Do dreams have meaning? A quick tour of the dreaming brain

Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 31, 2011  |  7 Comments

Sigmund Freud is considered the father of dream science, even though most of his dream theory is largely discredited today. But from the get-go Freud assumed that dreaming was an expression of the mind-brain system, a premise still widely accepted by scientists, psychologists and philosophers today. Still, in popular culture, we still hear the question [...]

Co-creating the Dream: the Five Star Method of Dream Analysis

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 5, 2010  |  3 Comments

(This is a guest post by psychotherapist G. Scott Sparrow. Image by h.koppdelaney)

I have spoken and written about how cocreative dream theory transforms the way we think of dreams, but I have devoted just as much time to developing a dreamwork methodology based on the theory, which is surprisingly easy to learn and to use. While I began developing this method over 35 years ago, only in the last decade has it has matured into a systematic dream work approach, which has been called the FiveStar Method (FSM).

A Marriage of Lucid Dreaming and Traditional Dream Analysis

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 30, 2010  |  4 Comments

This is guest post by psychotherapist and author Scott Sparrow.

Start Here

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 20, 2010  |  Comments Off

A Beginner’s Guide to Dream Studies
If you’re new to this site, here is a list of my most popular content and core essays from the last few years. You can also check out the categories list on the right side bar to find a specific topic, as well as the archives.
 

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 [...]

Dream Sharing: the Foundation of Dream Work

Posted by Ryan Hurd on July 29, 2009  |  2 Comments

This is my second article in the series 10 ways to work with your dreams.  Over the next week or so, I’ll be rolling out my favorite ways to deepen the experience of the dream.   The real foundation of working with dreams is getting them out of your memory and into the world.   Keeping a [...]