Have you ever made a drastic change in your life? What prompted it? My guess is that you reached a point in your life - whether in work or in a relationship - where you were simply too uncomfortable to continue with the status quo. Of course, everyone has a different threshold for “uncomfortable” as well as different triggers and coping mechanisms. For some folks they welcome change with open arms, and easily seek out greener pastures without hesitation. But for the majority of us, we have to spend a certain amount of time experiencing being uncomfortable before we can wake up to new possibilities. First, to the realization that we want something different, and second, to actually doing something about it. The same thing happened to me several years ago. I discovered that I was spending way too much of my personal energy trying to bring collective harmony into a work setting. What I didn’t realize at the time is that I was trying to cultivate group healing and harmony so that I could feel inner peace. Not an easy task, and not one that I was asked to do. This instinct to instill group harmony I now see as my gift, and unique purpose. Of course, I didn’t know this at the time. I just knew that my inner worlds and outer worlds were in conflict and out of alignment, leading to intense discomfort and unhappiness. Discomfort is the fuel of transformation. Once you realize you’re not where you want to be, what do you do next? Where do you start? How do you bring your inner and outer worlds into alignment? I’m going to answer that with another question, but before I do, take a pause, and tune in to the inner most part of yourself. What brings YOU joy? If you could create it, what would bring your inner and outer worlds into alignment? For most people, it’s about their relationships. Human connections fuel our sense of belonging, one of the most primal drivers of our emotional and spiritual health… whether we realize it or not. Unless you’re Matt Damon in The Martian, it’s likely that in your daily life, you’re actively managing dozens of relationships at work and at home. How do you feel in these relationships? How free do you feel to be completely yourself in them? Where do you feel most at home being yourself? These questions can help you assess the gap between your inner and outer worlds and begin to bridge this gap, for greater balance and harmony. After all, the most important relationship is the one you have with yourself. Inner Healing and Outer Harmony. Energy Healing can cultivate these by tapping into your authentic self for profound transformation and healing. Helping people transform their lives by connecting to their own inner wisdom has transformed my own life. As a certified clinical hypnotherapist and Reiki practitioner, I’ve seen how these energy healing therapies empower personal transformation and self-healing. Through deep and relaxed introspection, you discover how to achieve your goals and get closer to becoming your most authentic self.
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." --Eleanor Roosevelt We spend ⅓ of our lives asleep, and much of that time in a dream state. In the dream state, our subconscious is in the driver’s seat: working on problems and communicating with our conscious minds through metaphor and without an understanding of the context of time and space. By using hypnosis and dream journaling, you can open the door to remembering and working with your dreams to reap the benefits of these messages and close communication.
Dream Work: Key Tips Set yourself up for success. Make sure you give yourself the optimal conditions for restful and uninterrupted sleep. Avoid eating any rich or heavy foods too soon before going to sleep. Sugary foods have also been known to contribute to strange dreams and fitful sleep patterns. Your mileage may vary. Dream journaling is essential. Soon after starting your dream work with a hypnotherapist or using self-hypnosis, it’s helpful to have a list of dreams you’ve captured over the previous few days, weeks or months. By documenting these dreams in your dream journal, you'll have a list to work with as well as a resource for deeper introspection and interpretation over time. Focus on one dream at a time. Working with a specific dream is the best place to start when developing your intuition around dreams and their messages, and will jump start the hypnotherapy process. An entire dream is not required. In fact, even a snippet, fragment or basic plot, theme or feeling will be sufficient, as long as there’s enough interest in pursuing it. The more “juice” (emotional or spiritual energy) around the dream the more likely you’ll see results. Create list of questions about the dream. Before a hypnotherapy session, write down what you’d like to understand about the dream. Don’t worry about capturing all of the aspects or nuances of meaning at first glance. The hypnotherapy process itself will help uncover each layer of meaning at precisely the right time for you to receive it. The dream “ego”. This is the main character in each dream - which may or may not be you in your daily life (it could be another person, animal or even an inanimate object). The dream ego is the dreamer’s self image or the consciousness of the one having the dream. Dream Work Hypnotherapy Program Session One - Meeting Your Dreammaker During the session: You’ll journey to a sacred Dream Temple and Garden Sanctuary to meet your Dreamweaver. While there, you’ll share your intentions for dream work and make any formal requests to the Dreamweaver about the types of dreams you’d like to have in the coming days and weeks. Post session: Set up your Dream Journal close to the bed, a booklight, and pencil or pen. In your journal, record the following: your emotions upon waking, how those evolve as you document the dream images, characters, messages and other insights (what type of dream is it? Have I had it before? What does it remind me of? etc). Consider making drawings of the environment or surroundings in your journal as well. Session Two - Dream Collaboration During the session: You’ll meet with your Dreamweaver and be guided to sacred Dream Temple. Here you will enter the dream environment, and absorb the full setting of the dream through each of your senses. Explore and access the entire map of the dream and discover key insights through re-experiencing it under hypnosis. Post-Session: Document in your dream journal through narrative and sketches what you discovered about this dream. What are the key takeaways? Insights? How did it feel to re-enter this specific dream? Session Three - Dream Work in the Sand During the session: Using a specific dream as a focus, you’ll re-create the dream environment, characters, and plot elements using a sand tray. In doing so, you’ll tap into your creative subconscious for additional understanding, healing, and integration of the dream and its messages. Post Session: After creating your sand tray, make sure to take a photo and/or map. Often you may discover additional insights that continue to unfold as you contemplate the dream environment you created in the sand. Document these experiences and insights in your dream journal. Session Four: Advanced Dream Work: Lucid Dream Skill Rehearsal OR Seeding a Dream During the Skill Rehearsal session: Your hypnotherapist will guide you through the process of preparing for sleep and a lucid dream. For the best results, skill rehearsal processes like this one are customized to your specific emotional, physical and spiritual experiences and choice of language with respect to lucid dreaming. Post Session: As with all other dream work sessions, document your experience in your dream journal. For the best results, listen to a sleep hypnosis recording to reinforce the skill rehearsal work you did with your hypnotherapist. During the Seeding a Dream session: Your hypnotherapist will guide you to meet your Dreamweaver and enter the sacred Dream Temple and Garden where you’ll choose the specific “seeds” and place in the garden where you’d like your dream to grow. Post Session: As with all other dream work sessions, document your experience in your dream journal. Draw the specific garden you experienced, with the dream “crop” growing tall and strong in the garden, or whatever the image might be (e.g. thick vines heavy with grapes, or huge root veggies digging deep in the earth, or juicy fruit dangling from tall branches, etc). Gaze at these images you’ve drawn and re-experience them right before you fall asleep. Are you ready to try Dream Work for yourself? If so, book an appointment today. As with many energy healing therapies, dream work will enable you to reconnect to your inner wisdom and help you stay tuned. Interested in learning how to become a hypnotherapist? There are lots of great hypnotherapy training programs - both online and IRL. For online programs, check out the iNLP Center. I received my CCHT certification at the HCH Institute, which offers online and in-person training in Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Shamanism, and other energy healing modalities. |
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