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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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Click HereThis 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
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I love this podcast. So calming wow 🤩! I am only like, 5 minutes into the thing and half asleep 😴👑👑👑👑
This totally calms my kids down and puts them to sleep! I made the mistake of listening to it in the car while I was driving this summer…it was too relaxing!
My 4 and 3 year old boys listen to this each night. they are usually asleep before the story even starts thanks to the breathing exercises! we even do dragon breaths as needed through the day. we love ahway island!!!
Amazing!
Omg! Even my cat fell asleep, the good way! 💝💞
Cute stories. Great podcast! We’ve made this part of our nightly routine. It really helps my daughter (3) and my son (5) go to sleep.
It’s Our Favorite: Calming and relaxing for our whole fam! Thank you for your awesome podcast💕
My daughter asks me to play this every night, she falls asleep before the story finishes!
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!
Can’t go to bed without it. My son loves to listen to this podcast at bedtime.
Bravo bravo!! Very calming
I can’t sleep at night but this really helps you get you get first place medal 🥇 for best calming podcast ever
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!!🐉🐲
Quality Bedtime Stories: This is the best podcast for you and your little ones. The stories, music, and voice are all nice and soothing. Starts out with a great body relaxing exercise, then on to a thoughtful high quality story. I have heard a lot of other offerings for children’s stories on the net and youtube, and these are the best and worth supporting!
My four yr old daughter and I recently discovered this podcast and think it’s so amazing…even last night she asked for it and I said no because I was getting her to bed so late but she pleaded that she needed her meditation. It helps her settle at bed time and it helps her self regulate throughout the day as well as I remind her of the deep breathing.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We listen every school night before bed
It’s part of my daughter’s and my nightly routine. It even helps my boyfriend fall asleep quicker.
Puts my kids to sleep. My five year old and I have been listening for a few days and it’s put him out within 10 minutes each time. Even put me to sleep. It’s great.
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.
Love it! We listen to the new podcasts once a week. It’s a great way to help everyone unwind (including parents).
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.
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698. Sweet or Salty: an original short story for kids
Aaliyah Ant travels to bring some food back to her colony and learns a lesson about differences.
323. Curious Kitten: a calming bedtime and nap time story for kids
Zara, a curious kitten, is busy exploring and playing. As she plays the little kitty discovers a duckling all alone in the barn and helps her new friend.
695. Cool Construction: a calming short story for children
Dory Dump Truck tells her friends that she knows what's being built at the new construction site. How will Dory come to terms with telling them the truth?
321. Cuddly Dragon: an original short story for kids
Our cuddly dragon wakes up from a nap and brings the blanket back to thunderous applause at the end of a play.
693. Calm Colors: a guided meditation and kid’s story
Caia Coloring Book helps her friend Callie Kim after a stressful day at school.
320. Show Time: a short story for kids
It's nearly show time for Rogelio, Helen and Brianna. So, Rogelio searches for a spot in the park to rehearse their original dragon play.