Natural Dreamwork with Mary Jo
Dream – I am leaning against a split rail fence. A tall young man, who I don’t know, comes up to me. He stands in front of me and lowers his forehead to touch mine. I go weak in the knees. A dream like this can be easily misunderstood. What…a younger man? What about my …
When I first began working with my dreams, the dream would often show our dogs on leash, me in control, leading the way and if they weren’t on leash I would be worried that they would get hurt or lost. Many times in my dreams our late dog, Sherman, would show up, heading off somewhere …
the lion’s roar… It is not easy to work with some of the material that comes up in our dreams. Who we think we are is challenged, our egos get pinched. Our dreams don’t care if they step on our toes or get in our face. All they care about is helping us return to …
making peace with the tiger… Back in the 90’s I was a co-leader of three day meditation retreats. Most of the days were spent in silence but there were a few moments when we had the opportunity to speak with one another. One of the retreatants was a former monk from Thailand and we …
“you can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness…” Gotye Many of us have a ‘certain kind of sadness,’ the uncomfortable sense that we don’t quite fit in…that we don’t belong. It shows up in our dreams all the time, moments where there is no room at the table for us, where we are …
When you were young did you ever play the game “Hot and Cold?” Where something was hidden and you were given cues to find it? If you were moving away from it…you were told, “getting colder.” If you moved closer, ”getting warmer…warmer.” “You’re getting hot!” And then you knew that what you were seeking was …
When working with someone’s dreams I will always ask about some moment in the dream, “What is that like?” ”What’s the feeling in that place?” And often times, as dreamers, we just don’t know. It can be hard to access our feelings. It is hard to access our feelings because many of us have forgotten …
We have all been that geranium…many times. We all have parts of ourselves that through lack of attention and nurturing just wither. The most tender parts of ourselves, tender shoots that needed watering, are always right there, just under the surface, wanting to be seen but our parents, partners, friends, colleagues, children…they didn’t take …
the geranium on the windowsill just died but teacher you went right on… Read More »