5 tips for Powerful Dreams Over the Holidays

December 22, 2009 by Ryan Hurd  
Filed under Working with Dreams

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Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

December 8, 2009 by Julie Stiles  
Filed under Consciousness & Health

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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 accomplishing as much as I would like, caused me to reflect on the relationship between outer productivity and the inner work of self-growth and transformation.

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Calvin Hall and the Cognitive Theory of Dreaming

December 3, 2009 by Ryan Hurd  
Filed under Theories of Dreaming

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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 of sleep and dreams.  Hall drew worldwide attention for his cognitive theory of dreaming, which was among the first scientific theories of dream interpretation based on quantitative analysis… rather than wishful thinking.

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