Your Brain on Dreams
Deficient, or just plain different? Throughout history, dreams have alternately been hailed as messages from the gods and dismissed as random hallucinations. But rather than place dreaming on a mystical pedestal, or look at dreaming …
Strike a (Dream) Pose
The Yoga of Dreams In Yoga, postures are physical poses that we practice for improved health and over all well-being. Dreamwork, too is a practice to help us improve our health and well being. Bringing …
The Guru at the Door
Welcome your dreams In the wide-awake world of constant connectivity and 24-7 access to entertainment and information, we tend to treat our dreams as if they were flotsam and jetsam, washed up by some mysterious tide, and …
Long Time Gone (& back again)
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a chance to post here. Those of you who know me know there’s been a lot going on in my waking life (almost as much as in …
Q&A: Help! I Can’t move!
Ryan Hurd, today’s guest blogger and expert on Sleep Paralysis, sheds light on a sometimes-frightening sleep phenomenon Q: What if any relationship exists between sleep paralysis, which I’ve experienced when I was 15-40 years old, …
Crazy Good: Dreaming of Mom
I had a crazy dream the other night. I dreamed my mother called me on the phone and we were laughing and talking. Which might not sound so strange to you. After all, people dream …
The Sleep Study Results are In. Hold the Drum Roll. (5th installment in the series)
This post is part of an ongoing series about what happens when an active dreamer goes in for a sleep study. Click here to read the first post in the series. My doctor ordered a sleep study …
Sleepless at the Sleep Center (4th Installment)
This post is part of an ongoing series about what happens when an active dreamer goes in for a sleep study. Click here to read the previous post in the series. My sleep study took place on …
You Don’t Need Dr. Freud—It’s Easier Than You Think
Much has been made of the mysterious nature of dreams—too much, I’d say. We’ve been duped into believing that you need a degree in psychology or a high-paid analyst to understand them. At the very …
Some Questions You Might Ask: Dreaming Up A New Sleep Center Experience
This post is part of an ongoing series about what happens when an active dreamer goes in for a sleep study. Click here to read the previous post about my upcoming sleep study. Click here to …