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ABSTRACT

1. Type of Presentation: Workshop (2 hour preference)

2. Title of Presentation: DreamWork/BodyWork

 3. Biographical Information:  Jean Campbell is the former director of the Poseidia Institute.  Her study of group dreaming has produced one book, Dreams Beyond Dreaming, and numerous articles.  A second book, Group Dreaming: Dreams to the Tenth Power, is nearing completion.  Jean trained for eight years in Energetic Metatherapy with Dr. Hector Kuri-Cano of Guadalajara, Mexico.  She currently works as an educator, dream worker, and writer, conducting individual sessions and workshops in DreamWork/BodyWork.

 4. Summary: In DreamWork/BodyWork, we learn to listen to the emotional messages given to us by the body when we "walk through" the dream.  We learn to under-stand, quite literally, by determining how we stand.  When we learn to listen to the body, we begin to make the unconscious conscious.  Come dressed for this workshop in comfortable clothing.

 5. Learning Objectives:

Goals:

                To provide an introduction to DreamWork/BodyWork

                To demonstrate the importance of body consciousness to dream work

                To provide an opportunity to personally experience body work techniques

Questions:

                Do I understand what body work with dreams is?

                Am I more aware of my body consciousness?

                Have I learned some techniques which might be helpful to me in understanding my dreams?

ABSTRACT

DreamWork/BodyWork Workshop

Jean Campbell

                In this DreamWork/BodyWork workshop, I will attempt to demonstrate ways of understanding the body/mind connection through our body senses, and demonstrate how we can access our feelings through our bodies--in other words, how we can make the unconscious conscious. 

                Specific dreams carry a variety of symbols and images.  One theory of dream work is that we should analyze the symbols and then postulate their meanings to us.  In DreamWork/BodyWork, however, we listen to the emotional messages given to us by the body when we "walk through" the dream.  We learn to under-stand, quite literally, by determining how we stand, both in the dream and in waking reality.

                               DreamWork/BodyWork relies on a variety of techniques and traditions: yoga, tai chi, gestalt therapy, meditative movement, and others, combining these with an understanding of human psychology and physiology.  The work frequently is deep, and "goes right to the heart of the matter."  Because of this, it will be suggested to workshop participants that techniques taught in the workshop be approached with great sensitivity, and that a primary precept of this work is that the helper or facilitator learn to "dance with" or to follow the dreamer.

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