in the distance. The jagged tips of these immense peaks glow like embers, though the base of the mountains is still shrouded in darkness. And then, you spot our Raki, the tallest mountain in New Zealand. Also known as Mount Cook, it stands at more than 12,200 feet or 3,700 meters. According to story, Auraki was a man who voiced across the southwest Pacific with his brothers. When his boat wrecked, he climbed atop the highest part of the upturned hull. That's why one of the early names for New Zealand's South Island was our Raki's canoe in the

Starting point is 00:06:48 local Naitahu dialect. Kneeling here inside your tent, you watch in awe as the sharp peaks of the mountain pierce through stripes of thick clouds that make their way across the panoramic view.

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - An Autumn Hike in New Zealand (Premium)

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