219. Caring Crew: a meditation and story for kids

Grateful for the party Dragon hosted, the forest animals sneak into Dragon's cave and clean up while Dragon naps. Hello everyone!  We hope you enjoyed our new story this week. Now, welcome to Favorite Friday! Sometimes we like to listen to our favorites again. Please enjoy “Caring Crew” and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Male Final Dragon Breaths: 8:45 Caring Crew Excerpt: The sun slowly rose, filling the enchanted forest with light and waking the sleepy animals.  After the dragon’s Thankful Party, all the animals felt grateful for their home, and all their friends, especially the dragon.  Rebel the Raccoon wondered what they could do to show the dragon their appreciation.  Then he realized, the dragon’s cave might be a bit of a mess after such a big party.  Rebel had an idea! “Riley, Rob!” he called “Would you like to help me clean the dragon’s cave?”   “What a great idea!” Riley said.   “I was trying to think of a way that we could say thank you to the dragon too!” Rob replied.   “Great!” Rebel said, “I’ll tell the birds. Riley, do you want to tell the squirrels? Rob, can you spread the word to the bunnies?”   “Sure! And we’ll let any animals we meet along the way know what we’re doing.” The raccoons replied.  Off they went spreading word throughout the forest that today they would  help the dragon clean. First Rebel had a very special recruit in mind.  The clever raccoon climbed up Odin the Owl’s tree and knocked politely.  The wise owl emerged and gave Rebel a questioning look. Today’s Meditation: Feel your body fill with warmth and love as you send your loving energy to the world. Looking for a way to help your child learn emotional regulation and how to self soothe? You'll find them on Ahway Island®. Be Calm on Ahway Island® Podcast offers original bedtime stories, like "Happy Dragon," paired with meditations for kids. We help them drift off to sleep with a guided relaxation and a calming story. Gently nestled within each podcast episode are mindfulness techniques and positive learning moments.  To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team, please visit our website. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care. As a listener-supported podcast, we truly appreciate our members on Patreon. If you're not already a member, please consider joining! Writing, recording, editing, and publishing episodes and managing digital platforms is an enormous endeavor. Our Patreon program will help continue to grow Ahway Island and we hope you will support us! You can choose from 3 different Membership Levels, all of which include access to our Archives and an extra episode each week! Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations? We hope your child loved “Caring Crew" We ask for your positive reviews to help others find us, too! Please leave a 5-star review on your favorite podcast app (such as Apple Podcasts). And, please follow, like, and/or share our social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ) to help us bring our original stories with positive messages to even more listeners! In the press: Digital Trends warns listeners that "you may not make it through an entire episode fully conscious....