WEBVTT 00:02.602 --> 00:04.223 [SPEAKER_00]: Hello, Away Islanders. 00:04.703 --> 00:07.205 [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Be Calm on Away Island. 00:07.725 --> 00:11.847 [SPEAKER_00]: Today we are happy to share a favorite story and relaxation with you. 00:12.548 --> 00:21.232 [SPEAKER_00]: Before we begin, we want to remind the grown-ups who are listening that hundreds of Be Calm on Away Island episodes are available on Patreon. 00:21.653 --> 00:22.253 [SPEAKER_00]: That's right. 00:22.813 --> 00:28.056 [SPEAKER_00]: Our full library is available at patreon.com slash Away Island. 00:28.757 --> 00:30.758 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, let's get ready to relax. 00:36.687 --> 00:38.547 [SPEAKER_01]: Hello, Awe Islanders. 00:39.548 --> 00:41.228 [SPEAKER_01]: We're so glad you're here. 00:42.928 --> 00:48.850 [SPEAKER_01]: Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. 00:50.950 --> 00:54.411 [SPEAKER_01]: Are the lights in your room dim or off? 00:56.711 --> 01:00.112 [SPEAKER_01]: Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? 01:02.752 --> 01:04.973 [SPEAKER_01]: Before we begin our story, 01:05.902 --> 01:22.995 [SPEAKER_01]: Let's relax by taking a deep dragon breath, breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. 01:24.857 --> 01:25.197 [SPEAKER_01]: Ready? 01:26.958 --> 01:30.361 [SPEAKER_01]: Deep breath in and out. 01:40.157 --> 01:41.398 [SPEAKER_01]: great job. 01:43.538 --> 01:48.840 [SPEAKER_01]: Today, let's imagine a small pool of soothing water. 01:50.361 --> 01:54.483 [SPEAKER_01]: This is all pretend and you are very safe. 01:56.764 --> 02:05.407 [SPEAKER_01]: Imagine the sun sparkling on the water as you step into the pool and sit down in the clear water. 02:07.312 --> 02:11.694 [SPEAKER_01]: The warm water hugs you as you lie back in the pool. 02:13.916 --> 02:19.999 [SPEAKER_01]: Now, let's take another deep dragon breath in and out. 02:31.786 --> 02:34.227 [SPEAKER_01]: First, think about your feet. 02:35.622 --> 02:41.025 [SPEAKER_01]: Hicture them floating as the water slips and slides between your toes. 02:43.327 --> 02:46.069 [SPEAKER_01]: Next, focus on your legs. 02:47.529 --> 02:56.695 [SPEAKER_01]: Imagine them gently swaying in the water, back and forth, back and forth. 02:59.097 --> 03:02.679 [SPEAKER_01]: Your hands feel relaxed in the water, too. 03:05.124 --> 03:11.070 [SPEAKER_01]: open your fingers as you imagine the water massaging your hands and fingers. 03:14.474 --> 03:26.647 [SPEAKER_01]: As you imagine your whole body lightly floating in the water, let's take one more deep dragon breath in and out. 03:37.997 --> 03:39.559 [SPEAKER_01]: great job everyone. 03:40.840 --> 03:45.065 [SPEAKER_01]: I hope you are tucked in nice and cozy. 03:47.788 --> 03:50.671 [SPEAKER_01]: I think we're ready to begin our story. 04:08.442 --> 04:11.851 [SPEAKER_01]: Let's be calm on Awe Island. 04:12.934 --> 04:16.462 [SPEAKER_01]: Our story today is Dancing Bubbles. 04:18.481 --> 04:28.388 [SPEAKER_01]: The afternoon sun peaked through the clouds, lighting up the backyard of the little house in a quiet, away island neighborhood. 04:29.488 --> 04:35.012 [SPEAKER_01]: Coming out the back door of the little house, Emily skipped outside. 04:36.253 --> 04:39.995 [SPEAKER_01]: In her hands, she held a small pink bottle. 04:41.036 --> 04:43.758 [SPEAKER_01]: She unscrewed the lid of the bottle. 04:44.418 --> 04:49.061 [SPEAKER_01]: pulling a wand out of the sticky liquid inside the bottle. 04:50.142 --> 04:54.025 [SPEAKER_01]: She grinned as she held the wand in her hand. 04:55.246 --> 04:57.448 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily loved bubbles. 04:59.169 --> 05:05.594 [SPEAKER_01]: Beginning to dance around, Emily gently waved the hand that was holding the wand. 05:06.915 --> 05:13.340 [SPEAKER_01]: The breeze created a string of little bubbles that poured out of the end of Emily's 05:16.135 --> 05:25.501 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily smiled with the light as she watched the bubbles float through the air for a few moments before slowly drifting downward. 05:26.942 --> 05:38.210 [SPEAKER_01]: As the bubbles floated, pop, pop, pop, one by one, the bubbles burst and Emily giggled at the site. 05:41.319 --> 05:48.205 [SPEAKER_01]: After all the Bubbles had disappeared, Emily dipped the wand back in the bottle. 05:49.066 --> 05:55.752 [SPEAKER_01]: This time, when she pulled the bubble wand out of the bottle, Emily began to spin. 05:57.194 --> 05:59.616 [SPEAKER_01]: Around and around, she went. 06:00.457 --> 06:03.620 [SPEAKER_01]: Little Bubbles drifting around her in a circle. 06:05.087 --> 06:09.210 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily raised the wand above her head as she twirled. 06:10.571 --> 06:22.360 [SPEAKER_01]: The bubbles floated around her head and slowly circled her, floating down, down, down, until they each finally popped. 06:24.125 --> 06:28.247 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily dipped her wand into the bottle for a third time. 06:29.388 --> 06:36.631 [SPEAKER_01]: This time, she skipped straight in one direction, with the wand held high in her hand. 06:37.832 --> 06:44.155 [SPEAKER_01]: She skipped along until all the bubble liquid had been blown out of the wand by the breeze. 06:45.575 --> 06:52.819 [SPEAKER_01]: Then Emily stopped skipping and turned around to watch the bubbles behind her drift downward. 06:54.159 --> 07:03.604 [SPEAKER_01]: She smiled as she watched little bitty rainbows shine inside each bubble as it drifted toward the ground. 07:05.885 --> 07:12.268 [SPEAKER_01]: Every bubble sparkled in the sunshine and Emily was mesmerized by the site. 07:14.863 --> 07:17.984 [SPEAKER_01]: after each of those bubbles finally popped. 07:18.825 --> 07:21.386 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily began to dance around again. 07:22.607 --> 07:31.070 [SPEAKER_01]: She waltzed this way and that, wanting to see what kinds of patterns she could make in the air with her bubbles. 07:32.471 --> 07:36.933 [SPEAKER_01]: As she continued dancing, her brother Billy came outside. 07:38.786 --> 07:42.507 [SPEAKER_01]: I amly called Billy as he came out the back door. 07:43.588 --> 07:44.488 [SPEAKER_01]: What are you doing? 07:45.208 --> 07:48.289 [SPEAKER_01]: He asked his little sister as he approached her. 07:49.769 --> 07:52.330 [SPEAKER_01]: Hi Billy, I'm blowing bubbles. 07:53.111 --> 07:54.811 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily replied proudly. 07:56.592 --> 08:00.713 [SPEAKER_01]: It looks like you're dancing to me who Billy said with a smile. 08:02.153 --> 08:04.314 [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, that's how I blow bubbles. 08:04.614 --> 08:07.035 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily responded, watch this. 08:09.013 --> 08:16.536 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily dipped the wand into the bubble solution, and began to spin around as fast as she could. 08:17.797 --> 08:21.919 [SPEAKER_01]: A curtain of tiny bubbles surrounded her as she spun. 08:23.299 --> 08:26.220 [SPEAKER_01]: It did look pretty cool, believe thought. 08:28.141 --> 08:36.885 [SPEAKER_01]: As Emily stopped spinning, the two children watched as each bubble floated to the ground and finally burst. 08:38.893 --> 08:40.494 [SPEAKER_01]: How do you blow bubbles? 08:41.034 --> 08:42.734 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily asked curiously. 08:42.754 --> 08:46.596 [SPEAKER_01]: Do you not dance when you're blowing bubbles? 08:48.336 --> 08:49.417 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy smiled. 08:50.297 --> 08:55.739 [SPEAKER_01]: He took the wand that his sister offered him and replied, Like this. 08:57.546 --> 09:02.672 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy dipped the bubble wand into the bottle still held in Emily's hand. 09:03.934 --> 09:08.399 [SPEAKER_01]: He pulled out the wand, holding it in front of his mouth. 09:09.480 --> 09:17.550 [SPEAKER_01]: Then he explained, now you take a deep dragon breath in and out. 09:32.505 --> 09:42.268 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy blew air into the wand himself, pushing the bubbles out with his own breath, instead of letting the breeze do it for him. 09:43.708 --> 09:49.189 [SPEAKER_01]: As Billy blew the air out of his mouth, a bubble formed on the wand. 09:50.310 --> 09:54.931 [SPEAKER_01]: It grew bigger and bigger with the air from Billy's lungs. 10:01.610 --> 10:02.130 [SPEAKER_01]: Wow! 10:03.251 --> 10:04.912 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily was amazed. 10:06.053 --> 10:08.595 [SPEAKER_01]: That was a really big bubble. 10:09.475 --> 10:10.336 [SPEAKER_01]: May I try? 10:11.897 --> 10:14.078 [SPEAKER_01]: Sure, said Billy smiling. 10:15.499 --> 10:20.963 [SPEAKER_01]: Breathing into the wand yourself just gives you more control over the air. 10:21.463 --> 10:22.504 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy explained. 10:23.704 --> 10:25.826 [SPEAKER_01]: You can make bigger bubbles that way. 10:27.965 --> 10:32.907 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily nodded her understanding and took the wand from her brother's hand. 10:34.648 --> 10:38.689 [SPEAKER_01]: But when you're done, I'd like another turn, Billy added. 10:39.750 --> 10:42.031 [SPEAKER_01]: I want to try your way of blowing bubbles. 10:42.611 --> 10:43.571 [SPEAKER_01]: The dancing way. 10:46.212 --> 10:53.415 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily smiled back at her big brother and said, okay, the dancing way is fun too. 10:59.336 --> 11:02.897 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily dipped the bubble wand back into the bottle. 11:04.177 --> 11:13.520 [SPEAKER_01]: Excitedly, she held the wand in front of her face and took a quick dragon breath in and out. 11:19.642 --> 11:23.523 [SPEAKER_01]: A bubble formed on the wand and popped immediately. 11:24.968 --> 11:27.109 [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, what happened to my bubble? 11:27.529 --> 11:31.972 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily asked, staring disappointedly at the empty wand. 11:33.412 --> 11:36.014 [SPEAKER_01]: Don't worry, said Billy, encouragingly. 11:37.174 --> 11:39.195 [SPEAKER_01]: Slow down your dragon breath a little. 11:39.896 --> 11:43.458 [SPEAKER_01]: Just like you do when you're trying to be calm or go to sleep. 11:44.598 --> 11:48.240 [SPEAKER_01]: That last breath was just a little too fast. 11:48.680 --> 11:49.601 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy explained. 11:51.584 --> 11:52.965 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily tried again. 11:53.906 --> 12:00.252 [SPEAKER_01]: She took an extra-slowed deep dragon breath in and out. 12:10.300 --> 12:14.524 [SPEAKER_01]: Just like she did every night before going to bed. 12:17.021 --> 12:22.785 [SPEAKER_01]: this time as she breathed out a bubble formed on the wand. 12:24.026 --> 12:28.689 [SPEAKER_01]: It grew bigger and bigger and bigger. 12:30.170 --> 12:38.555 [SPEAKER_01]: Finally, it got so big that it floated off the wand and the breeze carried it away. 12:45.115 --> 13:06.208 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily smiled she had done it I did it she exclaimed thanks Billy I like that way of making bubbles too it's fun to make such big bubbles the rainbows inside these bubbles are bigger 13:15.677 --> 13:20.080 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy smiled as he dipped the wand back into the bottom. 13:21.601 --> 13:27.285 [SPEAKER_01]: Then he spun around and around as fast as he could. 13:28.506 --> 13:35.650 [SPEAKER_01]: But only a couple tiny bubbles floated around him and they popped almost immediately. 13:36.851 --> 13:39.133 [SPEAKER_01]: He stopped looking puzzled. 13:41.370 --> 13:46.174 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily laughed and said, this time you went too fast. 13:46.994 --> 13:52.198 [SPEAKER_01]: When you make bubbles the dancing way, you can't go too fast, either. 13:53.058 --> 13:56.681 [SPEAKER_01]: You have to dance gracefully, Emily said. 13:57.742 --> 14:03.006 [SPEAKER_01]: She demonstrated sweeping arcs with her arms, like a ballet dancer. 14:04.527 --> 14:05.527 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy laughed. 14:06.448 --> 14:06.928 [SPEAKER_01]: Okay. 14:07.469 --> 14:08.950 [SPEAKER_01]: I'll try again, he said. 14:10.740 --> 14:12.060 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy tried again. 14:12.901 --> 14:20.783 [SPEAKER_01]: This time, twirling slowly, letting his arms smoothly circle around his body as he turned. 14:21.664 --> 14:24.265 [SPEAKER_01]: Imagineing he was a ballet dancer. 14:26.025 --> 14:36.129 [SPEAKER_01]: This time, he was rewarded with a shower of little bubbles that circled around him and slowly drifted to the ground. 14:42.488 --> 14:49.414 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy and Emily smiled at each other as the bubbles each popped on their way down to the ground. 14:51.276 --> 14:57.942 [SPEAKER_01]: For the rest of the afternoon, Billy and Emily took turns blowing bubbles. 14:59.473 --> 15:07.438 [SPEAKER_01]: Sometimes they made bubbles the dancing way by slowly twirling to make smaller bubbles in patterns. 15:08.719 --> 15:18.925 [SPEAKER_01]: Other times they made bubbles the dragon breath way by taking extra slow, deep dragon breaths to make bigger bubbles. 15:21.532 --> 15:36.618 [SPEAKER_01]: After a while though, the two children got tired of dancing and twirling, and all those deep dragon breaths made both of them feel very relaxed, and it made Emily feel a little sleepy. 15:39.019 --> 15:42.380 [SPEAKER_01]: I think I want to take a little nap, said Emily. 15:43.461 --> 15:46.242 [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for playing with me Billy, she added 15:47.655 --> 15:52.696 [SPEAKER_01]: You're welcome Emily her brother replied, I like playing with you. 15:54.597 --> 16:00.999 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily gave her brother a big hug and then the two children went inside. 16:02.379 --> 16:10.101 [SPEAKER_01]: Billy went to his room to read a book and Emily headed to her room to take a little nap. 16:13.737 --> 16:28.021 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily, and as she hopped into her bed, she nestled her head into her fluffy pillow, feeling cozy and snugly. 16:30.241 --> 16:35.803 [SPEAKER_01]: As she got comfortable, she thought of all she had to be grateful for. 16:38.375 --> 16:43.276 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily was grateful to have learned a new way to make bubbles. 16:44.577 --> 16:46.237 [SPEAKER_01]: The Dragon Breath Way. 16:48.578 --> 16:56.840 [SPEAKER_01]: Thinking about Dragon Breath made her take a deep Dragon Breath in and out. 17:09.158 --> 17:15.561 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily was grateful to have a brother who gave her way of making bubbles a try. 17:17.963 --> 17:24.286 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily took another deep dragon breath in and out. 17:35.303 --> 17:39.144 [SPEAKER_01]: as she thought about Billy dancing with the bubble wand. 17:41.265 --> 17:49.748 [SPEAKER_01]: She smiled as she realized that most of all she was grateful to have Billy for her brother. 17:52.088 --> 17:57.650 [SPEAKER_01]: She loved him very much and knew he loved her very much too. 18:00.488 --> 18:06.955 [SPEAKER_01]: Emily took one more deep dragon breath in and out. 18:06.975 --> 18:12.461 [SPEAKER_01]: Calm in her body. 18:20.853 --> 18:31.303 [SPEAKER_01]: her mind quieted and Emily fell asleep, dreaming of dancing with giant bubbles floating all around her. 18:35.507 --> 18:40.332 [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for joining us to be calm on Awe Island. 18:41.753 --> 18:42.574 [SPEAKER_01]: See you next time.