Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - Ariel and the Ocean (Premium)

Episode Date: March 30, 2020

This is a preview episode. Get the full episode, and many more, ad free, on our supporter's feed: https://getsleepy.com/support. Ariel & The Ocean  Narrated by Abbe Opher. A modern variation on the classic tale of the Little Mermaid.     About Get Sleepy Premium: Help support the podcast, and get: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads) The exclusive Thursday night bonus episode Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free) Premium sleep meditations, extra-long episodes and more! We'll love you forever. ❤️ Get a 7 day free trial, and join the Get Sleepy community here https://getsleepy.com/support. And thank you so, so much.  Tom, and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Once upon a time, a lived man named Alan. His eyes were deep and kind. His heart was as pure as mountain snow. Alan loved nature, and he felt particularly cool to the ocean.

He could spend hours listening to the woosh of the waves and investigating what lives beneath the surface. As a young man, he learned to scuba dive and quickly found a lifelong obsession. life long obsession. The ocean had so many unknowns, so many things to discover. Mesmerized by its mystery, Alan dedicated his life to studying marine life. From microscopic creatures to the massive blue whale, Alan wanted to understand it all. Life under sea was incredibly diverse, with every dive he made a discovery. Even if he didn't spot a new plant or animal, he would learn something new like how the currents affect migrations like or how the sun affects the organization of life underwater. He grew increasingly more curious. In the abyss he'd seen the most marvellous trees and plants with pliant trunks and vibrant colours. Watching their stems and leaves gave life to the ocean current. They moved with the water as if they were dancing.

Fish, big and small swam in this kingdom as freely as the birds up in the air. His eyes would grow bigger every time he came across a new type of coral. His heart would be faster at the sight of a new species of fish. For Alan, being underwater was not only interesting because of his research. For him, diving the blue waters of the ocean was a truly immersive experience. He would forget about time, forget about normal life, and lose himself in this other world. He loved how moving in water felt different than moving in air. It had a different texture, a different consistency. Swimming became second nature to him. When he wasn't studying the ocean, Alan was busy inventing.

His first invention was an underwater monitoring device. It captured magnificent images and told him about underwater changes without shy to humans. Another invention helped him track marine mammals, and so he studied the behaviour of dolphins, whales and seals. Alan found marine mammals particularly interesting. Like humans, they used sounds to communicate, to find food and to navigate. He felt a special connection to these species. When he listened to recordings capturing their underwater sounds, he would imagine what

they were about. A whale song might be a lullaby sung by a mother to her child. The dolphins' click was like a warm greeting given to an old friend. He decided to invent something that would decipher their sounds, and hopefully allow him to communicate back to them. you