❆ 🧖🏼‍♀️A Winter Evening in the Hot Tub | Cozy Snowfall Relaxation Story for Sleep

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Welcome to The Slow Life.
I'm Jennifer Vino and I create,

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narrate, and design the
soundscape of this village of

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Let's settle in with some easy

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breathing at your own pace.
With each inhale, let fresh air

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fill the space around your
heart.

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With each exhale, feel the calm
air spread through your body and

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flow out through your arms and
legs, gently in through your

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heart.
Gently out through your body, in

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through your heart, out through
your body.

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And now let's begin.
This story is called A Winter

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Evening in the Hot Tub, and it's
about smiles and fresh drinks,

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muscles relaxing and a dozen
pillows just for me.

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I arrived just as the afternoon
light begins to soften, the sky

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turning into that winter blue
that's already leaning towards

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evening.
The hotel sits quietly against

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the snow, low and welcoming, its
windows glowing with warm light.

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The cold air outside is calm and
steady, brushing over my face

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without being harsh, and my
boots make familiar soft sounds

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in the snow as I walked through
the entrance.

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My room is here for the night
somewhere.

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Looking over all of this quiet
and knowing I don't have to go

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anywhere else later feels
comforting in the best way.

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Inside, the winter air gives way
to warmth that seeps in right

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away.
The faint scent of cedar and

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fresh drinks bring a smile to my
lips and my shoulders lower

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within my coat.
Without effort, I check in at

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the desk, then move through the
quiet hall following the signs,

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feeling the relaxation that can
come with being a guest in a

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place as cozy as this.
My room is laid out just right

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and is set to the temperature I
like.

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I wander around it, feeling the
textures of fabric and wood,

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noticing the view I've been
given and putting my things

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where they'll be easy to manage
throughout my stay.

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I gather my towel and robe and
begin the walk down to the hot

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tub, the place I've been
picturing since I booked the

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room.
It's the reason I chose this

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hotel, a space people speak
about with a kind of magic in

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their voice.
The entrance opens into the pool

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area and it takes me a moment
just to stand there and take it

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in.
The lighting here is soft and

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golden, nothing too bright, just
a warm glow over stone and

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rippling water.
The ceiling above is partially

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glass, letting nature and its
vast sky filter in.

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Snow rests around the edges but
leaves the rest of the view

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open.
The water ahead of me steams

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lazily, drifting upward in slow
curls.

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The pool stretches wide indoors
and then outward through a

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generous opening framed with
heavy plastic curtains that keep

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the weather where it should be.
Beyond them, the outside awaits,

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hushed and powdered white.
It's the middle of the week, and

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the quiet shows in the empty
chairs, the still walkways, the

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nearly private feeling of the
whole place.

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A few others moved slowly at the
edges of my awareness, unhurried

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and peaceful, but most of the
space belongs to silence.

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I step into the water and warmth
gathers around me.

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It rises against my skin, and I
sigh as I feel it wrapped

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loosely around my ribs, my back,
my shoulders, as though every

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muscle has been waiting to let
go.

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The sounds around me create a
soothing background.

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The movement of water, the
steady hum of the massage jets,

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faint music somewhere far off
the muted winter world outside.

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I drift towards the opening and
pass through the curtain to the

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outdoors.
The sky has darkened to showcase

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snowflakes lit up by the
surrounding lamps.

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Stone paths curved gently around
the hot tub, snow tucked in to

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all their corners.
I love being out here within

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this snow covered Wonderland
while being cradled by heat.

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Trees stand still and strong,
creating a protective wall

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around the area, their branches
holding delicate pillows of

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white.
I lean back with my shoulders

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covered by the heat, watching,
listening as though I can hear

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the snow fall, making barely a
sound as it lands on stone and

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water and the tops of nearby
shrubs.

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Each frozen crystal that touches
the water disappears, and I open

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my hand at the surface to feel
the darts of cool tickle my

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palm.
I tilt my face slightly upward

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and led.
A few flakes land across my

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forehead and cheeks before they
melt away.

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I watched the steam rising back
into the clouds.

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My face is the only place that
chill reaches, touched by the

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faintest tingling across my
cheeks and nose.

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The rest of me is submerged in
warmth.

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The contrast is nice, keeping me
grounded in the moment.

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I let my legs float in place and
position my back to be massaged

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by The Jets placed around the
seats in the pool.

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After a while, I move lazily
back towards the inside.

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I'm back under the glass
ceiling.

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The snow creates more of a veil
than it had before.

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The ceiling is its own winter
sky that I can lie beneath while

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staying completely warm.
Eventually my body tells me it's

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time to leave the water.
I use the shallow incline of the

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ramp steps slow and steady.
The thick towel wraps me in

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softness, keeping the heat in
which I'm thankful for.

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My muscles feel comfortable and
pliable, and my mind does too.

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I sit on a nearby chair before
rinsing off, watching the water,

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letting my body cool just
enough, ready to return to my

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room.
I follow the winding pattern on

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the carpet back through the
familiar hallways.

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The elevator doors slide open in
that slow motion way and I ride

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upward in solitude, my skin
still humming softly from the

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bubbles and hot shower.
My room, of course, is quiet

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when I enter, the bedside lamps
giving off the perfect amount of

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light, just as the ones around
the hot tub had done.

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I move through small, gentle
routines, day clothes exchanged

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for softer ones, covers pulled
back, snacks and a dozen pillows

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arranged for movie watching.
The warmth from the water still

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lingers in my body, extending
the calm which will last all

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evening.
When I settle into bed, nothing

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pulls at my attention.
My phone is turned off in my

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bag, the snow keeps falling
outside the windows, the night

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keeps deepening and I rest here,
warm and cosy, held in the

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simplicity of the day.
I've allowed myself to have a

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winter evening in the hot tub.
I arrived just as the afternoon

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light begins to soften, the sky
turning into that winter blue

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that's already leaning towards
evening.

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The hotel sits quietly against
the snow, low and welcoming, its

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00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:47,700
windows glowing with warm light.
The cold air outside is calm and

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00:11:47,710 --> 00:11:53,470
steady, brushing over my face
without being harsh, and my

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00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:58,900
boots make familiar soft sounds
in the snow as I walked to the

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entrance.
My room is here for the night

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00:12:04,210 --> 00:12:07,480
somewhere.
Looking over all of this quiet

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00:12:08,010 --> 00:12:12,580
and knowing I don't have to go
anywhere else later feels

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comforting in the best way.
Inside, the winter air gives way

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to warmth that seeps in right
away.

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The faint scent of cedar and
fresh drinks bring a smile to my

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00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:33,670
lips and my shoulders lower
within my coat.

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00:12:33,740 --> 00:12:40,220
Without effort, I check in at
the desk, then move through the

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quiet hall following the signs,
feeling the relaxation that can

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come with being a guest in a
place as cozy as this.

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My room is laid out just right
and is set to the temperature I

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00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,520
like.
I wander around it, feeling the

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00:13:02,530 --> 00:13:08,080
textures of fabric and wood,
noticing the view I've been

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00:13:08,090 --> 00:13:12,640
given and putting my things
where they'll be easy to manage

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00:13:12,650 --> 00:13:18,930
throughout my stay.
I gather my towel and robe and

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begin the walk down to the hot
tub, the place I've been

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picturing since I booked the
room.

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It's the reason I chose this
hotel, a space people speak

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00:13:32,570 --> 00:13:35,820
about with a kind of magic in
their voice.

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00:13:37,510 --> 00:13:43,060
The entrance opens into the pool
area and it takes me a moment

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00:13:43,130 --> 00:13:45,750
just to stand there and take it
in.

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00:13:47,070 --> 00:13:53,210
The lighting here is soft and
golden, nothing too bright, just

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00:13:53,220 --> 00:13:57,100
a warm glow over stone and
rippling water.

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00:13:58,740 --> 00:14:03,810
The ceiling above is partially
glass, letting nature and its

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00:14:03,820 --> 00:14:11,100
vast sky filter in.
Snow rests around the edges but

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00:14:11,110 --> 00:14:13,700
leaves the rest of the view
open.

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00:14:15,420 --> 00:14:21,510
The water ahead of me steams
lazily, drifting upward in slow

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00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:26,580
curls.
The pool stretches wide indoors

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00:14:26,710 --> 00:14:31,200
and then outward through a
generous opening framed with

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00:14:31,210 --> 00:14:35,770
heavy plastic curtains that keep
the weather where it should be.

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00:14:37,490 --> 00:14:42,610
Beyond them, the outside awaits,
hushed and powdered white.

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00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:49,680
It's the middle of the week, and
the quiet shows in the empty

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00:14:49,690 --> 00:14:55,530
chairs, the still walkways, the
nearly private feeling of the

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00:14:55,540 --> 00:15:01,090
whole place.
A few others moved slowly at the

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00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:06,870
edges of my awareness, unhurried
and peaceful, but most of the

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00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:14,540
space belongs to silence.
I step into the water and warmth

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gathers around me.
It rises against my skin, and I

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00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:26,850
sigh as I feel it wrap loosely
around my ribs, my back, my

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00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:31,810
shoulders, as though every
muscle has been waiting to let

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go.
The sounds around me create a

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soothing background.
The movement of water, the

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steady hum of the massage jets,
faint music somewhere far off

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00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:55,520
the muted winter world outside.
I drift towards the opening and

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00:15:55,530 --> 00:15:58,570
pass through the curtain to the
outdoors.

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00:15:59,850 --> 00:16:05,020
The sky has darkened to showcase
snowflakes lit up by the

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00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:11,020
surrounding lamps.
Stone paths curved gently around

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00:16:11,030 --> 00:16:15,650
the hot tub, snow tucked in to
all their corners.

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I love being out here within
this snow covered Wonderland

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while being cradled by heat.
Trees stand still and strong,

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00:16:29,170 --> 00:16:34,280
creating a protective wall
around the area, their branches

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00:16:34,290 --> 00:16:37,090
holding delicate pillows of
white.

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00:16:38,950 --> 00:16:44,520
I lean back with my shoulders
covered by the heat, watching,

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listening as though I can hear
the snow fall, making barely a

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sound as it lands on stone and
water and the tops of nearby

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shrubs.
Each frozen crystal that touches

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00:17:01,650 --> 00:17:08,300
the water disappears, and I open
my hand at the surface to feel

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00:17:08,310 --> 00:17:11,079
the darts of cool tickle my
palm.

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I took my face slightly upward
and LED.

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A few flakes land across my
forehead and cheeks before they

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melt away.
I watched the steam rising back

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00:17:25,950 --> 00:17:31,390
into the clouds.
My face is the only place that

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00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:36,420
chill reaches, touched by the
faintest tingling across my

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00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:41,600
cheeks and nose.
The rest of me is submerged in

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00:17:41,610 --> 00:17:46,260
warmth.
The contrast is nice, keeping me

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00:17:46,270 --> 00:17:52,530
grounded in the moment.
I let my legs float in place and

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00:17:52,540 --> 00:17:57,970
position my back to be massaged
by The Jets placed around the

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seats in the pool.
After a while, I move lazily

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00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:09,390
back towards the inside.
I'm back under the glass

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ceiling.
The snow creates more of a veil

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00:18:13,590 --> 00:18:18,390
than it had before.
The ceiling is its own winter

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00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:23,340
sky that I can lie beneath while
staying completely warm.

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Eventually my body tells me it's
time to leave the water.

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00:18:31,590 --> 00:18:37,520
I use the shallow incline of the
ramp steps slow and steady.

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00:18:38,730 --> 00:18:44,180
The thick towel wraps me in
softness, keeping the heat in

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00:18:44,430 --> 00:18:50,240
which I'm thankful for.
My muscles feel comfortable and

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pliable, and my mind does too.
I sit on a nearby chair before

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rinsing off, watching the water,
letting my body cool just

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enough, ready to return to my
room.

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I follow the winding pattern on
the carpet back through the

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familiar hallways.
The elevator doors slide open in

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00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:25,740
that slow motion way and I ride
upward in solitude, my skin

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00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:29,920
still humming softly from the
bubbles and hot shower.

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00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:37,700
My room, of course, is quiet
when I enter, the bedside lamps

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giving off the perfect amount of
light, just as the ones around

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the hot tub had done.
I move through small gentle

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00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:55,350
routines, day clothes exchanged
for softer ones, covers pulled

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00:19:55,360 --> 00:20:01,440
back, snacks and a dozen pillows
arranged for movie watching.

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00:20:03,180 --> 00:20:08,880
The warmth from the water still
lingers in my body, extending

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00:20:08,890 --> 00:20:12,060
the calm which will last all
evening.

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00:20:13,890 --> 00:20:18,710
When I settle into bed, nothing
pulls at my attention.

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My phone is turned off in my
bag, the snow keeps falling

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outside the windows, the night
keeps deepening and I rest here,

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warm and cosy, held in the
simplicity of the day I've

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allowed myself to have.
I wish you sweet dreams.