Michelle's Sanctuary Sleep Stories and Meditations

Michelle Hotaling
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Michelle's Sanctuary is your sleep sanctuary, offering imaginative bedtime stories and guided sleep meditations to help you fall asleep fast. Created and narrated by Michelle Hotaling, the show invites you to relax with the comforting voice of a reassuring friend. Helping listeners find insomnia relief since 2015, Michelle's Sanctuary has built a community of over 136,000 subscribers and achieved more than 80 million global streams. Visit michellessanctuary.com—it's time to dream away.

  1. 18h ago

    Calming Vagus Nerve Sleep Meditation: Out Like a Light

    Drift into deep, restful sleep with “Out Like a Light,” a calming vagus nerve sleep meditation to soothe your nervous system and welcome sleep naturally. Sleep is like an old friend, always waiting to reunite, and when we feel calm and comfortable, finding our way back becomes easier. Through soothing breathwork, a comforting body scan, and a dreamy journey from a moonlit ocean to a peaceful forest and cozy cottage, let the day fade away and welcome the rest you deserve. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Calm Music, Video, Production, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved Become a subscriber today to unlock ad-free sleep stories, calming bedtime meditations released twice a week, and premium voice-only episodes designed for deep sleep and nighttime relaxation. Support the show and subscribe here: https://members.spotify.com/to/michelles-sanctuary ✨YOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/ 📸 INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 😘 FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧 Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠ ✨If you would like to support this channel 💕 ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! Having firsthand experience with anxiety, insomnia, and a strong desire to connect with my higher self and live my best life, I have tailored these recordings in ways that I have personally found helpful. This channel is not a replacement for consultations with a doctor or medical professional but can help you find more balance and a healing night's sleep. I always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions.

  2. 3d ago

    Cozy Fall Escapes: 7 Dreamy Bedtime Journeys to Help You Drift Off

    Fall asleep fast with 5 hours of cozy autumn sleep stories for grown-ups, offering continuous listening without mid-roll ads. Cozy Fall Escapes offers seven calming bedtime stories filled with the warmth, beauty, and enchantment of autumn, accompanied by soothing ambience to help you unwind and drift into deep sleep. Snuggle up and tend to yourself tonight. It's time to dream away. Includes: The September Inn Autumn at the Black Forest Cabin The Rooftop Pumpkin Patch The Cider Shop Autumn at the Watermill Cottage Into The Velvet Hollow The Great Pumpkin SailOriginal Script, Narration, Music, Sound Design, Video, and Editing by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved Become a subscriber today to unlock ad-free sleep stories, calming bedtime meditations released twice a week, and premium voice-only episodes designed for deep sleep and nighttime relaxation. Support the show and subscribe here: https://members.spotify.com/to/michelles-sanctuary ✨YOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/ 📸 INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 😘 FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧 Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠ ✨If you would like to support this channel 💕 ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! Having firsthand experience with anxiety, insomnia, and a strong desire to connect with my higher self and live my best life, I have tailored these recordings in ways that I have personally found helpful. This channel is not a replacement for consultations with a doctor or medical professional but can help you find more balance and a healing night's sleep. I always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions.

  3. Oct 28

    Cozy Fall Sleep Meditations: The Ultimate Autumn Collection for Comfort, Feeling Safe, & Deep Sleep

    Snuggle up with five continuous hours of cozy fall sleep meditations, thoughtfully woven together to help you let go, feel safe, and drift into deep sleep. Tonight, you may harvest your inner gold and inner magic, find serenity in an ancient autumn forest, and discover comfort when weariness settles in. These eight autumn bedtime journeys flow seamlessly from one to the next, creating an extended sanctuary where you can surrender to sleep whenever it finds you. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Calm Music, Video, Production, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved Become a subscriber today to unlock ad-free sleep stories, calming bedtime meditations released twice a week, and premium voice-only episodes designed for deep sleep and nighttime relaxation. Support the show and subscribe here: https://members.spotify.com/to/michelles-sanctuary ✨YOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/ 📸 INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 😘 FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧 Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠ ✨If you would like to support this channel 💕 ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! Having firsthand experience with anxiety, insomnia, and a strong desire to connect with my higher self and live my best life, I have tailored these recordings in ways that I have personally found helpful. This channel is not a replacement for consultations with a doctor or medical professional but can help you find more balance and a healing night's sleep. I always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions.

  4. Oct 25

    Mystical Sleep Story: All Hallows' Eve on the Midnight Liner (1925)

    Get cozy with tonight's mystical sleep story. You are cordially invited aboard a luxurious ocean liner crossing the moonlit Atlantic on All Hallows’ Eve in 1925, where an unforgettable night of mystery, romance, and enchantment awaits. Step into a world of velvet, candlelight, and old-world glamour, where masquerade masks conceal enchanting possibilities, autumn flowers adorn elegant halls, and a little magic lingers in the salt-kissed air. As the veil between worlds grows thin, surrender to the wonder of a night at sea, where wishes may come true and the soothing sounds of the ocean carry you into a peaceful slumber. It’s time to dream away.

  5. Oct 21

    Guided Sleep Meditation for Self-Love & Deep Sleep: Harvest Your Inner Magic

    Discover the magic within you with tonight's guided sleep meditation, “Your Inner Magic.” Journey into an enchanted autumn forest beneath a moonlit sky, where colorful leaves rise into the air and create a magical stage for your imagination. Celebrate the qualities, curiosities, and dreams that make you uniquely you, and reconnect with the wonder of being yourself. As the magic of the forest unfolds, drift along a peaceful stream toward a cozy woodland cabin, where deep, restorative sleep awaits. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Calm Music, Video, Production, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved Become a subscriber today to unlock ad-free sleep stories, calming bedtime meditations released twice a week, and premium voice-only episodes designed for deep sleep and nighttime relaxation. Support the show and subscribe here: https://members.spotify.com/to/michelles-sanctuary ✨YOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/ 📸 INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 😘 FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧 Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠ ✨If you would like to support this channel 💕 ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! Having firsthand experience with anxiety, insomnia, and a strong desire to connect with my higher self and live my best life, I have tailored these recordings in ways that I have personally found helpful. This channel is not a replacement for consultations with a doctor or medical professional but can help you find more balance and a healing night's sleep. I always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions.

  6. Oct 18

    The Watermill Cottage: Autumn Sleep Story

    Your nightly autumn holiday begins with The Watermill Cottage, an immersive sleep story offering an escape into a timeless, storybook village surrounded by vibrant autumn leaves. Hidden deep within an ancient forest, a cozy cottage waits beside a historic wooden watermill, its wheel turning beneath the stars as the gentle movement of water becomes a natural lullaby for sleep. Crackling firelight, warm candlelight, crisp autumn air, and the grounding rhythm of the water wheel create a magical retreat from the busy world. Snuggle up and get cozy, knowing you and sleep may reunite soon. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Calm Music, Video, Production, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved Become a subscriber today to unlock ad-free sleep stories, calming bedtime meditations released twice a week, and premium voice-only episodes designed for deep sleep and nighttime relaxation. Support the show and subscribe here: https://members.spotify.com/to/michelles-sanctuary ✨YOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/ 📸 INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 😘 FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧 Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠ ✨If you would like to support this channel 💕 ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! Having firsthand experience with anxiety, insomnia, and a strong desire to connect with my higher self and live my best life, I have tailored these recordings in ways that I have personally found helpful. This channel is not a replacement for consultations with a doctor or medical professional but can help you find more balance and a healing night's sleep. I always welcome comments, feedback & suggestions.

  7. Oct 14

    Sleep Meditation to Feel Good & Sleep Deeply: Shine Your Light (Cozy Autumn Lighthouse)

    🌙 Michelle's Sanctuary is a finalist for the Signal Award for Best Sleep Podcast! ✨ If this sanctuary has supported you, I would so much love your vote and support for the Listener's Choice Award. You can vote below! Thank you for helping me dream away with this opportunity. Vote for Michelle's Sanctuary Here ✨ Shine your inner light with this soothing autumn sleep meditation, “Shine Your Light.” Journey to a charming lighthouse overlooking the moonlit ocean, surrounded by the rich colors and cozy beauty of fall. As the beacon illuminates the night, reconnect with your own unique gifts, embrace what makes you extraordinary, and drift into peaceful sleep knowing you never have to dim your light for anyone. It’s time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Calm Music, Video, Production, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved Become a subscriber today to unlock ad-free sleep stories, calming bedtime meditations released twice a week, and premium voice-only episodes designed for deep sleep and nighttime relaxation. Support the show and subscribe here: https://members.spotify.com/to/michelles-sanctuary ✨YOUTUBE: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/michellessanctuary/ 📸 INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://instagram.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 😘 FACEBOOK:⁠https://www.facebook.com/michellessanctuary/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📧 Email Michelle: ⁠michellessanctuary@gmail.com⁠ ✨If you would like to support this channel 💕 ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michsanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.paypal.me/michellessanctuary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.venmo.com/michellehotaling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my new podcast, Meditation Tides, for guided meditations and let the tides of your breath bring the tranquility you deserve. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/meditationtides/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Michelle's Sanctuary is a place where you may enjoy high quality relaxing stories for sleep and guided sleep meditations completely FREE with a focus on mental vacations, sleep hypnosis, manifestations, and using your imagination to enjoy relaxing adventures before bedtime. Grown-ups deserve bedtime stories too! Having firsthand experience with anxiety, insomnia, and a strong desire to connect with my higher self and live my best life, I have tailored these recordings in ways that I have personally found helpful.

  8. Oct 11

    Bedtime Story for Grown-Ups: The Rooftop Pumpkin Patch

    🌙 Michelle's Sanctuary is a finalist for the Signal Award for Best Sleep Podcast! ✨ If this sanctuary has supported you, I would so much love your vote and support for the Listener's Choice Award. You can vote below! Thank you for helping me dream away with this opportunity. Vote for Michelle's Sanctuary for the Signal Listener's Choice AwardDrift to sleep with this cozy bedtime story for grown-ups, “The Rooftop Pumpkin Patch,” a dreamy autumn escape filled with the magic of fall, heartwarming animal encounters, and comforting moments to help you unwind and fall asleep.High above the bustling urban canyons of a grand city, discover a secret rooftop garden where the charm of the countryside has found an unlikely home among the skyscrapers. Surrounded by heirloom pumpkins, colorful mums, and the comforts of sweater weather, a cozy cottage awaits beneath the autumn sky. Far above the city streets, experience the wonder of a hidden sanctuary where country living and city life come together in the most unexpected way.It’s time to dream away. 🍁🎃

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Michelle's Sanctuary is your sleep sanctuary, offering imaginative bedtime stories and guided sleep meditations to help you fall asleep fast. Created and narrated by Michelle Hotaling, the show invites you to relax with the comforting voice of a reassuring friend. Helping listeners find insomnia relief since 2015, Michelle's Sanctuary has built a community of over 136,000 subscribers and achieved more than 80 million global streams. Visit michellessanctuary.com—it's time to dream away.

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