In this sleep story, you unwittingly wander into the realm of dreams. You explore the surreal, magical palace of the dream world, receive guidance from a wise and charitable owl, and finally meet the Dream Weaver, who is busy designing tonight’s dreamscapes. She takes you under her wing and helps you craft a dream of your very own. This story concludes with a relaxing chakra meditation to help you sleep peacefully.

In a dream realm, you encounter a wise owl, meet the Dream Weaver, and learn to design your own dreams, followed by a relaxing chakra meditation.

The Dream Weaver's Palace

In this sleep story, on your way to a festival in the king’s city, you stop for the night at a small-town inn. While taking supper in the tavern, you meet other weary travelers on their way to the same destination. You share friendly conversations with the other travelers, exchanging whispers and tales from your homelands. As the rain comes down outside, you discover that you have something unexpected in common with the others. Sleep & Sorcery is a folklore and fantasy-inspired sleep series. Step across the threshold into a world of myth and magic, where you can safely drift off into a deep and comfortable sleep. Sleep & Sorcery is one part bedtime story, one part guided meditation, and one part dreamy adventure.

On the way to a festival, travelers share conversations and discover unexpected connections in a small-town inn, leading to a magical sleep experience.

Tales By The Tavern Fire

In tonight’s story, after learning that you are the heir to the throne of a kingdom, you bravely venture into the underground lair of a dragon, believing it has stolen your signet ring for its horde of treasure. When you meet the creature, however, you discover that you have something unexpected in common. You bond with the beast, who becomes your closest companion in the quest to claim your inheritance. The story concludes with a meditation on fire for grounding and cleansing.

A brave hero befriends a dragon while searching for their stolen ring and together they embark on a quest to claim the hero's inheritance.

The Dragon Rider

In this magical bedtime story, you are strolling through a familiar wood when you come to a place where you once built fairy houses as a child. To your surprise, the place you used to play has grown into a thriving fairy city, inhabited by cheerful sprites. They delightedly show you their homes and honor you with a banquet feast. The story concludes with a meditation to invite joy.

A stroll through a familiar wood leads to a magical surprise of a thriving fairy city, with cheerful sprites, who honor you with a feast. Meditate for joy.

Fairies Of The Forest Floor

Transform yourself and embrace the energy of the wolf in tonight’s folklore-inspired bedtime story. In tonight’s story, you are the recipient of a strange fairy bestowal: to take the form of a different animal at each Full Moon. As the day wanes, you reflect on the many forms you’ve taken over the last year, and how much you’ve learned from the experience. You look forward to tonight’s incarnation in your favorite form: that of the wolf. As the Moon rises, you awaken to your wildest self and embrace the freedom of the forest.

Embrace the energy of the wolf in a folklore-inspired bedtime story where you transform into different animals at each Full Moon and embrace your wildest self.

To Run With Wolves

In tonight’s sleep story, you travel to Stonehenge, the iconic prehistoric landmark in the United Kingdom. On the way, you contemplate the history and mystery of the monument. On arrival, you find yourself drawn to and amused by the population of birds at the crowded site; you follow one through an invisible portal and find yourself alone on the Salisbury Plain, witnessing a magical sunrise at Stonehenge and listening to the music of the monument. Followed by a soothing visualization.

Travel to Stonehenge in a sleep story, experiencing birds, a magical sunrise, and music at the iconic UK landmark, with a soothing end visualization.

Song of Stonehenge | Magical Sleep Story

Look to the natural world for visions of the future in tonight’s bedtime story, a reworking of an old Czech legend. In tonight’s story, you are the youngest and wisest child of a tribal chieftain, and you’ve been chosen to succeed him as your people’s ruler. You look to your family, your environment, and your ancestors' stories to show you the ways of good leadership. Bringing the lessons of the land together, you receive a dazzling vision of the future and embrace your unique gifts. If you’re still awake as the story concludes, I’ll guide you through a relaxing visualization exercise to connect with nature.

A bedtime story about a young tribal leader embracing their unique gifts and connecting with nature to envision the future. Relaxing visualization included.

The Prophet Of Bohemia

In this bedtime story, you’re cooped up at home on a rainy day when you notice a strange light shining from beneath your closet door. You open it to reveal the entrance to an enormous, otherworldly library. When you open the books, you’re transported to the book’s setting: the streets of Sherlock Holmes’s London, the pirate ship of Long John Silver, and classic fairy tales.

A child discovers a magical library in their closet, allowing them to journey into the settings of beloved stories and fairy tales.

The Rainy Day Library

In tonight’s sleep story, you are a citizen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and a respected collector of rarities. While the city prepares to honor your dear friend, you endeavor to find a gift to present to her. You search a strange ruin on the outskirts of the kingdom, uncovering evidence that Atlantis was once part of the surface world.

A citizen of Atlantis explores a ruin and discovers the city's connection to the surface world while searching for a gift for a friend's tribute.

The Ruins Of Atlantis

In tonight’s bedtime story, as you ponder an important next step, you seek advice from a colony of rock trolls in the nearby forest. You pose a series of questions to these wise and whimsical practitioners of elemental magic and divination, and you receive vague yet inspiring answers. They give you gifts, and you return home to consider your future.

Seeking advice from rock trolls in the forest, you pose questions and receive vague yet inspiring answers, gaining gifts and contemplating your future.

An Audience With Trolls

In tonight’s cozy sleep story, you attend a long-awaited reunion with friends at your old summer camp. During the day, you partake in nostalgic camp activities, like archery, canoeing, and crafting. Then, in the evening, you gather around the campfire with your companions. By the light of the fire, you seem to magically transform into your younger selves, reconnecting with forgotten memories, aspirations, and intuition. If you’re still awake as the story concludes, I’ll guide you through a rejuvenating body scan inspired by Yoga Nidra.

A nostalgic reunion at a summer camp sparks forgotten memories and leads to a rejuvenating body scan inspired by Yoga Nidra.

Reunion At Camp Moonstone

In tonight’s sleep story inspired by Greek mythology, you are a poet who is in search of inspiration for your next great work. You seek the favor of Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, so you journey to the temple of the muses to meet her. You are granted an audience with all her sisters, and you come to understand the true nature of inspiration. This sleep story concludes with a meditation for rest and creativity.

A poet seeks inspiration from the muse, Calliope, in a journey to the temple of muses, discovering the true nature of creativity. Meditation aids rest.

Temple Of The Muses

In tonight’s Arthurian bedtime story, you witness the creation of a powerful sword meant for the new high king of Britain. You oversee its forging, discover its name, and imagine the kind of king who will wield it. You create a magical scabbard, woven with protective enchantments. At last, you meet the king destined to hold Excalibur: Arthur. If you’re still awake as the story ends, I’ll guide you through a relaxing visualization and sleep countdown.

Witness the creation of Excalibur, the powerful sword for the new high king of Britain, and imagine the kind of king who will wield it.

The Forging Of Excalibur

Take a voyage into the past lives of a beloved bookstore cat in tonight’s magical bedtime story. In tonight’s story, you are closing up your independent bookstore at the end of a long day. You do the books, put down food for the shop cat, and decide to catch up on your reading. As night falls and you prepare to turn in, however, something unexpected happens: for the first time, the shop cat begins to speak to you. He invites you into his past lives and the great histories he’s witnessed throughout time. If you’re still awake as the story concludes, I’ll guide you through a visualization.

Beloved bookstore cat shares past lives in magical bedtime story, inviting you into great histories witnessed throughout time.

The Nine Lives Of A Bookstore Cat

In tonight’s Arthurian sleep story, you witness the creation of a powerful sword, meant for the new high king of Britain. You oversee its forging, discover its name, and imagine the kind of king who will wield it. You create a magical scabbard to hold the great sword, imbuing it with protective enchantments. At last, you meet the king destined to hold Excalibur: Arthur, and present him with his gifts. If you’re still awake at the end of the story, I’ll guide you through a relaxing visualization and sleep countdown.

Experience the creation of Excalibur for King Arthur in a magical sleep story, complete with a guided visualization for a peaceful night's rest.

In tonight’s story, you are a celestial being: a caretaker to the cosmos. On your nightly sojourn through the stars, you visit the various constellations, performing tune-ups where necessary. When your work is done, and dawn nips at your heels, you return to your cozy nebula to rest until you’re needed again. If you’re still awake at the end of the story, I’ll guide you through a relaxing meditation and body scan.

A celestial being performs tune-ups on constellations during nightly sojourn, and guides readers through a relaxing meditation and body scan.

The Sea Of Stars

In tonight’s bedtime story, you spend the evening in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris to prepare a new traveling exhibition. You are captivated by the museum’s masterpieces and the tranquility of solitude among them. But soon, you find you are not alone, for the artworks themselves come to life all around you – from the sculptures of Rodin to the colorful and expressive paintings of Van Gogh.

In a Paris museum, artworks come to life at night, captivating a visitor preparing a traveling exhibition.

A Night in the Musee D'Orsay

In tonight’s bedtime story, you are a child of Asgard and beloved by the Aesir. As such, they welcome you into their magnificent halls. You wander, for a day, through your favorite places, learning from the gods, like Frigg, Odin, and Thor. As night draws near, you join Heimdall, the watcher for the gods, outside the gates – and as you guard Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, he tells you stories of how all things came to be. If you’re still awake as the story comes to an end, I’ll guide you through a relaxing visualization exercise.

Child of Asgard is welcomed by gods, wanders through halls, learns from Frigg, Odin, and Thor, joins Heimdall at Bifrost, listens to creation stories, ends with relaxation exercise.

Halls of Asgard | Norse Myth Sleep Story

In this medieval fantasy sleep story, you and your newly formed traveling party set off toward a festival in the king's city. But the road to the capital is winding, and on your way, you’re tempted by side quests. This leg of the journey leads you into the heart of an old legend. Featuring a built-in body scan.

Medieval fantasy sleep story about a journey to a festival with side quests and an old legend, includes a built-in body scan.

The Sleeping Hero | Fantasy Sleep Story

In tonight’s sleep story, you are searching for a book of stories from your childhood during a thunderstorm. While searching the attic, you come upon a wing of your house you’ve never seen before The Hall of Lost Things. Here, among your forgotten objects and artifacts, you find the lost memories of the whole world.

In a thunderstorm, a search for childhood stories leads to discovering a hidden wing of the house with lost memories of the world.

The Hall Of Lost Things | Sleep Story

In this sleep story, you are commissioned to paint a series of landscapes of the legend-steeped shores of Loch Ness. During your stay, strange things keep occurring in and around the Loch – from uncanny lights that shine in the night to unconscious strokes on your canvas depicting a Nessie-like creature. You begin to suspect that something greater than a painting has brought you here to Loch Ness.

Commissioned to paint landscapes near Loch Ness, strange occurrences hint at a mysterious force drawing the artist to the legendary lake.

The Lights On Loch Ness | Sleep Story

In tonight’s magical bedtime story, you are a gardener who longs to write poetry. In a dreamlike state, you visit the unfinished grounds of your latest garden project, seeking inspiration from nature. Plunging your pen into the ground, you bring the garden to life with wild-growing flora and even wilder words. If you’re still awake as the story comes to an end, I’ll guide you through an extended body scan inspired by yoga nidra. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw and Binaural Alpha by Syntropy, Epidemic Sound

A gardener dreams of writing poetry and brings a garden to life with wild-growing flora and words, followed by a relaxing body scan with music.

The Garden of Wild Words | Sleep Story

In tonight’s bedtime story, inspired by Greek mythology and accompanied by rain sounds, a storm gathers. You, the god of thunder, roll in with the clouds and summon bolts of lightning to your fingers. You orchestrate the storm, bringing rain to the land and lighting up the sky with your gifts. When your work is done, you part the clouds, allowing the sun to once more shine upon the land. If you’re still awake as the story comes to an end, I’ll guide you through a grounding meditation. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw and Nordic Sunrise by Brue Brus, Epidemic Sound

In a bedtime story inspired by Greek mythology, you become the god of thunder, orchestrating a storm with rain and lightning before guiding a grounding meditation.

The Thunderer on High | Greek Mythology

In tonight’s medieval romance-inspired sleep story, you are a newly knighted member of the king’s court, eager to prove yourself on a quest. As you pursue the legendary Questing Beast through the forest, you stumble into a magical midsummer celebration. All is not as it seems in the wood, and before long, you realize that you revel in the Otherworld, among the faery folk. Concludes with a meditation inspired by the Summer Solstice. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw and Binaural Alpha by Syntropy, Epidemic Sound

A knight on a quest stumbles into a magical midsummer celebration in the forest, revealing a hidden world of faery folk and a Summer Solstice meditation.

A Midsummer Knight's Dream | Sleep Story

In this bedtime story, you are a poor woodcutter who discovers a wounded crane on your way home from the market. You care for the bird until it can fly again. Shortly after the crane departs, a woman arrives at your doorstep seeking a place to stay. The woman repays your hospitality with mysterious and seemingly magical gifts, which bring you great wealth. As your fortunes change, you become more and more curious about your house guest–until you discover her connection to the crane you once cared for. This tale is adapted from the Japanese folktale “The Crane’s Return of a Favor.” Followed by a meditation for gratitude and love. Music: A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw, Dream Focus Beta Waves by Mandala Dreams, Via Epidemic Sound

A woodcutter cares for a wounded crane, is rewarded by a mysterious woman with magical gifts, leading to a life-changing revelation.

The Crane Maiden | Folklore Sleep Story

Sleep & Sorcery

Storyteller

AFGHANISTAN

ALAND ISLANDS

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

AMERICAN SAMOA

ANDORRA

ANGOLA

ANGUILLA

ANTARCTICA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA

ARUBA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BENIN

BERMUDA

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA

BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BOUVET ISLAND

BRAZIL

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CANADA

CAPE VERDE

CAYMAN ISLANDS

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHILE

CHINA

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

COLOMBIA

COMOROS

CONGO

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

COOK ISLANDS

COSTA RICA

COTE D'IVOIRE

CROATIA

CUBA

CURACAO

CYPRUS

CZECHIA

DENMARK

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ESTONIA

ETHIOPIA

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

FAROE ISLANDS

FIJI

FINLAND

FRANCE

FRENCH GUIANA

FRENCH POLYNESIA

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GHANA

GIBRALTAR

GREECE

GREENLAND

GRENADA

GUADELOUPE

GUAM

GUATEMALA

GUERNSEY

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)

HONDURAS

HONG KONG

In tonight’s bedtime story, accompanied by the sound of ocean waves, you take a spontaneous getaway to a secluded beach in search of some much-needed relaxation. You find the remote location enchanting, and you enjoy being lulled to sleep each night to the sounds of waves outside the window. But as the moon waxes to full, the ocean’s music takes on a new quality, and you discover the source of its song: a mermaid. Face to face with a being out of legend, you learn of the mysterious connection between the mermaid and the moon. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon and Meditation Aquatic by 369, Epidemic Sound

A bedtime story lulls you to sleep by the ocean waves, leading to a magical encounter with a mermaid revealing a mysterious connection to the moon.

The Mermaid & the Moon | Sleep Story

Meet a herd of magical unicorns in tonight’s fantasy sleep story for young listeners. In tonight’s fantasy-inspired bedtime story, you join your teacher and classmates on an exploratory nature walk through the woods next to your school, looking for telltale signs of the coming of spring. As you explore, the woods reveal their hidden enchantments, including an unmistakable sign of spring: a herd of magical unicorns. Music & Sound: Ursa Major by Deep Inside, A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw, Via Epidemic Sound

Experience a magical encounter with unicorns on a nature walk in a fantasy bedtime story for young listeners, accompanied by enchanting music.

How to See a Unicorn | Kids Sleep Story

Experience the healing power of dreams in this bedtime story inspired by Greek mythology and history. In tonight’s story, you make a pilgrimage to the famous temple of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine. While there, you amble through the breathtaking landscape, soak in the healing baths, and participate in a ritual to honor the god and ask for his blessing. As the day ends, you rest in the sanctuary, where you experience a healing dream encounter with one of the gods. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon by Flouw, Dream Focus Beta Waves by Mandala Dreams, Epidemic Sound

Healing bedtime story inspired by Greek mythology: journey to Asclepius temple, healing baths, ritual, and dream encounter with a god.

The Dream Sanctuary | Mythic Sleep Tale

In tonight’s story, you – an immortal elf – face the end of an age in your realm. As magic fades from the world, you and your kind construct a new, enchanted world to inhabit, leaving the ordinary behind. But you reflect on the little wonders left on the other side of the veil, and ponder whether you might prefer to stay in the mortal realm, tending to what small magics remain. Followed by a meditation for enchantment. Music/Sound: A Glimpse of Avalon and Fairies Dance by Flouw, Dream Focus Beta Waves by Mandala Dreams, Epidemic Sound

An immortal elf faces the end of an age, creates a new enchanted world, but ponders staying in the mortal realm to tend to remaining magic.