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How to Incubate a Dream

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 31, 2009 | 8 Comments

In this post series about how to work with your dreams, so far I have focused on dreams you already have had. Now let’s take it to the next level, and learn how to ask for the dream you want to have. Know as dream incubation, this ancient method for asking for guidance from the [...]

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Honoring a Dream with Thanksgiving and Action

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 26, 2009 | 4 Comments

The 8th approach in this series about working with dreams is dream honoring. This is an ancient technique that, rather than trying to project waking life concerns into the dream, brings the dream into the world. The action can be a blessing or a ritual, or it can be a change in course in some [...]

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How to Start a Dream Sharing Circle in Your Town

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

So far, in this post series about ways to work with dreams, I have mostly focused on ways of working with your dreams alone. Today let’s talk about group dream work and how to start your own local dream sharing group.

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EcoDreaming: How Nature Speaks in our Dreams

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 10, 2009 | 10 Comments

“God sleeps in stone, breathes in plants, dreams in animals, and awakens in man” – Hindu Proverb

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Dreams that Warn of Illness

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 6, 2009 | 28 Comments

This is the sixth post on ways to work with dreams, continuing the discussion about the role of the body in dream formation. One of the most important reasons to invite dreams back into your life is their role in warning of illness and sickness. The accounts of this phenomenon have been documented for thousands [...]

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Dreams Come Through Our Bodies

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 5, 2009 | 4 Comments

This is the fifth article in my series about working with dreams without buying a dream dictionary. Even though we all say we want to interpret our dreams, I think often we are not looking for an explanation so much as a chance to deepen the experience of the dream, to bring the dream into [...]