"Having a dream and not interpreting it, is like having a letter and not opening it". The Talmud
DREAMING MEDICINE ... So that we may be Spirit's Dream ...
Spirit has been working with me, through my dreams since my childhood. My dreams have always been vivid, lucid, transformational and life enhancing. In my dreams I have received wisdom transfers, I have seen the future and relived the past, I have experienced great healing in my dreams. I have dreamed the courage to help others dream, to connect to their growth, to seek great change and to heal and to manifest a greater world into being.
In June of 2009, I woke from a dream having heard the voices of my Guides tell me that I was "here to support the awakening of the dreamers of the new dawn". The dream itself was very basic, with no images, no colors or sounds. There was nothing to it but the feeling of it, and the feeling was powerful. I woke up immediately and wrote the dream message down, including the date and the time of the dream.
I waited to find out what the dream meant.
In January of 2010, out of the blue I was given a great opportunity to work with other dreamers in a lucid dreaming workshop. This dream workshop was OFF THE CHART amazing. I focused every aspect of my life on a dream and every dream on the focus of my life. The first workshop changed my life as I knew it and through it I started living my dream career. I left a job in corporate America to work as a healing arts practitioner and teacher full time.
I hosted the second dream Workshop, to support the power of the work being done and to keep pushing the boundaries of my own dream world and again the results were OFF THE CHART. In June of 2010, one year to the date of the dream, I was blessed to be called in as a co-facilitator for the "Revelation Dreams" workshops in Santa Barbara and Ventura.
This has encouraged me to grow into a support practitioner for all dreamers who believe in the power of their dreams. If you can dream it you can do it. There is so much power in your dreams. In the average life span we spend as much as five years dreaming. Why not do something with this time?
Regardless of your personal relationship with your dreams ... your dreams are calling to you for a greater life. Come activate a deeper understanding of yourself through your dreams and a greater way to go on from here. Let your dreams be your guide, let your guides work through your dreams. Let your reality expand and grow ... as you dream the life you want, and then live it in your waking world.
Dreams merge the psyche and the soul ... while the body lays in slumber.
Do you want more? It is waiting for you in your dreams.
Laurel Lyons ~ a woman who appreciates
sacred life energy
And always ... sleep sweetly and wake well. Have sweet and lucid
dreams. It is in our power to do all of this and more.
nite
nite ...
Awake in the Dream World : Workshops illustrate how
lucid dreaming can benefit lives
By TYLER BLUE, NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
for the Santa Barbara News Press
"Alright everyone, your homework is that we're going to meet
up at a bonfire on Ellwood Beach this weekend."
It would have been an easy assignment except that the meet-up
James Wapotich referred to was intended to occur in a lucid dream
state.
It was the second-to-last session of a five-week workshop
entitled, "Revelation Dreamwork: Dreaming Medicine" and Mr. Wapotich --
one of four facilitators -- felt the group was ready to take their
practices to the next level.
Anyone can achieve lucidity in a dream -- all it requires is
the realization of being asleep. This allows the individual the
potential to guide their dreams in the direction of their design. Dreams
can be very difficult to influence, but with the right preparation,
intention and recognition, the possibilities are endless, say some
experts in the field.
Six weeks earlier, many of the same people in the workshop
converged at the Karpeles Manuscript Library to see a documentary called
"Explorers of the Lucid Dream World." The director, Richard Hilton,
completed it in 2005 as his final project while attending Cal State
Monterey Bay. He had always been fascinated by dreams since high school
and when he first read about the concept of lucid dreaming, knew it was
something he would pursue.
Mr. Hilton -- a freelance Web designer -- felt isolated in
his efforts until a screening in November of 2009, when he was
approached by two men who thought the information was so vital, they
were inspired to use it as the basis for a workshop.
David K. Ball -- a yogi and energy worker -- and Mr. Wapotich
-- a life coach -- got together and created a curriculum.
In January, they launched the first Revelation Dreamwork
workshop, with 19 students in attendance. It was held in downtown Santa
Barbara at Mr. Hilton's shared office space known as The Canary Lounge.
In shaping the layout of the workshop, Mr. Wapotich's intention was to
gear it toward what he called "lucid living" in order to cultivate
people's awareness of the connection between dreams and the "real
world."
"The same way we become lucid in dreams, we can apply in our
waking state," he says. "We can explore the world around us and get a
different outcome. It can be very liberating."
The first workshop was so well-received that two more were
scheduled for June: one in Santa Barbara and the other in Ventura. By
this time Mr. Hilton had built up the confidence and presentation savvy
to become a facilitator himself. When Mr. Ball followed a job
opportunity to Hawaii, it opened the door for Laurel Lyons -- a Reiki
master living in Ventura -- to step in as a facilitator for both
workshops.
A lifelong lucid dreamer, she has deep faith in the ability
of dreams to bestow valuable wisdom. "We all want to grow. We all want
to have the clear vision of who it is that we are destined to become,"
she hypothesizes. "Given the right tools to tap into it, I believe that
the dream gives us that view. We find out in the dream that we are a
great teacher and a great shaman."
Encouraged by the positive influence of his father, Jonah
Haas has been experiencing lucid dreams since he was seven years old.
After a period of time in the cultural anthropology Ph.D. program at
UCSB, it became clear that dream work is a big part of his life's
calling.
"I'm loving this vision of dreams being the fabric that ties
the community together," he says. "I think it's an opportunity for
people to connect from a place that embodies their most authentic self."
The first day of the workshop he shared a dream in which he
found himself face-to-face with his greatest recurring fear: a werewolf.
Instead of fleeing, his heightened state allowed him to realize that
there was nothing to be afraid of. He embraced the werewolf and they
danced together. Every other lucid dream he shared -- which included
flying to the stars, finding buried treasure and following the guidance
of an omniscient oracle -- had people on the edge of their seats.
In order to have a lucid dream, one must begin to remember
their regular dreams. Lying still upon waking, immediately thinking of a
title for the dream and writing every detail in a dream journal are
proven to be beneficial. Setting the mood for dreaming can be
accomplished by reducing caffeine and alcohol, cutting out unnecessary
stimuli 45 minutes before sleep and stating positive affirmations
regarding dream recall.
Once entered into a dream, there a few ways to determine
one's state of consciousness. Looking at either your hands or a piece of
text is helpful because, when asleep, they will appear differently at
second glance. Another way is to look for telltale characters or symbols
which tend to arise in your dreams.
While it comes naturally for some, a state of lucidity can
take months or even years for others to achieve. Those in the workshop
flirted with it but only a few were able to truly venture into that
world. Margaret Granger , the mother of a 2-year-old, chose to
participate because the exhaustion of new parenting had negated her
dream recollection. She applied some of the techniques and was able to
start remembering them again.
A few weeks in, she had an experience at a gas station where
she was verbally attacked by a person without just cause. Feeling as if
she was in a dream, Ms. Granger took a different course of action than
she normally would have, choosing to laugh it off rather than engage.
Upon conclusion of the workshop, she made a declaration which seemed to
reflect the group's sentiment: "When I go to parties in the future, I
don't care what people do for a living. I just want to know, "Have you
had any good dreams lately?"
Another round of workshops will begin in September.
For more information, join the Revelation Dreamwork group on
www.facebook.com.
e-mail: news@newspress.com
As well as Facebook, please feel free to contact James Wapotich @ 805-564-6946, Laurel Lyons @ 805-760-8399 or Jonah Haas @ 805-286-6694. For more information on Revelation Dreaming - Dream Medicine, for workshop dates or just to talk about dreams just contact anyone of us.
Thank you ...
Laurel Lyons ~ a woman who appreciates
sacred life energy
