Robert Waggoner and Jacquie Lewis, PhD
Saturday, May 7, 2011, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Infinity Foundation, Highland Park, IL

Lucid dreaming, or the ability to become consciously aware in the dream state, offers a revolutionary tool for deeply investigating the nature of consciousness, dreaming and the mind. Scientifically validated in the late 1970’s, lucid dreaming has a long and profound spiritual and shamanic history. For example, the venerated Indian Buddhist yogi, Naropa, considered the practice of dream yoga (or lucid dreaming) as one of the six pathways to enlightenment.

In this workshop, you will be taught five specific practices to induce lucid dreaming by experienced instructors. More importantly, you will learn critical techniques to maintain the lucid dreaming state, and use it as a platform for psychological insight, personal healing and spiritual growth. Gaining from the insight of experienced lucid dreamers, you will learn how to focus your intent towards your personal and spiritual goals, while lucidly aware.

Modern neurologists are calling lucid dreaming a unique “hybrid state of consciousness.” Come and learn the power of your awakened mind.

Past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and author of the acclaimed book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, Robert Waggoner has logged a thousand lucid dreams. An enthusiastic lucid dream educator, Robert has spoken at national and international conferences, public radio and ABC News.

Jacquie Lewis, PhD is the co-director of the Dream Studies Certificate Program at Saybrook University. She also teaches Dream Studies at California Southern University and is an adjunct teacher at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is on the board of directors of the international Association for the Study of Dreams.

Workshops with Justina Lasley, M.A.
Bringing Dreams to Life: An Avenue to Authentic and Spiritual Living CE credits available*
Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm until Saturday, Feb. 26 at 4:00 pm
*Please note if you would like to receive CE credit, an additional fee of $20 is required for the CE certificate.

Puzzled by your dreams? Discover ways to remember, record, understand, and follow your dreams to gain new awareness and re-energize your life. In this experiential workshop, you will use dreams that come to you as a gift each night and awaken your most authentic, creative, and spiritual Self. Justina will provide creative techniques and tools to uncover the meaning of your dreams. Through the workshop you will experience the power of dreamwork by accessing information that may not be otherwise available to you.

Institute for Dream Studies is recognized by SCLLR (SC Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation) to offer continuing education credits to counselors, marriage and family therapists and psycho-educational specialists.

10 hours CE Credits available. Contact IDS for more information
Location: Springbank Retreat Center, 1345 Springbank Road, Kingstree, SC 29556
www.springbankspirit.org
Register by Phone: 800-671-0361 By Fax: 843-382-5340 or E-Mail springbank@earthlink.net

Thin Space/Thin Time Dreamwork : Becoming Dream Pilgrims: Feb. 18-20, Rowe Conference Center, Rowe MA. (413) 339-4954. www.rowecenter.org.

In the Celtic way of seeing the world, thin describes those places and times that are ‘betwixt and between,’ neither here nor there, or both here and there. Where the visible and invisible worlds meet there is no division between matter and spirit, the physical and spiritual, deep structure and surface. Some thin places become sacred pilgrimage sites, while others remain hidden to all but a few. But one such place is available to each of us, every night: the Dreamworld.

Thin places are on the threshold, highly-charged and paradoxical. At this moment in history, we are living in, and experiencing, a particularly charged, vibrant and challenging Cosmic Thin time and Thin place. Approaching with the right attitude encourages mature spiritual and psychological growth by helping us evolve the attitude that is needed to successfully navigate as we work our way through. As the poet Theodore Roethke put it: “I learn by going where I have to go.”

This workshop will help us cultivate this pilgrim, or thin space attitude to our dreams, and thus to the wider world and indeed, the whole cosmos. In a safe and sacred space, using both verbal and expressive approaches, we will become dream pilgrims. Working in one large circle and in smaller groups, we’ll learn to follow, not lead, our images; listen more and analyze less; create more and interpret less. We will learn to hold our personal material more lightly, to see it from a more cosmic, evolutionary perspective, to respond with grace instead of resistance.”

By cultivating this attitude to our dreams, we become partners WITH the cosmos. We recreate and co-create actions WITH symbols.

Attending to our dreams from this poetic and mystery-filled perspective, we uphold an ancient and holy covenant, learning to move in the invisible world with the same comfort and competence with which we move in the visible world.

In this Cosmic Thin Time, the planet needs us more than ever. She needs us to develop these skills of deep listening and alternative perspectives. She needs us all to become dreamers, shamans, mystics…and Dream New Dreams!

This weekend will be a Rich, Juicy experience like none other. We will work with our dreams using a variety of expressive methods, including art, poetry, dream reentry and body movement. We will Look Deeply through many different lenses. We will Look, Listen, Embody & Dialogue to ILLUMINE, FOCUS & RADIATE Personal AND Collective energies; Come into Presence and Partnership with the Cosmos / Spirit; Evoke pragmatic Joy; evince forward Movement; Activate what is latent and waiting to be brought forth; gain Clarity about how to Apply that in an Expansive, Aligned fashion with the Tremendous Evolutionary Forces at work in and with and through us and all of humanity right now. You will leave with new Images and new Image-Making capacities, for yourselves and our world. Because more than anything, this is what the world is in short supply of right now: a Global Capacity to Create New images of the World, Planet, Self.

So come join us at the beautiful Rowe conference center on President’s Day Weekend in the beautiful Berkshires for a weekend you won’t forget
See http://www.rowecenter.org/ to sign up.
See www.pattifrankel.com for more information.
Or call (413) 339-4954.

What if the answer to your most haunting question is in your dreams? What if every anomalous experience is a reminder of the larger reality? Join Gillian Holloway and Meredith Smith as they explore the meaning and healing in dreams, intuition, and imagination. Explore the richness of your dreams, the flashes of knowing we all recognize and our return to brilliance individually and collectively.

Join them each Thursday at:

• 11:00 am PST
• 12:00 pm MST
• 1:00 pm CST
• 2:00 pm EST

Listen Live or Download the show at SedonaTalkRadio.com

Scottish film-maker Amy Hardie, creator of the documentary “The Edge of Dreaming,” is coming to Chicago March 3 – 5! The IASD PsiberDreaming Conference featured Amy Hardie’s film which sparked a highly-stimulating discussion thread. Amy will be leading workshops following a showing of the film. The School of Metaphysics is hosting her visit and is looking for a venue for Amy to speak about her remarkable journey into the subconscious, using dreams, film, and a shamanic vision to change her future. We welcome any inquiries from people or institutions who would like to have Amy come and speak to a large group.

For more information, contact School of Metaphysics World Headquarters, 417-345-8411 or som@som.org and speak with Laurel Clark or Barbara Condron.

The showing of the film, “The Edge of Dreaming” is an event in collaboration collaboration with P.O.V., PBS’ award-winning nonfiction film series. Visit P.O.V. on the web at: http://www.pbs.org/pov

A Gathering of Men and Women Exploring Nighttime Dreams Together
For anyone interested in their own dreams
5:30 PM Friday, January 21 – 3:00 PM Sunday, January 23, 2011
at a FIVE STAR retreat center near Greensboro in Stoneville, NC

led by Tom Lane, D. Min.
Professional Dreamworker, Former Board Member of The International Association for the Study of Dreams, a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, a presenter of workshops Nationally and Internationally. Tom is a Certified Reality Therapist and has been credentialed as a Certified Diplomate of The American Psychotherapy Association. He is a trained Spiritual Director, a member of Spiritual Directors International and an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) Minister. In 2007, Tom founded Journey Conferences www.journeyconferences.com.

A Heartwarming Time Away:

Learn essential wisdom your dreams have come to tell you.
Discover their specific meanings for your own health & wholeness.
Enjoy a depth of camaraderie with other men and women at a FIVE STAR retreat center not far from Greensboro, NC

TRANSPORTATION
Those flying may want to consider the following airports for travel price and convenience.
44 minutes — The Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI)
www.flyfrompti.com — Greensboro
1 hour 54 minutes– Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
www.rdu.com
2 hours 10 minutes– Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT)
www.airport-charlotte.com/index.cfm
1 hour 37 minutes — Roanoke Regional Airport (ROA)

For more information about Greensboro area Transportation, including bus and Amtrak see http://www.greensboronc.org/transportation.cfm

For cost information, including special time-sensitive discounts, or to check availability,
contact Tom at (336) 545 -1200 or tom@understandyourdream.com

Please share this information — forward to your other interested friends today!
Send them the link: www.understandyourdream.com/events