Your Sleep Guru™ | Nature-Based Meditations

Spring in the Himalayas | A Sleep Story

During this sleep story, you will experience the transition from winter to spring in a remote area of the Himalayan mountains during a spiritual retreat. The sleep story begins with a simple relaxation exercise. Then, you will start your trek at a traditional inn high up in the mountains before following a narrow path winding through a snowy mountain pass. Finally, the visualization ends with the ambient natural sounds of spring high up on the Tibetan tundra. 
Your Sleep Guru Podcast is for nature lovers and dreamers. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting, blending storytelling, AMSR and music to help with relaxation and sleep. 
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Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Sunny Island Break for Sleep

The sleep story begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the soothing sound of a sea breeze through the palm trees on a deserted tropical island beach.
Your Sleep Guru Podcast is for nature lovers and dreamers. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting, blending storytelling, AMSR and music to help with relaxation and sleep. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Magic Carpet Ride | Discover Creativity & Sleep

This meditation is inspired by The Magic Carpet folk tale from “One Thousand and One Nights”. During the visualization, you will find calm, creativity and sleep as you leave your cares far behind you and fly with the wind over forests and fields through a mountain pass to a desert island.
Your Sleep Guru Podcast is for nature lovers and dreamers. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting, blending storytelling, AMSR and music to help with relaxation and sleep. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Island of the Silver Reindeer | A Sleep Story

In this holiday special, you will travel to and experience a far-flung island in the arctic circle. The only place where the rare silver reindeer live. The sleep story begins with a simple relaxation exercise. 
Your Sleep Guru Podcast is for nature lovers and dreamers. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting, blending storytelling, AMSR and music to help with relaxation and sleep. 
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The Crystal Cavern | A Sleep Story

In this guided sleep story, you will adventure to and then explore the extraordinary Crystal Cavern. The episode begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the ambient sound of the sea.
Your Sleep Guru Podcast is for nature lovers and dreamers. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting, blending storytelling, AMSR and music to help with relaxation and sleep. Download the Your Sleep Guru App for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing meditation course, the Lost for Words video course, Well-Loved Quotes Videos, the monthly bonus Behind the Scenes content and the newsletter! See the link in the bio.

The Field of Dreams

There are certain times of the year that are especially difficult. The times when we keenly feel the absence of our loved ones. This guided visualization is about a field where you can imagine meeting your loved ones who are no longer here, communing with them or simply sensing their presence.
Not many people know about The Field of Dreams. But in this meditation, your heart will visit this imaginary place. A field transcending right or wrong. A field beyond physical bodies. A place beyond the dualities of life and judgement and void of conflict. A single unending field of bliss. A field where the real world melts away for a short while, where escape is possible into the place beyond our body consciousness. 
This visualization is dedicated to my friend, Phil.
Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualizations are for all age groups.
 

Drifting Down the Emerald River | A Sleep Story

The sleep story, Drifting Down the Emerald River, is based on an experience I had rafting down a remote section of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon and spending time in the otherworldly, mystical desert region of the Canyonlands. The visualization begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the ambient sound from inside the canyon at night.
Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

The Mysterious Elk Wood | A Sleep Story

This dreamy sleep story is based on a family friend who was a bohemian witch (a good one) who lived in a village close to the one where I grew up in Suffolk, UK. In this journey, you'll discover a magic elixir in the heart of the mysterious, mythical Elk Wood. The episode begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the ambient natural sound from the old-growth forest of Elk Wood.
Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

The Lost Island | Guided Meditation for Relaxation & Sleep

In this guided visualisation, you discover an ancient map which will lead you to the lost, faraway island of Jaco, where you'll find a fantastic place to gaze at the night sky and meditate.
The visualisation begins with a simple relaxation exercise and reflection about the ocean, then ends with the AMSR of the sea waves.
Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

The Ancient Circle | A Guided Meditation for Relaxing and Sleep

During this guided visualization for sleep, you will experience the beginning of autumn by walking through a wild forest. Eventually, you will end up at a prehistoric stone circle.
No one knows why the prehistoric people built stone circles. Still, it's thought they were created as a place for healing, preparation for death, or a celebration of ancestors who had passed away. But today, people gather in stone circles to celebrate the solstices. To worship, heal and connect with the earth.
Autumn is possibly my favourite time of year. I love the changing colours of the leaves, the cooler temperatures, the light, and the whispy foggy mornings. And the change of season always makes me think about the passage of time-- how quickly the year has passed and how soon the year will end. So the beginning of this relaxing guided meditation is a brief contemplation of time. The visualization ends with the AMSR of the twilight forest.
Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

The Island of Shells | Guided Nature Immersion for Sleep

Research shows that spending time by the ocean is excellent for your well-being. Gazing at the sea changes the frequency of our brain waves which puts us in a calm meditative state. In addition, the sound of the waves activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which promotes relaxation. Since being by the beach has soothing natural benefits, I will attempt to bring you the next best thing with this guided visualisation of the desert Island of Shells.
The visualisation begins with a simple breathing exercise and ends with the AMSR of a desert island beach.
Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

The Tropical Waterfall | Guided Visualization for Sleep

Waterfalls are naturally soothing and relaxing, so I will attempt to give you the next best thing with a guided visualization of one in a tropical rainforest. During the meditation, you will also experience the ritual known as Takigyo, or waterfall meditation, practised widely in Japan. In Takigyo, the Shinto purification ritual, you cleanse the mind, body and spirit by standing underneath a mountain waterfall.
The meditation begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the AMSR of the tropical waterfall.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

The Sacred Place | Guided Meditation for Sleep

This guided visualization for sleep is about being far away from everything in a vast landscape. The meditation will begin with a simple breathing exercise and a reflection on life before embarking on your journey to a sacred, ancient place lost and hidden from time. Finally, the visualization ends with the AMSR of the lost oasis.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 

Lotus Land | A Guided Meditation to Monet’s Garden

In the latter part of his life, the artist Monet purchased a farm outside Paris, where he spent years creating a magical masterpiece—an exotic lotus land. In the garden of Giverny, he painted and meditated for almost 30 years. Many of the canvases he made during this time depicted waterlilies with large blossoms and pads suspended as if in space in the azure water mingled with the clouds.
The guided meditation, Lotus Land, begins with a simple relaxation exercise and then journeys back in time to the colourful garden of Giverny. Here you will discover an otherworldly sense of peace. The visualisation ends with soothing ambient sounds from Monet's water lily garden.
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Download the Your Sleep Guru app. for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, Behind the Scenes video content and more!
Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 
Thank you for the episode photo, Joel Naren on Unsplash
 

The Ancient Island | A Guided Nature Immersion for Sleep

Join me on this guided nature immersion for sleep about the Ancient Island. The meditation will begin with a simple breathing exercise, then drift away to a distant island in the Mediterranean Sea, where you will discover long-lost ruins. Finally, the visualization ends with the AMSR of the sea.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy-guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.
 
Thank you Shane for the episode artwork.

Finding Shambala | Guided Visualization For Sleep

Join me, Clara, on guided meditations for nature lovers to help with relaxation and sleep. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting blending storytelling, AMSR and music.
Somewhere, beyond Tibet, in the Himalayan mountains, lies a mythical paradise of harmony and ineffable peace known as Shambala. This guided story for sleep is inspired by a dream about Shambala and the actual Taktsang Palphug Monastery perched on a cliffside in Bhutan. Visualization is a gentle but powerful meditation technique that will enable you to use your imagination to help you relax. Please practice the series in a safe, quiet place that is free from distraction.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Aurora Borealis | A Nature-Based Guided Visualization for Sleep

Join me, Clara, on guided meditations for nature lovers to help with relaxation and sleep. Each episode is an audio escape into a natural environment or setting blending storytelling, AMSR and music. In this episode, you will be lulled by experiencing the AURORA BOREALIS (Northern Lights) on the snowy steppes of a faraway land.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

On Board the Calypso | A Guided Nature Immersion for Sleep

Jacques Costeau, the famous marine biologist, sailed the seven seas for nearly half a century. During this time, he documented the extraordinary beauty of the oceans and marine life. In this relaxing visualisation, you will envision a day to yourself on board his ship, the Calypso, anchored in the bay of a remote South Pacific island. The visualisation will begin with a short history of Calypso, and then you will snorkel on a pristine tropical reef. Finally, the visualisation ends with a relaxing meditation and the ambient sound of the ship and the ocean.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. Her nature therapy guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups. 

The Rain in Africa | A Guided Visualisation & Nature Immersion

In this guided visualisation, you will find yourself in a remote part of the savannah, immersed in rather epic nature, experiencing the rains of Africa. The visualisation begins with a simple breathing exercise and ends with the AMSR of gently falling rain.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups.

The Bioluminescent Beach | Guided Meditation for Sleep

At just the right time of year, under the right conditions, stars in the sea mirror those above in the night sky. The guided meditation begins with a simple breathing exercise for relaxation before a uniquely immersive experience into the beautiful nature of the bioluminescent beach. Finally, the visualisation ends with the AMSR of the ocean waves and a magical beach bonfire.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualisations are for all age groups. 

The Ancient Hot Spring | Forest Bathing

Join me for this relaxing nature therapy guided meditation for relaxation and sleep! In this episode, you will travel to an ancient mountain village known for its onsen (hot spring) for a time-honoured bathing ritual. The episode begins with simple breathing and mindfulness exercise. Then you will wander the ancient road to the hot springs inn (or ryokan), where you will bathe in the healing waters and listen to the rain's soothing sound as you drift off to sleep.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualizations are for all age groups. 

Firefly Farm | A Sleep Story

In this guided sleep story and nature immersion, you will journey to Firefly Farm, a hidden place in a forgotten corner of the countryside. 
More than 2,000 species of firefly exist on every continent apart from Antarctica. Fireflies are very social and use their bioluminescent lights to communicate. But artificial lights prevent fireflies from seeing each other's flashes. So when you visit a remote place like Firefly Farm, it is very dark during the night time because there's no other light source for miles and miles.
In Your Sleep Guru Podcast™, Clara blends her creative background in broadcasting, a lifelong love of nature and a desire to help people sleep to create guided meditative visualisations.
Guided imagery is a technique to help with relaxation and decrease stress and anxiety. The recordings allow the listeners to imagine themselves in different peaceful natural landscapes. As they become absorbed in the details of the landscape, their state of relaxation will deepen.
Each story begins with a short relaxation exercise. Oneness with nature is also calming and powerful because nature provides excellent stress relief by helping the listener detach from the things that create stress or pain in the first place.
Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is available on Google Play and the Apple App. Store 
Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr in the mountains of North Carolina. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is for entertainment only and not a replacement for consultations with a doctor or medical professional.

White Horse Point | Guided Visualization for Sleep

Immerse yourself in the nature of an out of this world place on earth. The Camargue region in France is the largest river delta in Europe. Its tidal marshes and salt ponds are home to more than 400 species of birds. And it is one of the few places in Europe where the greater flamingo lives. Wild white horses also roam free here. The meditation begins with a simple body scan. Then experience a unique guided visualization through the river delta. Finally, drift off to sleep listening to the ambient sounds of the marsh.
Become a Your Sleep Guru Member for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing now also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, the Lost for Words video course and bonus behind the scenes content. See the link in the bio.Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualizations are for all age groups.

Seven Bridges Road | Guided Meditation for Peacefulness & Sleep

What does home look like or feel like to you? In this unique guided meditation, you will visualise and travel to your idea of home. The journey will require you to go over seven bridges. At each bridge, you will shed different pieces of unnecessary emotional baggage, so when you reach your home, you will feel lighter and more relaxed. The meditation begins with a simple breathing exercise, a reflection on the meaning of "home", then ends with the ambient sounds of house sparrows.
Become a Your Sleep Guru Member for full access to all episodes, ad-free! Subscribing now also gives you access to the Natural Healing course, the Lost for Words video course and bonus behind the scenes content. See the link in the bio.Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualizations are for all age groups.

The Secret Cenote | Calming Visualization for Sleep

The visualization for sleep begins with a simple breathing exercise and a reflection about water as a metaphor for life. Then embark on a magical, calming journey to the secret cenote (a sacred underground natural pool) hidden in a remote jungle of the Yucatàn. The visualization ends with soothing, ambient sounds from inside the cenote.
Become a Your Sleep Guru member for full access to all episodes! Subscribing now also gives you access to the Natural Healing Course! Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualizations are for all age groups. 

Cypress Island | Flow into Sleep

Embark on a journey to find the healing waters that flow from the roots of the legendary tree in the middle of Cypress Island. The visualization begins with a simple breathing exercise, then a reflection exploring the concept of "flow". The visualization ends with AMSR of the ocean waves and a campfire on the beach of Cypress Island.
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Your Sleep Guru is an independent podcast written, narrated, edited and produced by Clara Starr. The nature therapy guided meditative visualizations are for all age groups. 

Echo Springs | A Story for Sleep

The visualization to Echo Springs is a sleep story blended with a mind-clearing practice. 
Certain places in the world are so remote and off the beaten path that you need a compass and a map to locate them. Tenacity and perseverance are helpful to keep going when it seems like you might never arrive at your destination because they take a long time to reach. 
Echo Springs is one of these places. So far away from anywhere. With a landscape so empty of anything that any sound you make would take six hours to echo back to you. 
The visualization begins with a simple relaxing technique and ends with the ambient sounds of your camp at Echo Springs.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr. www.yoursleepguru.com.
 

The Book of Wishes | A Sleep Story

In The Book Of Wishes, a sleep story for relaxation and sleep, you will visit the ancient castle on a heart-shaped island in the middle of a lake. Legend has it that if you imagine a wish when you ring the bell in the tower of the castle, your wish will come true. This guided meditation also requires you to declare your wish or intention, the starting point of every dream. In so doing, you will access the creative power of manifestation, which fulfils any need, whether for health, happiness or love. A wish can't become a reality unless you acknowledge it. Only when you express your intention or wish into the depths of your consciousness can it evolve and flourish. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr. www.yoursleepguru.com.
I'd like to thank the following sound engineers for allowing me to use their sound in this recording: Kinoton (swifts) | Freesound, Bolanoschamorro (bell) | Freesound, Jus (swan) | Freesound, Priesjensen (forest ambience) | Freesound
 

The Hidden Sanctuary | A Guided Visualization for Relaxation & Sleep

During this guided visualization, you will experience the magnificent, otherwordly landscape of the Himalayas and follow the trail to a mysterious sanctuary in the heart of a bamboo forest. The visualization begins with a simple breathing exercise and ends with the AMSR of a summer monsoon storm.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 
 
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Sunny Island Break for Sleep

The sleep story begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the soothing sound of a sea breeze through the palm trees on a deserted island beach. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited solely by Clara Starr. You can support the podcast with ratings and kind words, subscribe to the newsletter on Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ website or share the podcast with loved ones. Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. 
 
Palm Trees in the Wind by Strange Acoustics

Winter Wonderland | A Sleep Story

Winter is a season of stark, beautiful contrasts. The shorter days and colder climate allow us time to slow down and reflect. Winter is also traditionally a time for storytelling. There's nothing better than a comfortable bed, a warm quilt, and a winter tale on a frosty night. The visualization will begin with a simple exercise for relaxation. Then you will experience a wintery landscape in rather an unusual way. The sleep story will end with the ambient sounds from a log cabin with a snowstorm outside.
Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited solely by Clara Starr. You can support the podcast with ratings and kind words, subscribe to the newsletter on Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ website or share the podcast with loved ones. Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. 

The Arctic Voyage | A Sleep Story

In this sleep story, you will sail the arctic sea on a vintage ship through a canyon of magnificent icebergs. Summer days are eternal this far North, and as a result, they have a way of all blending into one, and on this arctic summer day, the seas are calm. The visualization will begin with a simple breathing exercise and body scan for relaxation and end with the ambient noise from the interior of the ship's cabin.
Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent Podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited solely by Clara Starr. You can support the Podcast with ratings and kind words, subscribe to the newsletter on Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ website or share the Podcast with loved ones. Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. 

Autumn in the Forest | Fall Asleep

This nature-based guided meditation for relaxation and sleep is an imaginary, immersive autumnal forest bathing experience. The visualization will begin with a simple breathing exercise. Then, trample through the autumn leaves before discovering a beautiful clearing just as the sun sets. Finally, drift off to sleep with the AMSR sound of walking through the forest. 
What is forest bathing? The Japanese practise something called forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku. Shinrin in Japanese means "forest," and yoku means "bath." So shinrin-yoku means bathing in the forest environment or taking in the forest through the senses. In the sleep story, you will virtually experience the sounds of nature, the scent of the leaves, the sunlight playing through the branches of the trees, the forest air. All these things will help reduce anxiety and help with a good night's sleep.
Want more of Your Sleep Guru? Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Magical Canyon | Nature-Based Visualization for Relaxation & Sleep

The Colorado Plateau is a veritable layer cake of landscape wonderment. One of Mother Nature's best masterpieces! In this guided nature-based visualization, you will discover sleep and relaxation as you venture through the scenic rock canyon paradise to a hidden, hot spring. The visualization begins with a simple relaxation exercise and ends with the peaceful natural sound inside the tucked away canyon. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 
 
Photo by Tom Gainor on Unsplash

Train to Dreams | A Guided Story for Sleep

Take the overnight train to the destination of sleep! This visualization is an imaginary train trip through a remote region of beautiful mountains in the summertime. The visualization will begin with a journey through your body to promote relaxation. A body scan is a helpful technique you can use to encourage sleep. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Relax and Sleep West of Red Rocks

This nature-based guided story for sleep is from the heart of the magical red rock landscape of the Southwest. Clouds, dream catchers, tipis and windchimes will be involved. The visualizations are detailed so the listener can lose themselves in the dreamscape and, as a result, leave behind any anxiety, tension or stress.  
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Discover Peacefulness and Sleep at Yellowstone

Discover the enchanting landscape, the natural atmosphere, relaxation and sleep in the dreamy surroundings of Yellowstone National Park. If the awe-inspiring mountain landscape of the American West, nature, geysers, and bison are among some of your favourite things, then this is the visualization for you. "The peace of nature is flowing into you as the sunshine flows into the abundant life circling you."
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

The Cabin in a Sea of Grass | A Nature-Based Guided Meditation for Sleep

This nature-based guided visualization to help with sleep & relaxation is based on the Badlands of South Dakota & imagining the landscape before when it was a wild prairie without any roads, railways, wires or fences.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 
 
 
Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash

Finding Sleep in the South Pacific

We all love a starry sky on a clear night. It sparks wonder, our sense of the infinite and the idea of other worlds. It also stirs up spirits from the past held deep within our DNA, feelings that are nameless yet profound. Being on a boat at night adds another dimension to this experience. One that I highly recommend if you ever have an opportunity to experience it! During the guided visualization for sleep, stroll on a South Pacific beach before ending up on a large wooden ship moored in a bay of paradise.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Whale Dreams for Sleep

During this guided meditative sleep story, experience the gentle communion and soul realignment that can be shared when a human and a sentient being meet in the natural world——a whale of a story for a peaceful night's sleep.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Simple Relaxation Visualization Through the Tropical Rainforest

This is a guided nature-based meditative sleep story through a tropical rainforest. Experience the Pura Vida. Follow the path through a jungle to the tranquil Pacific Ocean and then relax in a unique place. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Find Relaxation & Sleep at the Lost City of Atlantis

This sleep story is based on the ruins of the ancient underwater city of Heracleion (near Alexandria in Egypt) and envisioning what it would be like to discover the lost city of Atlantis. These two concepts blend with relaxing on a dreamy desert island beach for sleep.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Finding Shambala | Guided Visualization For Sleep

Somewhere, beyond Tibet, in the Himalayan mountains, lies a mythical paradise of harmony and ineffable peace known as Shambala. This guided story for sleep is inspired by a dream about Shambala and the actual Taktsang Palphug Monastery perched on a cliffside in Bhutan. Visualization is a gentle but powerful meditation technique that will enable you to use your imagination to help you relax. Please practice the series in a safe, quiet place that is free from distraction.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 
 

Discover Calm & Sleep Inside the Lost Gardens

This visualization for sleep is based on a dream of discovering the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II was said to have created the Hanging Gardens in the sixth century B.C. as a gift to his wife, who was homesick for the beautiful vegetation and mountains native of her homeland. 
The lush green mountain of gardens rose out of the desert landscape, tiered with terraces of exotic flowers, plants and orchards that dazzled the eyes. Fragrances wafted through the towering botanical oasis dotted with statues, stone columns and water channelled from the nearby River Euphrates.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

A Sense of Place | Discover Sleep In a Hidden Corner of Ireland

Thank you for joining me, Clara, on Your Sleep Guru and allowing me to help you relax and fall asleep. This nature-based meditative visualization is based on a real place in northwest Ireland's untamed countryside. Join me on this ramble to a calm and soothing place (if you can stay awake long enough).
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Wander to the Waterfall | Then Drift Off to Sleep

On this nature-based guided story for sleep, you will experience the first signs of spring in a faraway northern climate. Here you will wander through the starkly beautiful landscape to discover a place above the waterfall.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Find Sleep in the Secret Treehouse

In this episode which is a guided visualization for calm and sleep, you will experience one of the only old-growth forests in Ireland. Just a fraction remains of the native woodland that once covered Ireland from coast to coast since the ice age. In the heart of the forest, you will discover the secret treehouse.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

The Ancient Oasis | A Sleep Story

When you imagine Egypt, what comes to mind? The Pyramids, The Pharaohs, The River Nile? Ancient antiquities or all of the above? In this nature-based story for sleep, you will discover an out of this world place in Egypt that you may not know about.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

The Island of Happiness | Guided Visualization for Relaxation & Calm

During this story for sleep, you will escape on a sunny break to the Island of Happiness. Sometimes sunny days may seem a long way away.  The darkness is part of life, a backdrop for the stars at night, the shadow cast by a cloud on a hot summer day, the space within what you know. Darkness has a way of reminding you of the light you’ve been given on all those other days.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

The Land Before Time | Sleep Story

Have you ever thought about how the ancient natural world looked? In this visualization for relaxation and sleep, discover a pocket of the world forgotten by time. A secret plateau where trees, plants and animals thrive without any intrusion. In this secluded place, the creatures have no contact with humans, so they are without fear.  
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Cool Yule | Relaxing Meditation for the Holiday Season

Winter is the season of stark, beautiful contrasts with shorter days of cooler weather that allow for quiet time and reflection. This meditative sleep story embodies the spirit of the season. A reindeer will pull you on a sledge through a wintery landscape. When you reach your destination, you will experience Yule at an isolated log cabin in a forest.
Yule predates the Christmas holiday by thousands of years. Linguists suggest the name Yule originates from the Anglo-Saxon word “Iul,” which means wheel and so consequently draws a link to the wheel figured in the Celtic calendar. In the Norse culture, “Jul” refers to the god, Odin, who was celebrated throughout Yule as well. Yule celebrations included bonfires, decorating with holly, mistletoe and the boughs of evergreen trees, feasts, and gift-giving.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
 

Natural Hot Springs | A Guided Meditation to Help with Sleep

In this nature-based guided meditation to help with relaxation and sleep, you will discover a remote desert oasis hot spring located in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America covering about fifty thousand square miles along the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world. It is also the largest fog desert in the world. Most of the region is sandy with rocky terrain and interspersed by salt lakes, lava flows and lava springs.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Collector‘s House | A Story for Sleep

In this relaxing sleep story, you will explore the Collector's House. Here you will discover rare seashells, fossils, pieces of amber, and butterflies. Afterwards, find peace and serenity in his garden courtyard.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Solitude of the Sonora | Story for Sleep

The desert is the most enjoyable in the winter and early spring before the summer sun makes the temperatures unbearable for most people to be outside. In this visualization for sleep, explore the desert of the Sonora and walk among magnificent and otherworldly Saguaro Cacti, before ending up at a tranquil lake.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Find Sleep at The Calm Cove

Bring an imaginary bathing suit, snorkel, mask, and towel to this peaceful visualization. During this guided meditation for sleep, experience swimming in the tropical ocean lagoon with sentient beings.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Hidden Canyon | Guided Meditation for Sleep

During this nature-based, guided story for sleep, explore a peaceful ponderosa pine forest then discover the hidden, hot springs waterfalls.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Fern Forest | A Nature-Based Visualization for Sleep

This sleepy story is from the antipodean North Island of New Zealand. The episode begins with a description of trees by Herman Hesse (Herman Hesse, Reflections and Poems). Then explore the enchanted fern forest before ending up on a secluded black beach. Here you will discover a secret volcanic, thermal spring.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Ancient Story | A Guided Sleep Story

You are hanging over the edge and watching as the bow of the ship slice through the waves. Occasionally sea spray splashes over you. Eventually, you end up at the secret cove where you will discover something ancient and extraordinary (and sleep).
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Gift | A Guided Meditation to Help with Sleep

The episode will begin with a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien. At 4:33 the guided meditative visualization for sleep will traverse through the high arctic tundra. Along the way, you will discover a rare amulet left by the ancient ones who walked the same pathway thousands of years before. Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.
**Thanks to Davide Cantelli for sharing their photo on Unsplash.

Retreat from Within | A Calming Story for Sleep

The guided meditative visualization will be through the peaceful, relaxing atmosphere of the secluded monastic retreat hidden deep within the most remote countryside of Europe.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Fields of Lavender | A Soothing Visualization to Help Send You to Sleep

The guided meditative visualization will ramble through an ancient olive grove, lavender fields and end up at a special place. Lavender flowers are known to symbolize purity, silence, devotion serenity and grace. Lavender essential oil is the most commonly used essential oil today. Also, it is well known for its soothing, calming, antidepressant properties. Lavender oil has been utilized for over 3,000 years. The Egyptians used lavender for mummification and also as a perfume. When King Tut's tomb was discovered and opened in 1923, the air inside was said to possess the faint scent of lavender.  **For additional relaxation, listen to the visualization with a diffuser of lavender oil, or a lavender pillow.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The River Bend | Drift Off to Sleep

Join this guided meditation across the Atlantic Ocean at the River Alde in Eastern England, where you will discover an ancient ruin. Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

The Hidden Garden | A Relaxing Sleep Story

The guided meditation wanders through the Yorkshire Moors to a forgotten secret garden. The visualization was inspired by The Secret Garden.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Finding the Retreat | A Guided Meditation for Sleep

The meditative visualization follows a path through gentle green pastures, sunflower fields, and a vineyard to a peaceful retreat. Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Cedar Grove | A Guided Story for Sleep

Have you heard of forest bathing? It's not actually bathing in water, but immersing yourself in the woods. Being present, noticing the trees, the wildlife, the sounds, and the aromas. Forest bathing became an integral part of Japanese preventative health care in the 80s. They discovered that being in a forest lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hormone production, boosts the immune system as well as increases feelings of well-being. In this visualization, you won't actually be in the forest. Still, I hope to help you experience the next best thing. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Where the Two Seas Meet | A Nature-Based Meditative Journey to Sleep

Find some peace and tranquillity on a peninsula where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea mysteriously meet in the Land of the Midnight Sun. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Calm in Cinque Terre, Italy | A Guided Story for Calm & Sleep

During the guided visualization, you will experience the magical landscape of the Cinque Terre (otherwise known as Five Lands, which comprise the five small coastal villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso located in the region of Liguria, Italy).
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Peaceful in Portugal | A Sleep Story from The Iberian Peninsula

Do you need some peace and calm? If you do, please try listening to this guided meditative visualization where you will discover the dreamy cliffs of the Atlantic coast of Portugal near Nazaré.
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Skinny Dip Falls | A Guided Visualization for Sleep

This guided sleep story is based on a wander to a waterfall deep within the forest of the Appalachian Mountains.  Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.

Blissed in Iceland | A Nature-Based Guided Visualization for Sleep and Calm

This guided nature-based meditation is through a magical part of the western Icelandic countryside. 
Your Sleep Guru™ is available for free on Google Play and the Apple App. Store. www.yoursleepguru.com. Your Sleep Guru Podcast™ is an independent podcast written, narrated, produced, and edited by Clara Starr.