Sharing my story with dreams, I had nightmares when I was around 5, and I learned how to replace the nightmares with Barney to calm myself. However, I rarely had dreams afterwords. I had curiosity about dreams and others', tried to read about Sigmund Freud's work about dreams, but kept putting it in the back. Then, with my first therapist, they brought in dream work which I did not expect. That opened me up to dream journaling and active imagination which has helped tremendously.
However, after I had my brain hemorrhage, I lost a lot of my ability to imagine and journal. And my intention in journaling and dream work lately has been, "I am healing" and the dreams have been revealing how much anxiety is within me. From there, the work is grounding myself by connecting between the planes from my subconscious and actualizing who I am, then connecting the astral planed and reality. Recently, it's reconnecting with my ally that's met through active imagination where they are guiding me.
Dream work has been instrumental for my healing and needing to follow the process once again, and this post is really helpful to continue grounding myself with the dream work.
I love hearing about your dream journey. Setting the intention "I am healing" is a beautiful way to connect to your higher self and bridge the gap between waking life and your dreams self. Robert Moss who I have trained extensively with has written many books on dreams. www.mossdreams.com
I'm also thinking you may be interested in reading The Tibetan Yogas of Dream & Sleep: Practices for Awakening by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. It connect with how our dreams reflect and affect our waking life and vice versa. How to shift energy and intentions in both.
Is there something specific you'd like to know about dreaming that I can answer in my next post?
I'll check out Robert Moss. Similarly, I was trained through Jungian models which resonates with me. My therapist was a Jungian Analyst and guided me with the dream work and much more. My first introduction with a book was Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert A. Johnson. It still sticks well with me.
Also, I am really interested in The Tibetan Yogas of Dream & Sleep: Practices for Awakening. It connects well with how I see it. The hardest part is getting back into the practices, and this helps to read another perspective on approaching the practices.
Currently, I've been having several stress dreams that involve past relationships (career partners and romantic partners). What are your thoughts on the when and the where during the dream with people that are close to you? And on that line, my dreams seem to be the opposite from expected reality which seems to exacerbate the stress. I remember when suggestion in the past was to flip the script sometimes to reflect a reverse mirror to actualize how you see it now. Which seems to resonate with how emotionally charged I can feel when flipping the script. That is, finding a way to ground myself to the harder truths rather than wishful thinking.
Thanks for sharing that book. I'll check it out. Those stress dreams could be showing you the contrast of what you don't want. Perhaps recording them in your journal and paying particular attention to the feelings of the dream. In waking life, perhaps see where those stressors are popping in. I feel like it's a multi-layered process but awareness and feelings may be a good place to start.
I'll ponder on this more and will go deeper in my next post in addition to sharing a clear and easy process to journal and understand what your dreams mean to you.
Thank you, Janine, for giving the feeling of support to oil the rusty gears and getting them to turn again. It's really helpful. Like you said, there are several layers to peel back which can feel daunting and overwhelming.
Also, your post regarding rituals resonates for me as well. I know that I need to do the same during the process.
I had a dream last night that I’ve had to write out again to delve deeper. I’m getting the impression to continue rebuilding my inner trust, especially with my ability to communicate despite the challenges.
I'm glad this is resonating. You're making me think about communicating and using our other sensory details and modes of communication. How it can open those channels in order to dig deeper!
Sharing my story with dreams, I had nightmares when I was around 5, and I learned how to replace the nightmares with Barney to calm myself. However, I rarely had dreams afterwords. I had curiosity about dreams and others', tried to read about Sigmund Freud's work about dreams, but kept putting it in the back. Then, with my first therapist, they brought in dream work which I did not expect. That opened me up to dream journaling and active imagination which has helped tremendously.
However, after I had my brain hemorrhage, I lost a lot of my ability to imagine and journal. And my intention in journaling and dream work lately has been, "I am healing" and the dreams have been revealing how much anxiety is within me. From there, the work is grounding myself by connecting between the planes from my subconscious and actualizing who I am, then connecting the astral planed and reality. Recently, it's reconnecting with my ally that's met through active imagination where they are guiding me.
Dream work has been instrumental for my healing and needing to follow the process once again, and this post is really helpful to continue grounding myself with the dream work.
Thank you, Matt!
I love hearing about your dream journey. Setting the intention "I am healing" is a beautiful way to connect to your higher self and bridge the gap between waking life and your dreams self. Robert Moss who I have trained extensively with has written many books on dreams. www.mossdreams.com
I'm also thinking you may be interested in reading The Tibetan Yogas of Dream & Sleep: Practices for Awakening by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. It connect with how our dreams reflect and affect our waking life and vice versa. How to shift energy and intentions in both.
Is there something specific you'd like to know about dreaming that I can answer in my next post?
Thanks as always for connecting!
Thank you, Janine!
I'll check out Robert Moss. Similarly, I was trained through Jungian models which resonates with me. My therapist was a Jungian Analyst and guided me with the dream work and much more. My first introduction with a book was Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert A. Johnson. It still sticks well with me.
Also, I am really interested in The Tibetan Yogas of Dream & Sleep: Practices for Awakening. It connects well with how I see it. The hardest part is getting back into the practices, and this helps to read another perspective on approaching the practices.
Currently, I've been having several stress dreams that involve past relationships (career partners and romantic partners). What are your thoughts on the when and the where during the dream with people that are close to you? And on that line, my dreams seem to be the opposite from expected reality which seems to exacerbate the stress. I remember when suggestion in the past was to flip the script sometimes to reflect a reverse mirror to actualize how you see it now. Which seems to resonate with how emotionally charged I can feel when flipping the script. That is, finding a way to ground myself to the harder truths rather than wishful thinking.
I really appreciate you and connecting!
Thanks for sharing that book. I'll check it out. Those stress dreams could be showing you the contrast of what you don't want. Perhaps recording them in your journal and paying particular attention to the feelings of the dream. In waking life, perhaps see where those stressors are popping in. I feel like it's a multi-layered process but awareness and feelings may be a good place to start.
I'll ponder on this more and will go deeper in my next post in addition to sharing a clear and easy process to journal and understand what your dreams mean to you.
Thank you, Janine, for giving the feeling of support to oil the rusty gears and getting them to turn again. It's really helpful. Like you said, there are several layers to peel back which can feel daunting and overwhelming.
Also, your post regarding rituals resonates for me as well. I know that I need to do the same during the process.
I had a dream last night that I’ve had to write out again to delve deeper. I’m getting the impression to continue rebuilding my inner trust, especially with my ability to communicate despite the challenges.
I’m looking forward to your upcoming post.
I'm glad this is resonating. You're making me think about communicating and using our other sensory details and modes of communication. How it can open those channels in order to dig deeper!
Working on my next post!