The Gray Wolf and the Red Road
The Jesuits had come to the region to, among other things, convert the Native Americans. Dreams, it turned out, stood in their way.
It May Be Time to Update How You Keep Your Journal
One notebook or two? For dreamers, that is the question. When day meets night we call it dusk. But when day met night in my journals, I called it: “Time to go buy a new …
A Dreamer’s Response to the Climate Crisis
As a professional dreamworker, I have studied the workings of the sleeping and dreaming brain, as well as the history, psychology, and theology of dreaming. I’ve worked with people in one-on-one sessions and dream groups and classes locally, nationally and worldwide. In the process, I have learned a great deal about how dreams can help us as individuals and how they can support us as a community. Even in the face of the Climate Crisis that now threatens our planet.
Reporting from Within
Imagine a world in which the pundits on the nightly weigh in on big dreams from the day’s headlines. What did the reigning monarch dream last night? What recurring nightmare is plaguing the Prime Minister? Imagine the anchorwoman and talking heads arguing over interpretations of what these dreams might mean for cities and countries around the globe.
When the questions are big, start simple
What if What if we treated the earth As we would a gracious dinner party host And we asked before we took And said thank you when we received And what if when we filled …
Freaky Friday (the 13th)
The Sense and Nonsense of Superstitions about Sleep 6 ways to sleep safe on Friday the 13th … or any day by Tzivia Gover, MFA, Certified Dreamwork Professional and author of The Mindful Way to …
What’s it all about?
The answer comes in the night Let’s skip the small talk. When I meet someone new, I’m less interested in finding out what they do for a living than I am in discovering what they …
Awake-But Unaware-In the Dream
Notes from a Lucid Dream Dropper I tend to be a pretty proficient lucid dreamer. But I’ve become an equally proficient Lucid Dream Dropper! (I’ve just coined that phrase to describe my infamous fumble-fingered attempts …
Lucid Dreams Were Sparse–Then an Owl Swooped In
Recently, an owl flew into to my dreams. So, in her honor I am sharing this post, so you too can enjoy some dreamy wisdom–and hopefully wake up to more lucidity–or clarity–in your dreams and waking life. And just in time: International Owl Day is August 4th! Take this opportunity to celebrate the Owl and the wisdom and magic these birds of mysterious beauty hold for you!
Dreaming Forward
What’s true of the mind awake, is often true–though in altered form–of the mind asleep. Certainly we can see how the dreaming mind is also adept at helping us move forward scope out future possibilities, as much as they help us rehash the past.