Michelle's Sanctuary: Bedtime Stories & Sleep Meditations

Michelle's Sanctuary

Michelle's Sanctuary offers imaginative bedtime stories and sleep meditations to help get you to sleep fast. Dream away as you relax at the end of the day with soothing sleep sounds, sleep meditation music, and the narration of a relaxing female voice that feels like an old friend. Michelle's Sanctuary is one of the most popular sleep channels on YouTube since 2016, with over 109,000 subscribers and 20 million views. Check out www.michellessanctuary.com!

  1. 4h ago

    Hopecore: The Veil of Promise Guided Sleep Meditation

    Journey into the Hopecore Forest, where a luminous Veil of Promise helps you release worry, embrace possibility, and reconnect with hope. Through soothing relaxation and dreamy forest imagery, you'll gently drift into deep, restorative sleep. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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.

    1h 1m
  2. 3d ago

    4HRS of Sleep Stories ✨ Cozy Cottages & Cabins Collection

    Step inside a peaceful sanctuary and drift away with four hours of continuous, beautifully remastered sleep stories featuring a collection of my favorite cabin and cottage getaways. This immersive journey highlights the beautiful diversity of these escapes, carrying you from the quiet stillness of a cranberry bog to a cozy cabin nestled in the fog, and onward to magical dwellings inspired by the moon and music. It is the ultimate invitation to slow down, settle into your favorite blanket, and let your mind dream away in a world of timeless warmth. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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. #sleep #yoganidra #relaxationDrift into a moonlit world above the clouds, where silver skies, endless stars, and a luminous cloud forest guide you gently toward sleep. This immersive guided meditation is designed to quiet the mind, relax the body, and awaken your ability to shape and explore your dreams with intention. Learn to lucid dream effortlessly, carried somewhere peaceful and beautiful. It’s time to dream away.

    4 hr
  3. May 27

    Dreams in the Rain: Guided Sleep Meditation for Healing, Renewal, & Rest

    Drift into the soothing embrace of midnight rain as your dreams gently restore and refresh your mind. This guided sleep meditation uses calming rain imagery, a relaxing body scan, and dreamy visualization to help you release the weight of the day and surrender to deep, healing rest. It’s time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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 hr
  4. May 24

    Calming Sleep Story 🌊 Cozy Escape to the East End (Montauk & Sag Harbor)

    This week's calming sleep story invites you to come along for a "Cozy Escape to the East End." 🌊Inspired by a recent trip I took to Sag Harbor and Montauk during one of the final quiet spring weekends before summer arrives, this cozy bedtime story drifts through misty harbors, lantern-lit inns, seaside restaurants, blooming lilacs, and the wild windswept bluffs at the very edge of Long Island.Together, we’ll wander sleepy marina towns just beginning to wake for the season, watch the sunset turn the harbor pink, listen to buoy bells rocking on the tide, and return to a quirky little inn tucked beside the water beneath a crimson crescent moon.This recording also includes real footage from my trip and the soothing sounds of Montauk waves to help you fully settle into the atmosphere of the coast before the crowds arrive.So snuggle up, get cozy, and let yourself drift gently eastward…It's time to dream away. ✨ Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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. Original Script, Voiceover, Music, Sound Design, and Production by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved

    1h 49m
  5. May 20

    The Heart Mender: Guided Sleep Meditation for Sadness Relief & Comfort

    In "The Heart Mender," a comforting guided sleep meditation for sadness relief and heartbreak recovery, you are invited to step into the sacred role of healing your own heart. If you are navigating grief, loneliness, or the pain of a lost connection, this soothing bedtime journey offers a safe sanctuary to release heavy energy and calm your nervous system. Become the mender of your heart, ease insomnia, and drift into a deep, restorative sleep. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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.

    1h 1m
  6. May 17

    Calming Sleep Story 🕯️ Deep Woods in Maine (1924) 100-Year-Old Cabin Series

    Step inside the very first chapter of a comforting new bedtime story series, where the timeless sanctuary of a hundred-year-old cabin awaits to welcome you home. You are warmly invited to leave the modern world behind and journey back to the summer of 1924, escaping deep into the majestic, whispering wilderness of the Maine woods with a loyal dog companion by your side. As a velvety, relaxing music track wraps around your senses, this calming sleep story for grown ups will help you completely let go and allow the deep peace of the forest to lull you into a profound, deep sleep. It's time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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.

    1 hr
  7. May 13

    Lucid Dreaming in the Cloud Sanctuary | Guided Sleep Meditation to Lucid Dream

    Drift into a moonlit world above the clouds, where silver skies, endless stars, and a luminous cloud forest guide you gently toward sleep. This immersive guided meditation is designed to quiet the mind, relax the body, and awaken your ability to shape and explore your dreams with intention. Learn to lucid dream effortlessly, carried somewhere peaceful and beautiful. It’s time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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.

    1h 6m
  8. May 10

    Midnight Train Through The Eras: Magical Sleep Story

    Fall asleep aboard a magical midnight train through different eras. From the Roaring '20s to a sunset coastal ride in 1974, each carriage offers an insight into the energy and lessons of another time. This journey eventually leads you to the quiet, mahogany luxury of your private sleeper car, where you can surrender to total rest. The soothing sounds of a train in motion help you deeply relax and drift into a deep healing slumber. It’s time to dream away. Original Script, Narration, Sleep Music, and Sound Design by Michelle Hotaling, Dreamaway Visions LLC 2026 All Rights Reserved ✨YOUTUBE: 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.

    1h 30m

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Michelle's Sanctuary offers imaginative bedtime stories and sleep meditations to help get you to sleep fast. Dream away as you relax at the end of the day with soothing sleep sounds, sleep meditation music, and the narration of a relaxing female voice that feels like an old friend. Michelle's Sanctuary is one of the most popular sleep channels on YouTube since 2016, with over 109,000 subscribers and 20 million views. Check out www.michellessanctuary.com!

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