dream dance

if you have a dream that feels significant but has you stumped, i highy recommend going to trance dance with the dream fresh in mind, with an intent to get more out of it. or you could do this on your own, by yourself.

move through the entire dream in your dance. make the same movements and gestures you did in the dream. face and change direction just like you did in the dream. walk, lie down, raise your arm, make the same facial expressions just as you did in the dream. you can pantomime running or sitting in a chair if not practical. be safe if you're trance dancing with a blindfold and others in the room!

take your time. repeat parts that don't flow until they do.

you will notice more. perhaps new details appear, new associations connect, awareness of where in your body you feel it grows.

then forget the dream and just dance.

when the dance is over, lie still and notice what comes into your mind. you may have images or words or feeling that seem totally unrelated to the dream come into your experience--and something new will connect.

this happened to me last night at dream dance. i moved through the dream, repeating one part maybe 20 times to get through its stickiness. (by stickiness, i mean some part of the dream that seems difficult to get through, for instance a brief scene that felt ominous when i danced it, as in "there's something i don't want to see/know behind that door.")

then i just danced.

afterwards, seemingly unrelated thoughts and feelings came to mind, and i had an AHA! moment about one of these feelings, connecting it to an emotional pattern that goes way back for me, a thread running through certain relationships.

to start changing the pattern, write it down 3 times, and then write down what you want to feel 3 times in as many ways as you can.

for example, write "i feel so hurt and cheated" 3 times.

then write "i feel so loved and cherished" 3 times.

write "i feel so honored and respected" 3 times.

write "i feel so awake and alive" 3 times.

keep writing until you run out.

my belief is that you have ALL these feelings in your repertoire, but somewhere along the line, you got stuck in a story that emphasized some feelings at the expense of others.

you can unstick your story!

honor your dream, your dance, and your fullness of being.