Incubating Your Dream…

sleep_woman2

Is there a dream tugging at your coattails in which you are having a hard time connecting or communicating with? Do you feel the dream offers a message you are unable to receive? Or maybe there is a question or issues you need an answer to and you are hoping your dream world will provide you guidance. I have been a passionate vivid dreamer since childhood; it is an intuitive gift I lovingly embrace. However, there are some nights I wake up from a dream when I have lost a detail or two I feel … [Read more...]

The Bear

bear

My most vivid dream memory from childhood is a recurring dream. Because of my age, and what I would later learn, I had no idea this dream was something of great importance and a sacred blessing. My dream would go like this: I would be in a dark forest with large trees that would be making noise. I was always on a path trying to reach a destination (much like Little Red Riding Hood) and then I would realize someone was following me. I would then see the bear -- a very large bear -- and I … [Read more...]

Incubating Your Dream…

sleep_woman

Is there a dream tugging at your coattails in which you are having a hard time connecting or communicating with? Do you feel the dream offers a message you are unable to receive? Or maybe there is a question or issues you need an answer to and you are hoping your dream world will provide you guidance. I have been a passionate vivid dreamer since childhood; it is an intuitive gift I lovingly embrace. However, there are some nights I wake up from a dream when I have lost a detail or two I feel … [Read more...]

Limitless

Walden,-Kelly-Sullivan

"A man is but a product of his dreams. What he dreams he becomes." ~ Astoria Eden Dreams and dreamers go way back…I mean waaaaaaaaay back. Even a few steps further…all the way back to the first prophets, even back as far as the caveman days. Anthropologists have encoded cave drawings to be communication about what was literally happening in cave dweller’s lives, as well as future events and visions from their dreams. In fact, research shows that even our Neanderthal brothers and … [Read more...]

Dreams that shaped history

Walden,-Kelly-Sullivan

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver. ~ Lucius Seneca People claim they can't afford the time to pay attention to their dreams...I say you can't afford NOT to. What if the map to the goldmine you have been praying for is not in your backyard, but on your pillow in your dream zone? My intent with the dreamwork I do with clients in my dream coaching sessions, at the very least, is that people will come to see dreams and the dreaming mind as a … [Read more...]

Why Dreams?

Walden,-Kelly-Sullivan

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. ~ Jack Kerouac When you nestle yourself into bed, turn off the bedside lamp, and close your eyes to your daytime reality, your conscious self goes to sleep. Meanwhile, your dreaming self slips out of the covers and tiptoes upstairs to the attic of your mind to explore the enchanted realm of dreams. Within this nocturnal territory you are transported beyond the ego's five senses to a vast, multidimensional … [Read more...]

It’s All In Your D.R.E.A.M.S.

Walden,-Kelly-Sullivan

“I had the strangest dream!” How many times have you heard that expression fly out of your mouth, and in the telling of the tale, found yourself bewildered on that mystical bridge between sleep and awake, scratching your head, asking the question, “I wonder what that means?” As we ponder what it all means, take heart in knowing that it is rare not to have a strange dream. In fact, we should be so grateful for our sojourn into the dream world. As scientific evidence demonstrates, … [Read more...]

Four Simple Steps to Success with Ease

success

Every one of us has the power within to do what we love to do for a living, and to be successful, as well. There are four simple steps to achieve your dreams in life -- even if you're lazy, inexperienced, overwhelmed, or financially challenged: 1. Dream It all begins by daring to dream. Everything ever created first started as a dream. At first, our dreams are just insubstantial bits of imagination, delicate and easily lost, but as we continue to focus on our dreams, they become more and … [Read more...]

Picture Perfect

woman-dreams

As we enter our new year, what kind of mental pictures are you holding about it? Are you enthusiastically envisioning how well it could go, or are you worrying about what could go wrong? Do the images you focus on represent your authentic intentions, or are you adopting the thoughts, feelings, and expectations that others feed or try to impose on you? You might be inspired by an anecdote from a Ken Burns documentary on the evolution of the radio industry. When television began to replace … [Read more...]

Holding a Butterfly: An Experiment in Miracle Making – Part 2

butterfly_invert

Last of a two-part interview with spiritual teacher Lynn Woodland Lynn Woodland, an award-winning author, international teacher, and human potential expert with a 35-year career in transpersonal psychology, human motivation, and mind-body psychology -- says there is more to manifestation than affirmations or envisioning can ever bring forth. Much more. In her new book, Holding a Butterfly: An Experiment in Miracle Making, which will be released in mid-January, she writes: "Popular movies … [Read more...]

I’m Lovin’ ’11!

new-year

It's mid-January; we've rung in the New Year with family and friends, the champagne has been toasted and drunk and now the kids are back in school and we are back to work. But, while warming our hands in front of the fire this evening, take a breath, feel the thrill, because life is presenting each of us with a gift right now. January is a reminder that we are at the beginning of a year of opportunities -- new friendships beckon, new interests call, travel awaits, hopes and dreams can be … [Read more...]

Ten Things I Like about Inception

inception

Recently, ABC News asked me to comment on Christopher Nolan's new movie Inception, since it involves lucid dreamers who "extract" information from other dreamers. Because it's impossible to do the movie justice in a 15-second sound bite, here's my list of ten things I like about Inception. 1. "Dreams, they feel real while we're in them," Inception's main character, Cobb, says. It's a simple point, but an important one. As Inception's newest student, Ariadne, learns, the assumed reality of our … [Read more...]

Dreaming and the Creative Process – The Movie Inception

inception

"It is never JUST a dream." - Dom Cobb Recently I saw the new film Inception by Christopher Nolan. It was an absolute delight. As someone who has devoted the bulk of my life to celebrating and exploring the mysterious connection between dreams, the creative process and healing, I was especially thrilled to see a mainstream film inspired by dreaming. In this film, Nolan builds a highly engaging story around the unlikely premise of an international team of dream thieves who are able to … [Read more...]

Why Do We Dream?

jacobson

Question: What are dreams and why do we dream? Answer: Dreams falls into three categories. The first category is a meaningless dream. Just like many of your thoughts during the day are random and meaningless, it is the same with this kind of dream. The more silent your mind during the day, the less this kind of dream will occur during sleep. The second category of dream is more meaningful. Dreaming often gives us the opportunity to experience and release feelings like fear, anger, hurt and … [Read more...]

Breaking out of the Psychic Cast

woman_eyes-closed

I was born with severe clubfeet and had two surgeries by the age of 2. Throughout my childhood, I was placed in various forms of casts, splints and braces. My legs and feet were rigidly confined to unnatural positions. I now have significant chronic lower body pain. Also, the ability to move, which most children take for granted, was for me imbued with the threat of pain and failure. The physical realm was the original template for this threat, but it has since generalized to include the … [Read more...]