On Ahway Island®, children experience an inclusive world. Our mission is to help all kids accept, appreciate, and love all beautiful differences, in both themselves and others.
Our stories and meditations teach the importance of kindness, inclusion, acceptance, empathy, gratitude, curiosity, appreciation, emotional intelligence, and self-regulation. Our stories and characters are intended to model these values and to provide examples of solutions to everyday situations to help grow children’s confidence and positive behaviors. We incorporate teaching of self-soothing techniques to empower children to manage their own emotions.
Since 2017, Be Calm on Ahway Island®podcast has provided short and soothing episodes, each featuring a kid-friendly meditation followed by an original story with a positive message. Our short (15-25 minute) episodes are suitable for bedtime or naptime, and feature the gentle, everyday adventures of our many lovable and relatable characters, including a diverse group of curious kids, friendly animals, helpful vehicles, enthusiastic toys and tools, and our beloved and mysterious Dragon! With over 600 episodes, there’s something for everyone!
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Can’t go to bed without it. My son loves to listen to this podcast at bedtime.
Awesome way to help my son fall asleep. Thank you.
Love these stories. Helps my boys fall asleep every night.
I love this podcast!!!! You guys keep making new episodes! I totally recommend this podcast for any young children. It is super relaxing and the stories are soothing. I just totally recommend this podcast because it is a great way to calm down and isn’t half bad with the stories. I LOVE THIS PODCAST IT IS SO SUPER AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This podcast is not just a podcast…My 8 year old son absolutely LOVES Ahway Island. He affectionately calls the podcast “the dragon breath stories”. I love that the podcast introduces children to calm breathing techniques. He has observed me listening to guided meditations in the past and quickly picked up on the breathing. He often asks me to snuggle up next to him and listen to “the dragon breath stories” until he falls asleep. It has become something special that we love to share together. Fo… Read more
My daughter loves [Ahway Island]. She listens every night and we practice dragon breaths at many points throughout the day. Great find on Google play music.
My youngest daughter really struggles with sleep and your podcast has completely transformed bedtime in our home. Not only do we love the stories and dragon breaths, when her favourite episode was no longer available and I reached out, it was restored before bedtime the following day. You folks are awesome.
Can’t say enough!! ❤️❤️ This podcast has expedited our child’s wind-down time, gets her quickly to sleep, and helps her to regulate her emotions during the day with deeeeep dragon breaths 🐲. We love you Ahway Island!
My daughter asks me to play this every night, she falls asleep before the story finishes!
Yes, I recommend this podcast. My 4-year-old’s bedtime routine isn’t complete without it. He even learned to put himself to sleep because of this podcast.
After trying many things, we discovered this podcast which is one of the only things that can get my 8 year old with special needs to sleep at night.
Wowww
I love this podcast. So calming wow 🤩! I am only like, 5 minutes into the thing and half asleep 😴👑👑👑👑
Best bedtime and calming podcast for kids! I couldn’t be more grateful for Ahway Island and the impact it’s had on our family. It’s become a bedtime favorite and is part of our nighttime routine. My 4 and 7 year old love the stories. As a parent I even enjoy practicing the calming exercises and meditation in the beginning before the story begins. I appreciate the predictable routine built into the podcast framework, especially for my anxious kiddo. Voices and music selection are vital for … Read more
Works for kids and adults
Love the variety of relaxing voices that tell the story and talk through the guided relaxation and dragon breaths. Everyone falls asleep quickly!
Great goodnight stories for both kids! Both my 4 and 6 year olds adore Ahway Island! I love how the stories begin with the relaxation breaths which really help them fall asleep. Heck, I’ve nearly nodded off while playing them for the kiddos!
Love!!! Oh my gosh, I can’t say enough good things about this podcast! We love winding down at the end of the day with Ahway Island!!! It helps my boys and I relax and the stresses of our day melts away. Deep dragon breath in and out!!🐉🐲
Now You’ve made it to the end of the day & need to calm down the stir-crazy children before bed. May I suggest the Ahway Island podcast? Each one starts with a guided meditation and includes a calm little story. Zoe asks for episodes if she can’t sleep.
Good work
This helps me sleep at night. I have a lot of stressful days at school and this helps me be calm and imagine a calm world thank you for helping me sleep
It’s Our Favorite: Calming and relaxing for our whole fam! Thank you for your awesome podcast💕
Good relaxation🥰
When I listen to your podcast I feel so relax. 🙃🙂
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685. Fearless Flying: a calming meditation and kid’s story
Geoffrey Robin is old enough to learn to fly! How will his first day of practice go?
315. Five Little Fish: a children’s story and meditation
Five little fish explore the sea, just outside their colorful coral home. What will they find?
683. Peanut Butter Power: a story and guided relaxation for children
Katie and Tom have to clean up their school project, so Tom suggests they listen to his favorite podcast while they're cleaning up!
314. Dragon’s New Toy: an original short story for kids
Dragon finds a beautiful rose garden and lays down to rest, snuggling with a cozy blanket.
681 Tunnel Trouble: a mindful story and relaxation
Bertie Bat helps Morgan Mole find their missing tunnel. The two friends learn that their differences are what makes them both amazing and helpful!
313. Island Sign: a bedtime story with guided meditation for kids
Anora and Alice go to the Ahway Island Forest to switch the old island sign with their brand new one to welcome visitors.