Petra

64 min

Carved back into the walls of a desert valley, in the south of what is now Jordan, is a whole city cut from the rock. It was not built up, stone laid patiently upon stone, in the way of almost every city ever made. It was cut inward, into the cliffs themselves, by people who carved where others would have piled.

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Maya Hart
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Maya Hart
Tender, reassuring, steady

Tender and reassuring, steady when things aren't, present and calm without ever overpromising.

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About this session

Petra is a sleep story from Salūs, a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace by Maya Hart.

Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.