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Archives for December 2009

5 tips for Powerful Dreams Over the Holidays

By Ryan Hurd

Today is the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere.  With the longest night of the year behind us, we can look forward to longer and warmer days ahead. But hold on a minute.  Let’s not invite the light back just yet.  These dark days have … [Read more...] about 5 tips for Powerful Dreams Over the Holidays

Filed Under: Working with Dreams Tagged With: Choline, Christmas dreams, holiday sleep, Lucid Dreaming, REM rebound, sleep debt, solstice dreams, video game dreams

Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

By Julie Stiles

A friend recently wrote in an email; “I'm coming to realize that this transformational path I'm on isn't exactly productive. I don't know what it is but productive it's not.” Her comments, coupled with my own experiences of times when I am not … [Read more...] about Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: consciousness, creativity, inner work, productivity, self-growth, transformation

Calvin Hall and the Cognitive Theory of Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

Any survey of modern dream research must include Calvin Hall (1909-1985).  Hall was a behavioral psychologist who explored the cognitive dimensions of dreaming.  His work began before the discovery of REM sleep, so little was known about the biology … [Read more...] about Calvin Hall and the Cognitive Theory of Dreaming

Filed Under: Theories of Dreaming Tagged With: Bill Domhoff, Calvin Hall, cognitive psychology, cognitive theory of dreams, content analysis, Dream & Sleep Research, dream science, dream theories, Hall van de Castle scale, Robert van de Castle, scientific dream interpretation

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