Dream Therapy and Reiki with Reiki Master & Holistic Therapist in Barnsley South Yorkshire

HISTORY OF DREAM THERAPY

Dream therapy has been around throughout the history of man and the first materials depicting dream content can be traced back some 5000 years to Mesopotamia.  The ancient Egyptians established dream temples for healing as did the ancient Greeks who dedicated them to the Greek God of medicine and healing. Roman sleep temples have been discovered as far apart as Gloucestershire in England and the Middle East.

Shamans honour dreams as both wishes and experiences of the soul and re-enter dreams to access a deeper reality and commune with spirit guides and like the  Australian Aboriginals believe the spirit goes walkabout on a dream journey.

20th Century psychologists Freud and Jung believed worked with dreams during psychoanalysis.  Freud used free association as a means of releasing repressed emotions whilst Jung worked with his notion of the 'collective unconscious' and archetypes.

More recently Michael Jouvet argue dreams are subject to genetic determinism and Kappanasian dream theory suggests there are no experts. We are all individual therefore only the dreamer can interpret their own dream.

DREAMING AS PART OF THE SLEEP CYCLE

Although many of us believe we don't dream, in fact unless we have a sleep disorder, we dream several times each night as we move into a phase of rapid eye movement (REM) which forms one of the stages of the sleep cycle.  We experience around five sleep cycles each night with each stage of REM getting progressively longer with the first phase of dreaming lasting around 5-10 minutes and the final one lasting around an hour.

REMEMBERING OUR DREAMS

We can gain a great deal of insight if we study our dreams.  However, this does take some commitment and dreams need to be recorded accurately on waking in a dream diary, ideally on a daily basis. 

Affirmations in a relaxed state prior to sleeping such as "I will sleep soundly and remember my dreams" can help with dream recall and  lying still and staying relaxed on waking rather than jumping straight out of bed will allow the dreams to come flooding  into your conscious mind.

DREAMWORK AND REIKI

To work with your dreams I will need you to make an accurate record of your dreams over the week prior to your appointment.  It helps to keep a notepad and pen by your bedside and once you begin writing it will activate your memory further.

Please record the time and date of your dream along with all the key points and make a note of any characters or animals in the dream and anything that was said.  Give the dream a title and it helps if you write it in the present tense.  For example "I am walking through a garden in the pouring rain" instead of "I was walking through a garden in the pouring rain". 

Finally, call me on 07963 071632 to make an appointment and bring the dream or a selection of dreams along to your session and we will work on them together to help you make your own  analysis. 

Please be aware that there are many different kinds of dreams, lucid dreams, precognitive dreams, symbolic dreams, dreams of spirit, dreams of the future and dreams of the past and often issues we thought we had dealt with resurface during our dreams. However, if there is anything you don't understand or would like to clarify we will re-enter the dream using creative visualisation. 

The session finishes with a Reiki treatment to heal 'stuck' memories and any other issues brought into your conscious mind.

ABOUT THE THERAPY

Please allow around 2 hours for your session which will include working on your dream to find your own analysis, re-entering the dream using creative visualisation for greater clarity plus Reiki to facilitate healing on all levels.

AFTERCARE ADVICE

Specific aftercare advice will be recommended to support your healing and this might include distance healing as required.

APPOINTMENT TIMES

Daytime and evening appointments Monday to Friday and there is a 24 hour notice of cancellation policy.

TREATMENTS REQUIRED

The recommended  number of sessions required will be discussed during your health and lifestyle consultation and  depends on why you are seeking treatment. I usually suggest a course of three treatments although many stress related complaints respond quickly and you might find a single treatment is all that necessary to set you on your healing journey.  The choice is yours.

HEALING BEGINS WITH YOU

Ultimately all healing is self-healing and holistic therapies act as a catalyst to trigger your self-healing response.  Therefore please remember healing begins with you and take your first steps to new beginnings by calling now on 07963 071632.

More information at www.freewebs.com/reikinewbeginnings or book a free consultation by calling me on 07963 071632.