Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Sleep Story - Visit Carcassonne the French Medieval Walled City

Episode Date: March 5, 2024

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Egypt. Welcome to Sleep Cove, the place to get a great night's sleep with me, Christopher Fitton. Tonight, let me take you on a magical journey to the ancient walled city of Carcasson. We'll travel round the town, taking the sights and sounds. of the castles, churches, shops and cafes. This story is written by my wife Gemma, who took a trip there a few years ago and fell in love with this beautiful city. We've had many requests for more visualisations,

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Before the story starts, let's take a little time to relax. Please lie down and get yourself into a comfortable position. Move around and adjust your body so that you find yourself in a place, slowly take each as you relax out, you notice that the tension in your body seems to feign soles in your body start to release that previously

been holding so tightly your body feels light and you continue to breathe deeply you feel so so relaxed your body is so calm this time is just for you

for you to focus on yourself allow your mind to unburnt in itself. Just as your body has released the tension it was carrying to release its stresses,

you realize that you need some time to relax, some time away from your day-to-day life and that is why I'm about to take you away to the ancient city of Caucason in south-west

to the Pyrenees. glisten in the distance. This city, encircled by its medieval walls, looks like something from a fairy tale. Yet it is real. Its ancient city streets you start to hear

a gentle chattery fading in. The gentle sounds of a city buzzing around you become more tuned in to your surroundings. You realise that the chatter is in French and it sounds gentle and elegant. You realise that you are on a narrow street

with houses close together. The buildings around you have a familiar French feel. The wooden shutters closed to keep the inside's cool. The roofs are topped with terracotta tiles. The street is opening up in front of you and you can see an ancient bridge

crossing a slow and wide river. The opposite bank appears green and you see what appears to be like a fairy tale castle. You decide to cross the beach, bridge and it stood water from this river. Castle in front of you. You can see there many turrets.

You realise that this is not a fairy tale castle. You stop to take in the splendor of the castle. The countless turrets topped with grey slate roofs and the vast irregular walls and bottomments all perched upon a hill by the river owned. You feel like you have been transported back in time

to ancient France can imagine the great armies which must have protected this huge defensive structure and patrolled the walls. There would have been flags which once would have flown from the towers.

You can feel the history oozing from each stone as you gaze upon it. perfectly preserved. The road winds gently, as it gently climbs the hill. The turrets of the old walls towering above the small and pretty shops

and cafes which nestle outside the city walls becomes a path. The path begins to climb more steeply now up towards the Port Deload The path climbs to the foundations of the ancient city walls. Now you can touch them as you look up and see the vastness of the walls.

As it looms above you, feel the ancient stones of years of history, as it skirts around the outer wall. And through a gateway in the wall before you, you see another city wall. as big and ancient as the outer wall, dotted with towers. Being here between the walls is like walking through a portal to another time. Modern cities behind you and the ancient city is before you. Grassy space between the walls. And as you look up you can see the clear blue sky above, so still and

silent. Continue through the second wall. You step into the ancient city. You feel transported back in time is an imposing semi-circular wall where you see battenments on top and as you follow the curve a large entrance emerges in the centre of the wall. This must be the entrance to Chateau-Contal. Castle within. into a large semi-circular courtyard. After the narrow streets, this place feels very open. The straight edge of the courtyard drops deeply below into the old dry-dow and filled with grass and wildflowers. But the old stone bridge remains, which leads to a doorway flanked,

by two huge towers to form the castle and the chateau itself is an ancient and formidable looking building. Its vast walls adorned with towers each topped with squat cone-shaped roofs, with occasional slits found on the towers. But apart from this, the walls are solid, offering no indication of what might be inside, you decide to walk over this bridge and explore the chateau. You walk through the entrance and find yourself inside another courtyard. This one rectangular and dotted with green trees, providing some shade from the wall of sun.

It is warmer here And it's nice and cool You walk over the stone floor Which is smooth and neat On the streets outside The particular Upper floor With its ancient timbers exposed

Beautiful sense As you peering through the window You see this shop Has neat little shelves Stacked with handmade soaps rows upon rows of these little rectangles in every colour of the rainbow

are here with the colours so bright you decide to go inside the sweet smells inside next to a zingy lemon yellow and the delicate and earth

there is one cent that you keep catching one that is drawing you closer you come closer and you can smell a strong rich aroma in front of you and the rich and woody scent fills you with joy.

Its sandalwood possibly have been familiar to the people of medieval Caucason just as it is today. You decide to buy this soap and you take it over to the shop owner who carefully packages

and wraps this beautiful item for you. They wrap it in their hand-printed paper, knit with a sticker, and put it in a shop paper bag for you. Take your leave of the shop. As you step outside, the air feels light and breezy.

After the intense and intoxicating aromas from within the soap shop, you look around you and you can sense the history, encompassing you as you continue your walk in front of you, you see a tall stone building. Quite plain, intricately carved series of concentricentric archers above the old. Even tall, you circle around to the east to see more. See the ornate stonework, an intricate stained glass windows of a church.

It's the Basinic Saint-Nazir, nestled in the south-west corner of the city, with its colourful and intricate stained glass windows, topped with Gothic arches, and its turrets and buttresses, carved with intricate stonework. You decide to step inside, push open the wooden door, and see that you immediately feel caught, which seems dark at first, going outside. But your eyes quickly adjust, and you are able to take in the beauty and majesty. It seems so quiet and peaceful here. A place of reflection and contemplation. You decide to sit on a bench for a while. As you sit, you begin to observe your surroundings. The vaulted ceilings are so high

And the carved stone and woodwork Supporting the roof Are so ancient The history of this old building Is written through its architecture To the elegant and pointed Gothic arches Towards the back

You decide to walk to the back of the church Towards the choir Semi Circular Alcove is adorned with nine of the most beautiful stained glass when different are so vivid. So striking, ruby reds, with colours dancing across. This sacred spade. You notice the beautiful rose window

that you glimpsed from outside, inside. You can see the detail on the colours, so clearly the intricate stonework frame. You place some corner the bustling streets. You follow the street, heading northwest from the, and as you stroll along, you pass more pretty buildings. A patchwork of beautiful features as beautiful bright blue shutters, closed to keep the heat out of the summer sun. Another with intricate iron work on the door. You see an explosion of bright pink. A beautiful bog and vineyard is climbing over the windows and door of an old house. The window boxes there are a riot of colour full of geraniums. The whole place seems so inviting.

and as you get closer you see that next door is a small cafe courtyard the top is covered with lush green vines providing shade from the hot sun above you can smell delicious food

coming from the kitchen freshly baked baguettes and buttery pastries are wafting along the air sit at a cozy table and order a refreshing drink sitting here and watching the world go by. You soak up the history around you on these streets which have barely changed over the century you have been sitting. You realise that the sun has started to set. The blazing intensity of the day has cooled and the sun is low on the horizon fiery orange glow

shimmering in the distance you enjoy your drink and take in the beautiful nature the lovely scenes hustle and after a little while finish your dream you say thank you to the waiting staff leave your comfortable spot heading north those streets passing more cafes and shops

you glance at the window of a patissiere and see a selection of the most beautiful pastries and cakes a work of art and perfectly finished the street

the sky has now started to transition from deep orange to inky with odd stars restaurants with their tables and chairs

neatly placed on the cobblestone floor of each restaurant are painted in different and bright colours with some blues festoon nights are fastened between the trees

giving this square a vibrant there is a buzz of chatter in the air. You can hear voices in so many languages. You can smell the delicious food being served. With the atmosphere being so lively and yet so relaxed in the tables and chairs, you had down a small,

medieval buildings ever so slightly towards, each other above you pass. You find yourself on a street. He almost feel. A chocolatier and a bar. The street, the street gently curves. And as you follow this curve, a huge building begins to come into view.

Much taller than the surrounding buildings. It has three terracotta pyramid-shaped roofs. this must be the historical Portnabonais. The main gate to the old city, defence of the entrance, set against a deep thousands of twinkling stars. This gate looks so majestic and romantic through the middle of this grand building

is an arch tunnel leading out of the city through the archway and into a small courtyard. And you can see the gate in it all consists of two giant towers are scored in the stonework, used in medieval times, to shoot arrows through, left and right. A pleasant pathway between the inner and outer walls

extends into the distance. It looks in light. but you decide to exit through the outer gate instead. You cross the courtyard and over and over and find yourself in the open air and in the modern world. The night skies go on seemingly forever above the distant trees and vineyards of the land dock rolling away into the distance. The outline of the Perinese mountain range is just about visible on the far horizon. You take a seat on a comfortable bench and enjoy the warmth of the air and the feeling of contentment around you.

You feel so calm. You feel so comfortable and relaxed. So peaceful. As you drift into a peaceful, blissful sleep. Thank you.