I have found that marinating a relationship with your dream life can be integral to physical health. In many instances, dream images have inherent healing properties. They function as imaginal medicines that can be used in adjunctive ways in the treatment of physical illness. I have developed methods to activate the healing properties found in dreams. I have found that working with the healing power of dreams is effective in preventing and treating illness and serve as a potent adjunct to an array of medical treatments.
Using dream images as medicines works because the body is always dreaming. When we have an upset stomach, a headache, or a more serious physical affliction the body feels the distress and represents the condition in the images of dreams. As we learn to tend dreams in a somatic way – that is, as messages from our physical body – we view the figures, actions, and feelings in dreams as a commentary about our physical condition. Dreams become a kind of early warning system, often telling of an illness before we are faced with actual symptoms. Dreams also speak to us about the body’s capacities to heal. The same bodily intelligence that knows how to fight off an infection or generate new cells can also use dream imagery to give us clues about how to treat whatever ails us. As a complementary treatment the healing power found in dreams is a potent resource.
Over the many years of offering Dream Tending with people suffering from physical afflictions I have developed ways of engaging the healing forces in dreams. I have named this the Dream Tending Healing System and it is rooted in both early Greek Asklepion healing traditions and in best practices found in contemporary homeopathic medicine. At our Introduction to Dream Tending workshop, I will offer case examples, a skills-set, along with a live demonstration to assist you in getting started in discovering the imaginal medicines alive in dreams. These tools can support your healing journey and wellbeing.
Warmly,
Steve
Inside The Curious Mind
A quote that resonated with me this week…
“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
Introduction to Dream Tending and Deep Imagination
A Two-Day Workshop Dream Tending with Dr. Stephen Aizenstat
Friday, September 27th & 28th, 2024
We invite you to join the upcoming Introduction to Dream Tending and Imagination Workshop on Friday and Saturday, September 27 & 28, 2024. This online workshop will provide you with resources and methods you will need to tend to your personal dreams as well as those of others. During this workshop, Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., will demonstrate his approach of Dream Tending by working with dreams of participants’ live. He will then describe what tools he used and how these methods were utilized.
Exclusive Dream Tending Student Retreat
A three-day intensive retreat with Dr. Stephen Aizenstat
October 21 – October 23, 2024
The Exclusive Dream Tending Student Retreat is a limited enrollment intensive that takes place over three days at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. The Retreat is a special exclusive Dream Tending immersion workshop open only to past Dream Tending Certificate Students. This will be a deeply personal time together where we will be working in depth with dream and imagination.
Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I Program with Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D.
The Certificate Program will occur Live Online
November 4, 2024 – May 14, 2025
The Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Certificate I program is a transformative experience that invites you to dive into the depths of your inner world and forge a meaningful connection with your dreams. This program is designed to awaken your innate ability to tap into the wisdom and guidance that resides in your dreams, using these insights to enhance your self-awareness, enrich your relationships, and illuminate your life path.
Learn the Power, Purpose and Intelligence of Dreams
Unleash your creativity and innate genius
Stephen Aizenstat
Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academy of Imagination. For more than 35 years, he has explored the power of dreams through depth psychology. He has collaborated with Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, Robert Johnson, James Hillman, and Native elders worldwide. He is the author of Dream Tending and conducts dreamwork and imagination seminars throughout the US, Europe, and Asia.
