About Me

My interest in bedtime stories started seven years ago on September 7, when I brought home my first child from the hospital. From that moment forward, there hasn't been a single night where I didn't feel entirely grateful to be able to spend every night with my children reading bedtime stories.

Through the years of reading a variety of children's books and singing various lullabies, I began to make up my own lyrics. In rhythm with old songs from the past, I’d make up words to grab the attention of my children, make them laugh, or calm them.

Then, one day, as I was thinking of when I first learned to meditate, I thought, why can't we incorporate what many adults have learned and start teaching our children how to focus on calming their minds and introduce them to meditation? Just as yoga has begun to influence our youths, meditation goes hand-in hand. 

I remember a long time ago when I was first introduced to meditating, an instructor guided me through a meditation focusing on my whole body. He went through each limb, each body part, teaching me to relax everything, one step at a time to the point of feeling very heavy.

That is when this little lullaby came to me. I thought, what a great way to teach children about their body parts as well as how to focus on themselves and calm down with using a little rhyme. It simply worked wonders and turned into so much fun for my little family. The kids just love it and it's funny: if they're having a snack while I start to sing the song, they will ask me not to do their belly because they don't want their belly to fall asleep yet. My son has a favorite part – his eyes – and that helps him relax the most. My daughter loves the part where she relaxes her legs.

As you go through this lullaby, your children will inevitably pick their favorite parts and you'll be able to add and teach them new body parts; and you will learn what helps them relax the most.

I hope your family enjoys this meditative rhyme as much as we have, and I hope it brings ease to wild and crazy bedtimes, making it a bit easier for everyone to rest easy and go to sleep.

Sweet dreams,

Aubrey Backaric