Vampire Dreams – Healing Toxic Relationships through Dream Work

A woman has the following dream: “I am in an elevator, and it’s going down. A man is in the elevator with me. He is invisible, but I can sense him. He grabs my foot and flips me onto my back. He starts sucking on my toe, and as he does my foot disappears into thin [...]

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Foods that can help you sleep!

Here are some links to a few articles about foods that can help you sleep: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleep-newzzz/201311/kiwi-super-food-sleep http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271232.php http://www.canadianliving.com/health/sleep/5_foods_that_help_you_sleep.php   Highlights from CanadianLiving.com: Foods that help you sleep While turkey and hot milk are the most well-known sleep-inducing foods, there are others you can load into your grocery cart for an express ticket to dreamland. 1. Kiwi fruit The fuzzy tropical fruit might be the [...]

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Things that influence our dreams

This original article was posted here: http://www.oprah.com/health/Things-That-Influence-Dreams-Dream-Facts/1 Unexpected Things That Influence Your Dreams You know that sounds, smells and situations can invade them and certain medications spin them out of control. But not in your wildest dreams (maybe) did you think these could play a role. By Jena Pincott Your "Favored Position" Being nude, unable to move, using hand tools, making [...]

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Mutual Dream

Here is an example of a woman who had a mutual dream with her ex-boyfriend. The dreams were not exactly the same, but there was definite overlap and they happened at the same time. For this one, I am sharing some of the question and answer process so you can see a dream session in [...]

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Tornado Dream

On Sunday (May 19, 2013) I took a nap, and had a dream about a TORNADO.  In the beginning of the dream I was in a house; my cell phone rang and it was a guy named John. The reception started breaking up and I looked out the window to see a tornado. I realized [...]

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R.E.M. Dreams vs. Sleep Thinking

A dreamer writes: last night i had a dream which i only remember a tiny bit of that my boyfriend was stressed and throwing up and he was pretty much all over the place in terms of stress and in the dream i just kept comforting him telling him everything is going to be okay. the [...]

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Altered States of Consciousness in Sleep and Dreams

Hypnogogic State – The transitional, twilight state between being awake and falling asleep. In this state it is common for paranormal phenomena to occur, including auditory and/or visual hallucinations, out of body experiences, sleep paralysis and sleep paralysis attacks. Hypnopompic State – Same as the hypnogogic state, except this term refers to the transition from sleep [...]

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Hypnic Jerks – Myclonic Twitch – What does it all mean?

Here is a dream experience submitted via my website: "Well sometimes I would take a nap during the day or go to bed. The past two night and earlier I would take a short nap because I'm busy doing something. And I start to sleep and have a piece of a dream and I jump when [...]

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The Neurology of Dreaming

We tend to speak in generalized terms of dreams happening in the unconscious (or subconscious) mind, or how it happens mostly in the right (intuitive) brain and that the left (logical) brain goes 'offline' during sleep (with exceptions such as lucid dreaming).  While these generalizations may apply, it is much more complicated than that. There are many [...]

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The Stages of Sleep

For a really great interactive online chart exploring the different stages of sleep, visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/sleep-memory.html  and click on "LAUNCH INTERACTIVE". What happens in your brain as you cycle through the various stages of sleep, and how does this activity affect learning and memory? See what scientists are learning about REM (rapid-eye movement) sleep and other phases, and explore [...]

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