Salt and Silk
Best for: falling asleep to a story
Laila arrives in Khiva to scatter her mother’s ashes, but a torn silk robe reveals hidden Persian embroidery and a route into the Kyzylkum. Guided by dyers, camel breeders and a silent driver, she follows old canal lines through salt, ruins and singing dunes, where grief begins to take the shape of a mystery.
Warm and clear, with an unhurried steadiness, a voice that settles a busy mind without ever rushing it.
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About this session
Salt and Silk is a sleep story from Salūs, a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace by Becky Lane.
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.