You may not know who Peter Coyote is but I’ve had a crush on him since Rover was a pup! He’s got it all. Strong chin, piercing blue eyes, full lips. You just know he’s the type of man who would listen intently as you ramble on about your sister’s youngest child’s boyfriend while lovingly massaging your feet. You know that scene from Bull Durham where Kevin Costner paints Susan Sarandon’s toe nails? Well Peter Coyote would do that. Why don’t men understand that if you rub a woman’s feet and paint her toe nails she’ll follow you anywhere. There’d be a lot more happy women and satisfied men if they taught this in school or something.

So anyway last night as I got ready for bed I prepared to listen to some trance-making chants on my IPod. I do this every night. Just put those little earphones in my ears, plump up my down pillow, turn out the lights and drift off hearing Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna or Ele, Ele, Tau, Mau in my ears. Actually I don’t hear Hare Krishna very often because it’s the tenth chant out of twelve and I’m usually long gone before I get there, which certainly tells you something about the power of the chants! Did I mention that I sleep alone – hence the need for soothing voices through electronic means?

Anyway for unknown reasons I decided that maybe I’d listen to something other than the chants last night. I tried a little Native-American flute music and it was fine but not exactly what I was looking for. Then I noticed that I have a recording of Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements and I thought perfect; I’ll drift off to sleep learning something! Ever record your test notes in high school and listen to it while you were sleeping? It didn’t help me then so I should have known that it wouldn’t work -  but at midnight my brain was a little foggy and learning while I slept sounded like a brilliant idea.

Except for one thing!

Peter Coyote was the voice reading The Four Agreements to me! The Peter Coyote that I have a wild crush on and whose voice sends me over the edge. So here I am trying to relax and I hear the sexiest voice in the world in my ears. Let’s just say that it wasn’t sleep inducing!

So if you’re looking for a quick way to go to sleep download some chants. If it’s not sleep your looking for, Peter Coyote has seven other edifying books on tape. You can even pretend it’s about becoming a better person. I mean The Four Agreements is powerful stuff, right? And from my vantage point that’s about as good as you’re going to get from a set of headphones.