My gratitude overflows for every one who has listened, commented, written, shared, and helped this sanctuary grow. May we all continue to dream away! Subscribe for more videos at my other channel, MIchelle's Sanctuary! ua-cam.com/channels/Kp9S0rMUS1hrKTCV68Lk2w.html Gifts are always accepted, for those of you who wish you show appreciation: www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary www.venmo.com/michellehotaling
Gosh, this has proved to be the most effective story yet to help me relax! Funny how a particular, magical combination does that, and is probably different for everyone, but this has assisted me to relax even while experiencing PTSD and will be my go-to. I have your Villa by the Sea as my go-to for migraines and this is now my go-to for relieving locked in tension. Going back to sleep now...❤
up pacing the floor at 2:30am, pain is a hasty alarm clock. Then remembered, Michelle sanctuary, found this particular video and was back to sleep before it finished and stayed asleep till the roster crowed and the sun is shining. So very thankful
Oh, Pam, I'm sorry pain is interfering with your sleep. I'm glad you were able to get back to bed! Such a frustrating cycle when pain keeps you up and yet we need sleep to heal and feel better! Hope tonight you have a solid night of rest ! 💜
How kind of you to reply to me. Thank you it made me feel special. I have listened to this meditation several times and it is AMAZING how much it helps. You are very talented blessing.
You know last night I couldn't fall asleep..its like my body just didn't wanna turn off..i kept itching, moving and opening my eyes..then I thought it find something here on UA-cam to watch that might help me fall asleep. So I looked and saw this and started listening with my eyes closed and was asleep in MINUTES...your voice is so calming and soothing...Thank you, and am subscribing now❤
Welcome-- I am so glad you got to sleep and are part of this sanctuary. I hope my collection of stories and meditations help you sleep better whenever you need it!
Clinical psychologist 18 years here, this recording is really well done, supportive without annoying marketing junk in the intro. Music correct slilghtly drone type harmony and volume with appropriate events per minute.
My pleasure-- any video of mine before November 2023 won't have ads at the end. The rest might but I have no control-- UA-cam is the boss and decides there. I'm glad you enjoyed this one 💜
Oh my god. How uncanny! Here I lie searching for my next video to help get me back to sleep Michelle! Third time trying to get back to sleep as I wake multiple times a night and lo and behold, I find you're bringing another get back to sleep one out. It was meant to be! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And by the way, I must tell you that your rain in Ireland video is so beyond exquisite. Michelle, it's truly a work of art. I can't tell you how much every single descriptive word, every soporific tone in your voice and how the background ambient music lift me away into such an blissful state. I am so SO grateful you can never imagine! 💙💙💙🙏 For all of your work!
Last night, I woke up at 3 am from a nightmare and I knew just what to do. Perfect timing that this was just uploaded. So I whipped out this video and I was asleep again in less than 20 minutes I’m sure. Let’s hope I don’t need it again tonight! Thanks Michelle 🙏🏼 my trusted friend
I'm sorry that you had a nightmare-- I want to work on a new nightmare relief meditation soon as well. I'm glad this helped! Hoping you are able to sleep through the night tonight-- I'm releasing a new spring story set among the cherry blossoms in Japan. 💜
I’ve been needing one of these!! The other night I took a sleeping pill and still woke up 4 times. Had a sleep study and I’m perfectly healthy. I just cannot sleep
I empathize completely and hope this helps! For years I was "perfectly healthy" but I would wake up again and again and my mind would race. It took time, but meditation absolutely was my solution and I happily sleep through every night now (for the most part!).
I am sorry this happened to you. This video is not permitted to have ads after playing (by me). It could be something UA-cam did-- is it possible that it autoplayed a video following it? All my meditations are also available on Insight Timer and my podcast to listen for free as well. This will never happen on those platforms. I would not want this to happen to anyone listening.
I hope this continues to help, Lauren-- I know how valuable sleep can be when you are struggling with pain and it can become a repetitive cycle. Sweet dreams-- and wishing you find healing sleep! 💜
Hi there Michelle, since this is an older video, I don’t know if you will see this comment but I want to thank you for all of the help. I’ve listened to this specific meditation more times than any of the several in my playlist of only you & 2 other people’s sleep meditations. Your voice is one that I trust & the descriptive imagery pairs perfectly the way that you speak. Like right now- I often wake up when I have only 4hrs to sleep (usually after only sleeping two). ❤ ✌️
Thank you, Sheri! I struggled with this for quite some time myself and I did eventually correct my sleep cycle through meditation. I'm so glad this one has worked for you and that you've allowed me to be part of your sleep journey! It's so frustrating to deal with sleep interruption and I hope that you continue to benefit and dream away!
Dear Michelle, Thanks so much for these wonderful videos. I wrote previously on the other Fall back to sleep video requesting a longer video. Then I saw that you recorded some longer story videos. I tried these but they don’t work so well for me. The Fall back to sleep ones work well but I wake when you stop talking. Just wondered if you’d consider making a longer one- it’s your voice that helps me sleep these days. Thank you.
This has helped me four times since its debut. It has been a really rough week for sleep, actually, lack of, and this meditation did the trick. Thank you...your work means so much to me!
Oh no! That is such a traumatic way to wake up. I hope everything is okay. I have the worst alarms-- one night I had to march to a store at 3AM to buy batteries because I couldn't disable it and it wouldn't stop chirping. Hope you got back to sleep.
Hi, My Names Adheesh, I Had Trouble Sleeping Because Of Some Emotional Problems. I Couldn't Sleep No Matter What. This Video Helped Me So Much That I Can Sleep With Ease Now. I'll Help Your Channel As I am Launching My Own Yt Channel. Thanks Michelle You Helped A Sleep-deprived Teen In India Sleep With Peace.
I'm so sorry-- sometimes it's so hard to get the mind to calm back down. I hope you give it another go if this happens again, or perhaps a sleep story would better soothe you. 💜
It helps to kind of trick yourself by instead of thinking, oh, I am not falling asleep, to think, oh goodie, for once I'm getting to enjoy the whole story. Either you stop trying so hard to fall asleep and then do fall asleep, or if it really doesn't happen, you enjoy the time more and that is also restorative, at least more restorative than starting to stew or fret. It does take one conscious choice after another, just as we take conscious breaths and choose to fake yawns, we can choose that, even if pretending. It's also a conscious choice to trust that whichever way it goes, it's going to be ok and even when something is troubling us, there's still beauty to experience. It will be ok.
I was very dissapointed Thomas that you did not read tonight’s story in stead Michelle read it instead did nothing for me at all her voice does nothing for me just stopped the story sorry I’m sure she does her best but sadly does nothing for me
Um, you're listening to Michelle's Sanctuary, where Michelle is the only person who ever reads and writes the scripts. Perhaps you mean another channel? Hope you found it!
My gratitude overflows for every one who has listened, commented, written, shared, and helped this sanctuary grow. May we all continue to dream away!
Subscribe for more videos at my other channel, MIchelle's Sanctuary!
ua-cam.com/channels/Kp9S0rMUS1hrKTCV68Lk2w.html
Gifts are always accepted, for those of you who wish you show appreciation:
www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary
www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary
www.venmo.com/michellehotaling
Thanks 🙏👍
Gosh, this has proved to be the most effective story yet to help me relax! Funny how a particular, magical combination does that, and is probably different for everyone, but this has assisted me to relax even while experiencing PTSD and will be my go-to. I have your Villa by the Sea as my go-to for migraines and this is now my go-to for relieving locked in tension.
Going back to sleep now...❤
Woke up at 3am ugh this popped up and did the trick 😴🙏❤️
How frustrating when that happens! I'm glad this helped! 🥰
up pacing the floor at 2:30am, pain is a hasty alarm clock. Then remembered, Michelle sanctuary, found this particular video and was back to sleep before it finished and stayed asleep till the roster crowed and the sun is shining.
So very thankful
Oh, Pam, I'm sorry pain is interfering with your sleep. I'm glad you were able to get back to bed! Such a frustrating cycle when pain keeps you up and yet we need sleep to heal and feel better! Hope tonight you have a solid night of rest ! 💜
How kind of you to reply to me. Thank you it made me feel special. I have listened to this meditation several times and it is AMAZING how much it helps. You are very talented blessing.
I love to zone into your work Saturday afternoons. I let my mind relax, daydream, nap, run creatively. . . good times! 🕊️🙏💕
88k subscribers! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Sounds amazing-- and yes, getting closer to 100k!
You know last night I couldn't fall asleep..its like my body just didn't wanna turn off..i kept itching, moving and opening my eyes..then I thought it find something here on UA-cam to watch that might help me fall asleep. So I looked and saw this and started listening with my eyes closed and was asleep in MINUTES...your voice is so calming and soothing...Thank you, and am subscribing now❤
Welcome-- I am so glad you got to sleep and are part of this sanctuary. I hope my collection of stories and meditations help you sleep better whenever you need it!
Clinical psychologist 18 years here, this recording is really well done, supportive without annoying marketing junk in the intro. Music correct slilghtly drone type harmony and volume with appropriate events per minute.
Wonderful soothing voice & pace and intricate words, no ad at the end - impeccable.
*Thank you* 😇
My pleasure-- any video of mine before November 2023 won't have ads at the end. The rest might but I have no control-- UA-cam is the boss and decides there. I'm glad you enjoyed this one 💜
Oh my god. How uncanny! Here I lie searching for my next video to help get me back to sleep Michelle! Third time trying to get back to sleep as I wake multiple times a night and lo and behold, I find you're bringing another get back to sleep one out. It was meant to be! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And by the way, I must tell you that your rain in Ireland video is so beyond exquisite. Michelle, it's truly a work of art. I can't tell you how much every single descriptive word, every soporific tone in your voice and how the background ambient music lift me away into such an blissful state. I am so SO grateful you can never imagine! 💙💙💙🙏 For all of your work!
Thank you, Amalia-- your comments are always pure gold. Hope I keep creating better and more transformative content! 💜
@@MichellesSanctuary All your content is pure gold and timeless.
Jesus loves you! ❤
Okay I’ve been searching and I am so happy I finally found one that’s not an English accent.
I appreciate you saying that-- since more often than not I receive complaints that I DON'T have an English accent. Sweet dreams ✨
Hi Michell
you cant beat a nice woman’s voice for sleep hypnosis.
Thank you, Kevin. So nice of you to write that!
@@MichellesSanctuary
You deserve it
And ty
And i cant thank you enough for posting
Last night, I woke up at 3 am from a nightmare and I knew just what to do. Perfect timing that this was just uploaded. So I whipped out this video and I was asleep again in less than 20 minutes I’m sure. Let’s hope I don’t need it again tonight! Thanks Michelle 🙏🏼 my trusted friend
I'm sorry that you had a nightmare-- I want to work on a new nightmare relief meditation soon as well. I'm glad this helped! Hoping you are able to sleep through the night tonight-- I'm releasing a new spring story set among the cherry blossoms in Japan. 💜
Thank you ❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Thank You for all you do, makes living in these uncertain days tolerable, even better than that your skills are amazing.
I appreciate you kind words-- may you find joy where you can and sleep every night!
Looking forward to this one and grateful we don’t have to wait until Sunday for it because I’m really in need of something like this tonight!
I hope it helped, Gareth! And another release comes out today! 💜
This is really soothing, calming and aptly suited for sleeping.
I'm glad it helps!
I’ve been needing one of these!! The other night I took a sleeping pill and still woke up 4 times. Had a sleep study and I’m perfectly healthy. I just cannot sleep
I empathize completely and hope this helps! For years I was "perfectly healthy" but I would wake up again and again and my mind would race. It took time, but meditation absolutely was my solution and I happily sleep through every night now (for the most part!).
I woke up nauseous about 3 hours before my alarm so I’m hoping this will get me back to sleep for at least a little while
I hope this helped, Bethany, and that you are feeling better now!
Love this, was looking forward to Sunday to hearing this. Best voice of all!!!
It's nice to throw in a surprise release every now and then! 💜
Thanks for putting me back to sleep! But $%^& for running an ad after the video which promptly woke me right back up.
I am sorry this happened to you. This video is not permitted to have ads after playing (by me). It could be something UA-cam did-- is it possible that it autoplayed a video following it? All my meditations are also available on Insight Timer and my podcast to listen for free as well. This will never happen on those platforms. I would not want this to happen to anyone listening.
How can I access those platforms? It is scary when you drift off then a loud ad jolts you awake. I know you would never approve of that.
@@youdontmatter2me Very generous of you to offer this classic go-to-sleep recording for free.
Love the tucking in .
💤💤💤
Great remedy🌸My favorite go to for midnight wakeups.
So happy it helps! I've always been a sufferer of those 4AM wake-ups! But meditation has definitely made it a rare event now.
Perfect meditation. I struggle with my sleep due to pain, I’m always half asleep but never quite there.
I hope this continues to help, Lauren-- I know how valuable sleep can be when you are struggling with pain and it can become a repetitive cycle. Sweet dreams-- and wishing you find healing sleep! 💜
OOOOH! I’m super excited for this one! Thank you Michelle for taking time write and share these amazing stories!
I hope it helped you get back to sleep-- and another new story is out today! Sweet dreams! 💜
@@MichellesSanctuary It definitely did! I look forward to Sunday’s every week because I know a new adventure will be waiting when it’s bedtime!
Hi there Michelle, since this is an older video, I don’t know if you will see this comment but I want to thank you for all of the help. I’ve listened to this specific meditation more times than any of the several in my playlist of only you & 2 other people’s sleep meditations. Your voice is one that I trust & the descriptive imagery pairs perfectly the way that you speak. Like right now- I often wake up when I have only 4hrs to sleep (usually after only sleeping two). ❤ ✌️
Thank you, Sheri! I struggled with this for quite some time myself and I did eventually correct my sleep cycle through meditation. I'm so glad this one has worked for you and that you've allowed me to be part of your sleep journey! It's so frustrating to deal with sleep interruption and I hope that you continue to benefit and dream away!
Ty first and foremost for the excellent content !! You have helped me countless times over the past few years. I appreciate all you do! Again ty.
It's a pleasure -- so happy to have people to create for! If you know anyone else who can't sleep, send them my way!
@@MichellesSanctuary u betcha
The best video to get back to sleep. Thanks!
So glad it works! Swet dreams!
I am feeling sleepy 💤 but still waiting for this story .
God bless you
And you as well. Thanks, James.
Dear Michelle,
Thanks so much for these wonderful videos. I wrote previously on the other Fall back to sleep video requesting a longer video. Then I saw that you recorded some longer story videos. I tried these but they don’t work so well for me. The Fall back to sleep ones work well but I wake when you stop talking. Just wondered if you’d consider making a longer one- it’s your voice that helps me sleep these days.
Thank you.
Thank you, Paul, your feedback is appreciated. Are there any other things you would like to be said and included should I create a longer version?
@@MichellesSanctuary just along the same lines as this one. It’s so calm and comforting. Thank you so much.
This really helps me. Thank you 😊
I'm so glad-- hope it continues to help you dream away. 💜
Hi Michell
i love this video. im going to try it soon.
Hope you like it!
@@MichellesSanctuary
Ty
I literally just saw this😄 Thumbnail looks beautiful❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you, Allie! Hope it gets you back to sleep when needed! 💜
Looking forward to this.
Hope it helps, Erica! Sweet dreams! 💜
This has helped me four times since its debut. It has been a really rough week for sleep, actually, lack of, and this meditation did the trick. Thank you...your work means so much to me!
Sorry you're having a rough week for sleep-- the last few days haven't been the greatest for me either! What's going on? Happy to help in any way.
Super relaxing but still cant sleep with chronic insomnia only meds work but its definitely relaxing to listen to
So sorry you're struggling with insomnia. 💜
This is the first time I made it to the end of this video. I don’t know why it stopped working. I hope you can do more sleep meditation stories
Michelle has many sleep stories... Take a look on her channel.
Sweet treat! 😴
Thanks, Lindsay! Hope you are feeling better! 💜
Sweet dreams 😴🥱💤💤💤😊
Dream away 🌙
Hopefully this will help me after the 2AM fire alarm 🥲
Oh no! That is such a traumatic way to wake up. I hope everything is okay. I have the worst alarms-- one night I had to march to a store at 3AM to buy batteries because I couldn't disable it and it wouldn't stop chirping. Hope you got back to sleep.
It definitely works i am writing this comment from my dream
Haha-- hope it's a beautiful dream!
Hi Michelle
i love you
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Your voice is so perfect and tranquil Michelle💖
Thank you, Rose-- I hope this continues to help you get back to sleep! 💜
Could you do one for an after work sleep meditation? :)
Sure! I will add it to my list.
Ai voices are kinda relaxing 😊
Which ones do you listen to?
There is nothing AI about this voice. This is Michelle's exquisite voice and tone and no AI would come close.
@@amaliagrassi6870 Thank you so much for this and you constant support and presence.
@@MichellesSanctuary Thank you for this beautiful and life-saving space. (Quite literally.) 🙏💙
I'm super excited to listen to this tonight thank you so much I appreciate all the work you do to help us!!!!
Thank you, Ayla! I hope it helps! And I also just released a new sleep story keeping with Sunday releases-- "Cherry Blossoms in Japan." 💜
@@MichellesSanctuary awesome cant wait to try it tonight
Hi, My Names Adheesh, I Had Trouble Sleeping Because Of Some Emotional Problems. I Couldn't Sleep No Matter What. This Video Helped Me So Much That I Can Sleep With Ease Now. I'll Help Your Channel As I am Launching My Own Yt Channel. Thanks Michelle You Helped A Sleep-deprived Teen In India Sleep With Peace.
Umm This Was Posted By My Little Sis.. Sorry But Srsly ur Videos Are 😍 Amazing, my sis was trolling u
The irony. Here I am at 6am on a weekend, wanting to go back to sleep and here we are!
How frustrating-- I hope you got back to sleep (or maybe time for a weekend nap).
I love you
💜💜💜💜
💤🌛GRATITUDE
Sweet dreams! 💜💜💜
I so wanted this to work...just want to go back to sleep. 😢😭 yet up.
I'm so sorry-- sometimes it's so hard to get the mind to calm back down. I hope you give it another go if this happens again, or perhaps a sleep story would better soothe you. 💜
It helps to kind of trick yourself by instead of thinking, oh, I am not falling asleep, to think, oh goodie, for once I'm getting to enjoy the whole story.
Either you stop trying so hard to fall asleep and then do fall asleep, or if it really doesn't happen, you enjoy the time more and that is also restorative, at least more restorative than starting to stew or fret.
It does take one conscious choice after another, just as we take conscious breaths and choose to fake yawns, we can choose that, even if pretending.
It's also a conscious choice to trust that whichever way it goes, it's going to be ok and even when something is troubling us, there's still beauty to experience.
It will be ok.
Hay Michelle I Am In Need To Go Back To Sleep Please Help Me. Thank You From Melissa Ann Arzt
I hope this helped-- I want to create a new back to sleep story soon. Dream away! 💜
Listened to this last night. Kinda reminded me of Alice in Wonderland.
I hope that it would have a touch of Wonderland magic.💜
The ultimate would be the gentle strokes of a hand on my back but that won’t happen cuz she’s passed out
I've tried to train my cat to take care of this. One paw at a time. Until she thinks it's time to play.
😂
Anyone else have knobs missing on their stereo??
😂Mine aren't missing, but they certainly aren't as strong and durable as the sound system I had as a kid! Hope this helps you sleep.
I added a few knobs to my imaginary radio and added a little bit of happy, romantic anticipation, but not too much.
1 a.m. please work.
I hope it helped 💜
Roast beef
Sandwich?
Sounds good 😊👍
Indeed!
Wait, is this a rap battle recording? Way too fast
😂 well you can slow it down. I record at the pace that’s been requested. Some started with long pauses and my voice returning.
I was very dissapointed Thomas that you did not read tonight’s story in stead Michelle read it instead did nothing for me at all her voice does nothing for me just stopped the story sorry I’m sure she does her best but sadly does nothing for me
Um, you're listening to Michelle's Sanctuary, where Michelle is the only person who ever reads and writes the scripts. Perhaps you mean another channel? Hope you found it!
Thank you! This is wonderful and so effective! 🥰
Glad it got you back to sleep, Susan! Dream away 💜