Snowville

Hello again, tonight we're going to take a trip to a place called Snowville. It's no exaggeration to say that it's one of the coziest places on earth. Everything about this little town could have been designed to make you feel as though you'd arrived in the pages of a children's picture book. The spires and domes and twinkling lights, the winter market and the carousel. But the most amazing thing is that it all happened that way quite naturally, quite by accident in fact. It's reassuring to know that places like this still exist. Before we begin, I think it's nice to start with a quick wind down. Tonight's wind down as a visualization. So when you're ready, let's begin. So just lying flat on your back, just feeling the weight of the body against the bed and taking a big, deep breath. Breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. As you breathe out, just leaving the day behind and just feeling the weight of the body sinking into the bed beneath you. Noticing how the body feels, noticing any areas of tension. And we're just going to bring our attention to each part of the body. And as we do, just imagining that the muscles are switching off, shutting down for the night, just ensuring that the body is at ease and at rest. So just starting down at the toes, imagining those muscles just switching off now and in the feet, the arches, the heels, the ankles, just switching off. The lower half of the legs just switching off. Upper half of the legs, the hips, pelvis, just switching off any tension just disappearing as the muscles relax, the stomach and the lower back, any muscles just switching off. The middle of the back, diaphragm, just switching off any muscles that don't need to be used. Chest and the upper back. Again, just imagining those muscles switching off for the night. The muscles in the shoulders now, the upper arms, just switching off. Forearms switching off, the hands, the fingers and the thumbs switching off. Any muscles in the neck, throat, again, just releasing as they switch off. Any muscles in the head, the face, behind the mouth, the nose, the eyes, just switching off for the night. So the entire body at ease, at rest, just feeling the weight of the body pressing down into the bed, allowing thoughts to come and go. Now you're nice and relaxed. Nestled in the mountains, overlooking a forested valley, and a gleaming ribbon of river, Snowville is a beautifully preserved medieval town renowned for its festive night market. On a snowy winter's evening, it's one of the best places to be. From a distance, the town is first a sprinkling of light and then a warm glow tucked into the mountain's shadowy slopes. The headlights of the car that brought you here illuminated a beautiful stone archway with what looked like a bell tower on top....