Want to get through an intense emotional experience? Dreaming might help!
REM sleep helps you deal with intense emotional experiences
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Dreaming of Sugar Plums?
Do you remember your dreams? If you don’t remember a couple of dreams per week there could be one of two things going on. First, you might be out of practice. The second explanation for not remembering your dreams is that you might not be getting enough REM sleep. Most of our dreaming occurs during REM sleep.
Continue reading →Dream Recall – I Never Remember My Dreams
Typically people enter dreaming (REM – rapid eye movement) sleep four or five times per night. Research has shown that dreams can also occur during non-REM periods. This means we may be dreaming all night long. This may seem strange to … Continue reading →
Nightmares – Devils of the Dreamland
Dream anxiety attacks, nightmares, devils of the dreamland, whatever you want to call them, they are intense, distressful and anxiety provoking. Interestingly it is not always the content of the nightmare that is frightening; it is the experience of the … Continue reading →
Fright Night – The Nightmare
The Nightmare Johann Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) Oil on Canvas, 102 x 127 cm Frankfurt am Main, Goethe Museum Nightmares are frightening dreams that often awaken the sleeper from Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM) sleep. REM sleep is the stage … Continue reading →
Acting Out Your Dreams – REM Behaviour Disorder
Lots of people know that dreaming tends to occur during REM sleep. What many people do not realize however, is that when we are in REM sleep our bodies are paralyzed. It’s Mother Nature’s protection mechanism to keep us from … Continue reading →
Lurking Sleep Problems
Many people feel tired all day long. When asked “Why?” they normally say that they sleep very lightly or that they don’t sleep well. But that is as much as they know. In reality, there could be one of almost … Continue reading →
Yoga and Dreams – Combining Dream Work and Body Work
Excerpted from Dr. Jenkins’ work: Here are two simple techniques from Dr. Jenkins’ Yoga and Dreams course that you can use on your own to begin to combine dream work and body work. Upon Awakening: As you wake up, your … Continue reading →
Technicolour Dreams
“Do you dream in colour?” For most people, this is a hard question to answer. It’s surprising though because colour is everywhere in our waking lives and you would expect it to be everywhere in our dreams. But this omnipresence … Continue reading →