The Winter Woods with Nick McMahan

What if you could experience the complete journey of a spring rainstorm from beginning to end? This extended nature listening episode offers the full, unedited soundscape that formed the backdrop for the three-part "Chasing the Ephemeral" meditation series. Recorded in Washington ...  Show more

What does tender self-care look like when the world feels overwhelming? In this final episode of the "Chasing the Ephemeral" spring series, meditation teacher Meryl Arnett turns to the salamander, quiet guardian of vernal pools, for wisdom about gentle transformation and emotiona ...  Show more

Join Bodhi and me on the back porch to listen to a recording I made of the sound of the rain and the white noise of the creek in winter. We hope this unguided nature sound meditation brings you some of the peace of our mountain paradise.

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Our story tonight is called The Bridge in the Woods, and it’s a story about a break in the cold weather and the boost that comes from warm sunlight on your face. It’s also about woodpeckers and spring melt flowing fast, the wonders of libraries, and the kindness of people who you ...  Show more

In this original story for the inaugural episode of the Listen To Sleep Mountain series, we’ll follow a flock of band-tailed pigeons on their 900 mile migration from Vancouver to the oak forests of Northern California. 

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8 hours of Winter storm in Austria. Dive into a deep sleep, imagine you fell asleep by the fireplace, you are relaxed, calm, nearby you can hear the sounds of a fireplace and crackling firewood, and outside the window you can hear the sound of a winter storm , snowflakes falli ...