Sleep Song

Music adapted from Tri Robinson’s Meditative Story, "To walk the Earth."

Inspired by our storyteller's morning ride through a wide-open valley in the American West, the music in this Sleep Song begins with a gentle, ambling melody on guitar, recalling a half-remembered folk tune as the music walks along through familiar, beloved country. Every so often a pause, a shift from guitar to an airy synth, offers space to marvel at the beauties of the landscape passing by. Synths with bright, celestial tones recall the morning stars above – and the expanse of the universe beyond.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

Music adapted from Krista Tippett’s Meditative Story, "I let go of my plan — and found myself."

A piano melody echoes over water, evoking a voyage across the sparkling ocean and over the wall into a quiet garden. Synths and a chorus of human voices soar by like a breeze above the patient piano theme that holds the center of this calm green island in a warm sea. The music pauses on a subtle chord, creating an open space, before gathering itself into an urbane piano melody, playing gentle bluesy changes across a contemplative landscape. The music modulates into quiet waves of peaceful synths as you drift away.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

Music adapted from Shea Hembrey's Meditative Story, "Trust the world to show its goodness."

After a short welcoming meditation from Rohan, the music begins, evoking the sounds of an early fresh-aired country morning, dew on the branches, bare feet running on green grass, light and birds flaring and soaring in the sky. Piano and harp play in bright patterns, echoed by a sprightly theme played on folk instruments. Voice and strings join in a gentle chorus as the music transitions into a quiet space of dreams and contemplations, where simple piano lines, like slow waves, roll in and out.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

Music adapted from Michelle Thaller's Meditative Story, "Finding meaning in the vastness of the universe."

As Rohan invites you to prepare for rest, a still, small piano theme begins to play, quietly echoing, sounding vulnerably human. As this theme fades, a sweep of cosmic sounds leap and bound into the soundscape, suggesting the glitter of infinite space, a progression of sounds and colors beyond our knowing. A low, tender theme that suggests love and longing blends these two moods, the warmly human and the cosmic, as the music moves us through time.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

Music adapted from Moj Mahdara’s Meditative Story, "Standing in my own truth."

As this Sleep Song begins, a simple musical theme evokes lost melodies from another time and place, then slowly expands, adding voices in layers, to create a sense of open space and possibility. Listen for the small musical questions being asked by quiet strings and synths, then explored and answered by harp and piano. It's music that invites you to think deeply on a question of your own as the themes play against one another other, moving in and out of the foreground as question follows answer follows question.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

Music adapted from Sam Harris’s Meditative Story, "Finding happiness amid the ordinary collisions of life."

As the Sleep Song begins, you’ll hear a searching, questioning synth line playing over a wash of tones, resolving into a chorus of human voice. Smooth electronic sounds blend with curious woodwind, harp and pizzicato string passages that disperse, recombine and settle again. As the music evolves, the tones become quieter, rounder, and more contemplative — creating space for the opening passages to ripen and resolve themselves.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.