Stephen Dalton Guided Meditations

Stephen Dalton
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Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time.Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his YouTube channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he now hopes to share that joy with you. #meditation #guidedmeditation #naturesoundsformeditation

  1. Jul 22

    Fall Asleep to Ancient Chinese Wisdom | Sleep Meditation with Crackling Fire

    Fall asleep with ancient Chinese Wisdom: a guided sleep meditation, told in a gentle Irish voice beside a crackling fire, with calming tones underneath. Tonight's idea is 2,500 years old: wu wei...the art of not forcing. The river moves anyway. I talk for the first thirty minutes, with plenty of quiet space between the words. After ten minutes the screen fades to black, so there's nothing left in your room but the sound. From the half hour on, it's calming sounds and crackling fire only — a further thirty minutes to carry you the rest of the way into sleep. Along the way: the story of Lao Tzu and the gatekeeper at the mountain pass, why water always beats stone, and the strange usefulness of the empty part of the day. 00:00 Welcome by the fire 10:00 Screen fades to black 30:00 Fade out If these help you sleep, subscribing genuinely helps me make more of them. Sleep well. #meditation #sleepmeditation #sleep #tao #taoism #taoist #wisdom #ancientwisdom About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Fall Asleep to Ancient Chinese Wisdom | Sleep Meditation with Crackling Fire

  2. Jul 20

    Stoic Wisdom Guided Meditation | Everyone Is Fighting Their Own Battle

    his 1 hour Stoic wisdom guided meditation is built around one truth: everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. A calming daytime meditation for empathy, letting go, and inner peace — with natural finishing points at 20 and 40 minutes, so you choose how long you stay. Drawing on the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus, this guided Stoic meditation gently softens judgment — of others and of yourself. As you breathe, you'll be guided to see the invisible struggles carried by strangers, colleagues, loved ones, and you. What follows is empathy, compassion, and the quiet Stoic art of letting go of what you cannot control. A meditation that fits your day: ⏱ 20 minutes – a complete short practice with a gentle close ⏱ 40 minutes – a deeper journey into compassion and release ⏱ 60 minutes – the full immersion in Stoic calm Each finishing point ends softly, so you can return to your day feeling lighter — never jolted out. Perfect for a mindful morning reset, a lunchtime pause, or an afternoon moment of calm. No sleep induction — this is a daytime meditation designed to leave you awake, present, and kinder to the world around you. Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. #meditation #guidedmeditation #stoic #stoicism About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Stoic Wisdom Guided Meditation | Everyone Is Fighting Their Own Battle

  3. Jul 16

    Fall Asleep the Stoic Way | Guided Sleep Meditation with Rain & Fire

    A guided Stoic sleep meditation to quiet an overthinking mind and let the day go. The first hour is spoken — drawing on Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus — and guides you gently toward sleep: what is yours to carry, what never was, and how to accept the day exactly as it happened. After one hour, the screen fades to black and the voice falls away, leaving seven hours of steady rain, a crackling fire, and soft calming music to carry you through the night. You don't need to know anything about Stoicism. You only need to be lying down, somewhere warm, with the day behind you. In this meditation: Who the Stoics were — a slave, a statesman, and an emperor who arrived at the same ideas What is yours to control, and what was never yours to carry The old Stoic practice of turning your situation around — and seeing what you already have Accepting the day, the unfinished, and other people A slow descent into sleep This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. #meditation #guidedmeditation #sleep #sleepmeditation #stoic #stoicism About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Fall Asleep the Stoic Way | Guided Sleep Meditation with Rain & Fire

  4. Jul 8

    Deep Sleep Meditation for Anxiety with Me & My Dog | Crackling Fire | 8 Hours

    A one-hour guided sleep meditation for anxiety, spoken in a gentle Irish male voice beside a crackling fire — then seven more hours of fire and calming tones, so the warmth lasts until morning. My dog, Timmy, keeps me company on the bed. We begin sitting together, and then the lights go low. This meditation treats the anxious mind the way you’d treat a fire at the end of the night: not something to fight or switch off, but something that settles on its own once you stop feeding it. Slow counted breathing, a full body scan, and thoughts allowed to rise and fade like sparks — until sleep arrives by itself. You’re welcome to drift off long before the talking ends. When it does, nothing stops: the fire and calming music carry on for another seven hours, so if you’re someone who surfaces at 3am with a racing mind, there’s no silence to wake into and nothing to switch back on — just the same warm room you fell asleep in. This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. #meditation #guidedmeditation #sleep #sleepmeditation About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Deep Sleep Meditation for Anxiety with Me & My Dog | Crackling Fire | 8 Hours

  5. Jul 6

    Drift into a Deeply Calming Nap | Non Sleep Deep Rest Countdown and Visualization

    This Deeply Calming Session is meant to accompany you for a nap (aka Non-Sleep Deep Rest or NSDR). It can be used at any time of the day. In the recording, I will count down from 50 to 1. After each number, I will make a suggestion. Each suggestion is intended to enable you to let go and settle into the moment. This is your time, a time that you deserve. Napping is something humans have done since the dawn of time. I wish you a very pleasant nap. This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. #meditation #guidedmeditation #nap #nsdr #sleep About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Drift into a Deeply Calming Nap | Non Sleep Deep Rest Countdown and Visualization

  6. Jul 1

    Meditate with Me in a Beautiful Place | Heal Your Nervous System

    This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. This is a 10 Minute Meditation to give you some much needed Peace in your day. We all deserve a little time to reset. So please join me as I sit atop a Beautiful old Medieval church in Transylvania, Romania and allow me to offer you some Peace and a good reset for your Nervous System. #meditation #guidedmeditation #mindfulness About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Meditate with Me in a Beautiful Place | Heal Your Nervous System

  7. Jun 29

    Nervous System Healing Sleep Meditation & Visualization

    Join me, Stephen Dalton as I sit by a Crackling Fire. Fall into a Blissful and Easy Sleep, as I narrate this Deeply Healing Visualisation, perfect for Winding Down at the End of a Long Day and letting Stress Melt Away. This Visualisation will Calm your Mind and your Nervous System. You have Nothing Left to Do, but Lie Down and Listen to the Sound of my Voice and the Sounds of Nature. This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. #meditation #guidedmeditation #sleep #sleepmeditation About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Nervous System Healing Sleep Meditation & Visualization

  8. Jun 24

    Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners (& All Levels) | Meditate with me in a Beautiful Garden

    One of my Listeners recently asked for a Beginner's Mediation. So.. here it is. This brings you through the basics and also answers the why of mediation. Why focus on the breath? Why notice my thoughts? But I think this is also really suitable to any level of meditator. This is a completely Human channel. Made by one Human for the Good of many Humans. #meditation #guidedmeditation #mindfulness About this Channel Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his sleep channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he hopes to share that joy with you. © 2026 Stephen Dalton. All rights reserved. This video, including its audio, script, and visuals, is the original work of Stephen Dalton. It may not be copied, reproduced, edited, or redistributed in any form without written permission. Written and narrated by Stephen Dalton. Filming by Christi Coptil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners (& All Levels) | Meditate with me in a Beautiful Garden
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Guided meditations with real, live video and authentic nature sounds, designed to help you slow down, reset your mind, and reconnect with the present moment. Unlike artificial soundscapes, every experience here is recorded in real environments, like flowing water, rustling leaves, birdsong, and natural light captured in real time.Whether you’re looking to reduce stress and anxiety, practice mindfulness and meditation, reset your nervous system, focus more deeply, or simply enjoy the calming beauty of nature, here you’ll find immersive, distraction-free meditation experiences. About the host: Stephen Dalton has been helping people find sleep and peace for years on his YouTube channel, Stephen Dalton Sleep Stories. Now he brings you his new offering, a channel dedicated to the art of meditation. Stephen has found great peace in his life through meditation, and he now hopes to share that joy with you. #meditation #guidedmeditation #naturesoundsformeditation

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  • Creator
    Stephen Dalton
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Stephen Dalton 2026