17 Nov Dreams That Take Us To Hidden Rooms
Sometimes in dreams we discover previously unknown rooms in familiar places. ...
02 Jun A Glimpse into the World of Nightmares
Nightmares can be understood as preventative medicine — for our health and our lives....
14 Nov “A Multitude of Bears”
When a spirit animal shows up in a dream and then in waking life, it’s time to dig deeper into its symbolism, habits, myths and legends....
02 Apr “Spring Break at Turkey Run State Park”
I told him about how Native Americans sometimes believed that a human could shapeshift into animals or birds. That they could adapt the qualities of a certain animal or bird for use in human life. And that some tribes believed that one was born into...
25 Jan The Nature of My Photography and the Dreams That Inspire It
I love to wake up slowly in the morning. Relaxing in meditation, I drift between sleep and wakefulness while I roam the state of consciousness known as the “hypnopompic” zone, a slice of time when images flash beneath the lids of my closed eyes. ...
30 Dec Dreams of Healing across Space and Time
I thought about what courage really means for everyday heroes who go through life unrecognized. They are the quiet ones who, day in and day out, serve their soul’s calling in seemingly small ways. In the end, they create a more empowered life for...
18 Nov “Full Moon Dreaming on the Mountain: The Number Eighteen”
It took a bit of time to process the notion of how I had dreamed of the moon card number at the same time there was a full moon, not knowing eighteen was the number on that card. One thing I knew for sure; my...
27 Dec A Seasonal Love Story…Gifts from the Other Side of Death.
I add to Tom’s words. “The full force of love stands behind you, above you, below you and around you.” This is his gift to me from the other side of Death. But I know I still have an important assignment to complete for our...
23 Nov Soul Talk
I experienced the companionship of loving friends and the sharing of dreams. I delighted in pristine Nature where the clear night sky is sprinkled with a glittery cosmos of stars, where wild birdsong greets the sunrise, where leaf-covered nature trails wind around a stunning blue...
06 May Exploring the Cave of the Goddess through Active Dreaming
When the goddess releases her desires to what is the highest well-being of herself and others, she makes decisions that represent her highest values. And while her ego resists, her soul knows it must answer the call from its sacred source. For in the...
19 Jan A Dream of Train Tickets Leads to a Treasure Box
This blog post is about a dream that inspired me to open a box of old letters and photos belonging to my Great Grandmother Nella Seymour, my Grandmother Floi Tyler and my Mother Katharine Grey. After I recorded the dream in my journal...
13 Dec The Gifts of Active Dreaming: Essential Information
The world speaks to us with signs, symbols, messages, coincidences, and synchronicities. Active dreamers become aware of the gifts of magic in these special moments of awareness. Active Dreamers are choosers. They learn they are the final authorities of their own dreams, that dreams are...
13 Nov Lessons for an Active Dreamer
After attending a dreaming retreat in the Adirondacks of Upper State New York this month, I returned home inspired by the talented men and women who had shared their gifts with open hearts. I began reflecting upon the lessons I’ve been learning through the...
09 Oct Romanian Soup for the Active Dreamer’s Soul
Dreams are the fire of the imagination, a place where one finds the dragon that wakes us up to what is possible. On this adventure, I found that dragon, a blue one who discovered he has more than smoke left in his belly. And...
23 Sep Soles and Soul: An Active Dreamer Imagines Her Last Lecture
As I’ve aged, I have thrown some soles away when they no longer served a purpose, and I have imagined other versions of myself in other times wearing different shoes. Most importantly, as I look back upon my life, I have tried to stay authentic...
02 Oct Connecting with Animal Spirits: A Fanciful Tale in “Imaginal Healing”
Do not underestimate the soft side of yourself, the vulnerable. And remember your passionate urge to create and recreate, your ability to jump over obstacles, to disguise what needs to be hidden and to escape situations that threaten your well-being. But most importantly, always remember...
10 May A Trip to the Dream Studio
“In Celtic tradition, the field of dreams is a field of interaction between humans and the more-than-human. Dreaming is traveling, and a way of real magic which is the art of bringing gifts from another world into this world.” Continuing to read the historically based...
07 Jan I Took a Trip to “Dreams of Yesteryear”
During my visit I discovered there was no chart for navigating the fluid space between the world of a woman and the world of her childhood. I experienced an “active dream” journey one evening while eating in a Mediterranean restaurant that used to be a...
07 Dec Dreams Point the Way to Risks Our Souls Call Us to Make
"I believe our dreams form images and contain messages that point the way to the risks that our souls are calling us to make. They tell us when it is safe to risk, when we have prepared, studied or trained enough to make a jump....