Fall asleep with ancient Chinese Wisdom: a guided sleep meditation, told in a gentle Irish voice beside a crackling fire, with calming tones underneath. Tonight's idea is 2,500 years old: wu wei...the art of not forcing. The river moves anyway.
I talk for the first thirty minutes, with plenty of quiet space between the words. After ten minutes the screen fades to black, so there's nothing left in your room but the sound. From the half hour on, it's calming sounds and crackling fire only — a further thirty minutes to carry you the rest of the way into sleep.
Along the way: the story of Lao Tzu and the gatekeeper at the mountain pass, why water always beats stone, and the strange usefulness of the empty part of the day.
00:00 Welcome by the fire
10:00 Screen fades to black
30:00 Fade out
If these help you sleep, subscribing genuinely helps me make more of them. Sleep well.
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About this Channel
Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time.
Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences.
About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you.
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This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil.
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