• Much slower pacing (about 60–80 words per minute).
• Frequent

A 15–20 minute version

🌙 Minecraft Sleep Village

Yoga Nidra for Children

(Read very slowly. Pause often. Imagine every "..." is a 3–5 second pause.)

Hello, little adventurer...

It's time to rest now...

There are no quests to finish...

No blocks to place...

No treasures to find...

Everything can wait until tomorrow...

Tonight...

your only job...

is to be comfortable...

and sleepy...

and peaceful...

...

Take a slow breath in through your nose...

Very gently...

And slowly breathe out...

...

Again...

Breathing in...

Filling your tummy like a balloon...

And breathing out...

Letting all the air drift away...

...

One more time...

A slow sleepy breath in...

And a long soft breath out...

...

Now let your body become still...

As still as a peaceful village at night...

...

Imagine that somewhere far away...

there is a tiny Minecraft village...

resting beneath a sky full of stars...

...

Nothing exciting is happening there...

Everything is calm...

Everything is safe...

Everything is sleepy...

...

And you are resting in the coziest little house...

with warm blankets...

soft pillows...

and a gentle feeling of safety all around you...

...

Nothing needs to be done...

Nothing needs to be fixed...

Nothing needs to be built...

...

Just rest...

Now we will help every part of your body become sleepy...

Starting with your toes...

...

Notice your toes...

Don't move them...

Just notice them...

...

Imagine warm moonlight touching your toes...

Making them feel soft...

Heavy...

Sleepy...

...

Your feet become sleepy...

...

Your ankles become sleepy...

...

Your calves...

Soft...

Heavy...

Relaxed...

...

Your knees...

Resting...

...

Your thighs...

Warm and comfortable...

...

Both legs are now completely relaxed...

As though they are sinking gently into a fluffy cloud...

...

Nothing to hold up...

Nothing to carry...

Just resting...

Now bring your attention to your tummy...

...

Feel your tummy gently rising...

and falling...

...

Rising...

and falling...

...

Like a tiny wave on a quiet ocean...

...

Every breath helps your body rest more deeply...

...

Every breath tells your brain...

that everything is okay...

...

That everything is safe...

...

That it is time to sleep...

Now your chest softens...

...

Your shoulders soften...

...

Imagine you are taking off an invisible backpack...

and putting it down beside the bed...

...

There is nothing to carry tonight...

...

Your shoulders become lighter...

and lighter...

and lighter...

...

Your arms relax...

...

Your elbows relax...

...

Your wrists relax...

...

Your hands relax...

...

Even your fingers become sleepy...

...

Every finger...

quiet...

still...

comfortable...

Now notice your neck...

...

Your jaw...

...

Let your jaw rest...

...

Your cheeks soften...

...

Your eyes rest deeply in their little beds...

...

The tiny muscles around your eyes relax...

...

Your forehead becomes smooth...

...

Your whole face is peaceful...

...

Your whole body is peaceful...

Outside your little Minecraft house...

the stars are shining...

...

The moon is glowing softly...

...

A gentle breeze moves through the trees...

...

The leaves whisper quietly...

...

Nothing loud...

Nothing sudden...

Just soft sleepy sounds...

...

Far away...

you hear a sheep settling down to sleep...

...

A cow resting in the grass...

...

A friendly wolf curled up comfortably...

sleeping peacefully...

...

Everything in the world is resting...

...

And you can rest too...

Now imagine a tiny lantern beside your bed...

...

Its warm golden light glows softly...

...

Not bright...

Not flickering...

Just steady...

Warm...

Comforting...

...

With every breath...

the light becomes softer...

...

And softer...

...

And softer...

...

Until it becomes a tiny golden glow...

...

Like a sleepy firefly...

floating nearby...

Now imagine that you are floating gently above the village...

...

Not flying...

Not moving quickly...

...

Just drifting...

like a feather...

...

The houses below are quiet...

...

The farms are quiet...

...

The animals are sleeping...

...

The villagers are sleeping...

...

The whole world is sleeping...

...

And you feel perfectly safe...

perfectly warm...

perfectly comfortable...

Now repeat quietly in your mind...

I am safe...

...

I am calm...

...

I am warm...

...

I am sleepy...

...

I can rest...

...

I can sleep...

...

I am safe...

...

I am calm...

...

I am warm...

...

I am sleepy...

Now the stars become softer...

...

The moon becomes softer...

...

The village becomes softer...

...

Everything begins to fade into a gentle dream...

...

Further away...

...

Softer...

...

Quieter...

...

Sleepier...

...

Your breathing is slow...

...

Your body is heavy...

...

Your mind is peaceful...

...

There is nowhere to go...

...

Nothing to do...

...

Nothing to think about...

...

Only rest...

...

Only comfort...

...

Only sleep...

...

And now...

you may drift...

slowly...

gently...

peacefully...

into the sweetest sleep...

...

Goodnight little adventurer...

...

Goodnight...

...

Goodnight...

🌙✨

For a narrated audio, I'd actually stretch this to about 2,000–2,500 words and add several more "rotation of consciousness" body-scan cycles. That's the secret sauce used in children's Yoga Nidra recordings that reliably get kids asleep within 10–15 minutes.