Dreamwork is about building a relationship with your dreams. When we haven’t been paying a lot of attention to them, it can take a little time before the ‘Dream Maker’ recognises that you’re serious about wanting to open a conversation. So, like someone who lives in the next street, and you haven’t yet got to the point of nodding or saying hello, you’re probably not going to start with a deep conversation. But you can gradually build a friendship, starting with a decision to acknowledge the other.
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Record your dreams in the present tense, re-entering the dream space as much as possible.
Give each dream a title and a date.
If you don’t like writing down your dreams, use a voice recorder – you could even use Otter, which will transcribe them for you.
Keep your dream journal or recording app open beside the bed ready to use.
When you start trying to remember your dreams, you may only remember fragments. These can be well-worth recording – it’s surprising how much we can learn from them.
Writing down a fragment can stimulate a memory of more, and working with the fragments will encourage more dreaming.
Starting by working with old dreams, even from decades ago, can be helpful in building the relationship, and insightful in itself.
It helps to record your dreams every day. Even if you only write down that you can’t remember one, it keeps the dialogue open between unconsciousness and consciousness.
When you wake up, try to stay in the same position while your recall the dream.
Dreams usually occur in locations within the body, so you can do a body scan to help you recall them – once when I did this, I could remember the dream more vividly when I focused on my neck.
Make sure you get enough sleep to – ideally – wake up naturally, and to be able to take time to let the dream simmer in the morning.
Try a few variations until you find what works for you – If you need to get out of bed to record your dreams as you have a light sleeper partner, the Dream Maker will get used to that!
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