My Day (CV)

My day begins and ends right here:

 

And it begins and ends with this:

My journal helps me find meaning in my daytime and nighttime adventures.

At night before I go to bed I write something in my journal. Usually I make a list of 10 things that were wonderful about the day, or that I am grateful for, or both! I call it my Wonderful/Grateful list.

Or I might write about something that happened that made me feel a strong emotion. Or that I want to remember, because it was important to me.

This is my time to reflect on the day and to remind myself of what the point was: To find love, beauty, and meaning among the random ups and downs, challenges and successes of any given day.

When I wake, I reach for my journal and jot down my dreams. I look to my dreams in the morning, as I look to the day that just passed at bedtime, scanning for any information that might help me. My dreams show me what’s on my mind. They show me where I’m resisting life, and where I’m embracing it. They offer me images that can help me focus my mind on healing and growth.

What happens during my daytime and nighttime adventures matters. But what matters most is what I do with them.

It all begins and ends right here:

And thanks to this:

I can stay with my intention to live it all as fully and well as I’m able.

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The (Newly Revised) “Third House Moon Dream Journal” Is Now Available

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Writing down the dream is the first step in dream work.

The Third House Moon Dream Journal is a place for you to write down your waking — and dreaming experiences.

In addition to giving you plenty of space to write, this journal also includes  information on dreams, dream recall, and how to work with your dreams.

To order a copy* for $10 plus postage and handling, contact me.

* The Third House Moon Dream Journal makes a great gift … for yourself, or for others!

The 14th Way of Looking at a Blackbird: Dreaming Awake (Corner View)

The tree after the blackbird flew away.

I do not know which to prefer,

The beauty of inflections

Or the beauty of innuendoes,

The blackbird whistling

Or just after.

– from “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens

A week ago, I woke from a long stretch of lucid dreaming, in which I consciously entered one dream after another. Finally, a couple of hours later, I woke from the dreams and into a beautiful spring Sunday morning. I threw on a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt and sneakers, and headed outside for a walk in the meadows.

It was a magnificent day. The air was dry, the light crystalline. There were no other people around at 8 a.m., so I was left alone to marvel at the delicate buds on the trees, the green of the mountains just beyond the river, and the new grass covering the fields. The whole world, it seemed, was newly awake.

Then, stepping off the walking path onto the dirt road, I came upon a line of trees, and sitting about three-quarters of the way up in the branches of one, sat a red-winged blackbird. I tilted my head to look at it, just as the bird cocked its head to look at me. Suddenly I felt as if I’d stepped back inside my lucid dreams: the light intensified, and the air seemed to charge itself with a stronger current of aliveness. As if in a dream, the bird seemed to be conscious of me, as I was of it. The branches of the tree, the buds, the air, and the  hard-packed dirt of the road beneath my feet — all seemed to be  vibrant, connected, awake, aware, and alive.And then, the bird flew away, the magic receded, and the ordinary miracle of a spring morning returned.The memory of the ecstatic beauty was almost as good as having been inside of it.  I knew that though this waking lucid dream was over, it would always be there, just behind my ordinary experience of the world.

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Counting Sheep is Just The Beginning

Tricks and Tips for Falling Asleep

Sheep (Photo credit: James Good)

When you have trouble falling asleep, do you count sheep?

It turns out, barnyard critters are only the beginning. People are quite creative when it comes to trying to entice their minds to turn away from daily concerns and toward dreams.

Here are some helpful tricks for lulling the mind to sleep that friends and clients have shared with me:

1. Count backwards from 100.
2. Mentally recite a poem they memorized.
3. Name the members of their grade school classmates…pick a year and picture each child in order, row by row as if seeing them seated in the classroom.
4. Name all the regular characters in their favorite TV show in alphabetical order, returning to A whenever they slip up. (“Downton Abbey” in this case … Yes, I admit it, this one is from my repertoire )
5. List all the members of a favorite baseball team and their outfield position.
6. Mentally drive a familiar route (i.e. from home to work), going at a slow steady pace to see every detail.
7. Starting with getting into bed, work backwards through your day listing each activity from brushing ones teeth before bed, to turning off the TV … etc.

What about you? What do you do when you are lying in bed, trying to fall asleep?

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More than background music: Pay attention to your dreams and harmonize your life

Reblogged from All the Snooze That's Fit to Print:

Dreams are democratic...everyone has them. And as a dreamworker I believe that they come to each of us in the service of health and healing. So, what if you don’t remember your dreams? Does that mean they are not helping you?

I look at it like this: Imagine you are eating in a café, and a pianist is playing beautiful music in one corner of the room.

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This week's theme is music ...

For a Good Night’s Sleep … Be Good to Your Feet (CV)

To get a good harvest of dreams … you must first get some sleep.

Pampering your feet can help.

Try giving your feet, ankles, and calves a gentle massage just before bed.

Use moisturizer or massage oil to really soothe your soles (and your soul).

Then put on a pair of comfy socks, and cuddle up for a good night of zzz’s

And if you’re lucky, you’ll have a good night of dreams, too!

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Why does a foot massage help you sleep better?

Grounding your energy in your feet at night helps to ensure that you’ll drop your attention downward and away from your mind, where busy, troublesome, or nagging thoughts can keep you awake.

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For more information on sleep and dreaming, or for a dream consultation, contact me at www.thirdhousemoon.com.

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Dream with Us for Global Healing on March 11

Reblogged from 350 Dreamers:

Dream With Us

What: We invite you to dream with us in our quest to use the power of dreams to help heal Planet Earth!

How: Dream, journey and/or vision for the Earth on the night of our group dream and post your dreams on this blog (as a comment) in the morning!

Why: Because Global Climate Change is threatening our beautiful planet and because we have the power to create positive, healing change.

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