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About Jody Grundy
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I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and live with my family in Cincinnati, Ohio USA, where I have worked as a psychotherapist in agencies and private practice for more than 20 years. In my work as a psychotherapist, community developer, political activist, artist, spiritual seeker, and long term dream journalist, I attempt to realize my dreams and those of my community. As part of this work I host six-week dream groups and other dream adventures. Also, I have served in leadership roles in international, national and local non-profit organizations including the Grail, an international women’s organization; the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Ukraine Sister City Project; and Rural Resources, a regional environmental and food policy group which I founded. In these enterprises I rely on deep dreaming for guidance in realizing the collective dreams of organizations.
Since 1995 I have been an active member of IASD and have attended most annual conferences during these eleven years. My husband laughingly says: “you’ve found your tribe!” And he’s right.
And here’s the story of how I met ASD. I was following my dream, quite literally, as I dreamt the place shown in a brochure for Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpenteria CA. In 1994, I attended a Dreams & Mask-making workshop there, where I met Rita Dwyer, a participant in the same event. Rita told her amazing story to the group and talked about ASD. Though I carried home the info she shared, I was not moved to “join” until I had two dreams, two nights in a row several months later. The first night I dreamt that Rita visited me, just that; she showed up smiling. The next night I dreamt about Steven Aisenstat, who had led the Pacifica program. He was directing me to do something. That same day a letter arrived in the mail from, yes, Steven Aisenstat -- with a photo of our group including Rita and me and our masks and a letter from Steven recommending the ASD New York conference coming up in a few weeks. I needed no further or better direction: to New York and a life-changing jump into ASD!
In 2002 I hosted a very lively ASD Regional Conference in Cincinnati and have offered consultation & support to other IASD members hosting Regionals.
Some of my other IASD contributions: member of the IASD Development Committee, mailings/fundraising appeals.; contributor to and twice selected artist for IASD juried Art Exhibits; promotion and production support for an original dream dance created for the 2002 Regional; five-year active member of the World Dreams Peace Bridge since inception.
I hope to continue contributing to IASD by focusing on building dream community both within and beyond our organization. As I believe IASD is a unique carrier of the Dreaming, I want to encourage IASD to turn to our own dreams, perhaps through collective incubation, for guidance in building this dream community in service of the world.
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