CREATIVE DREAMS

"The images and ideas that dreams contain cannot be explained solely in terms of memory. They express new thoughts that have never reached the threshold of consciousness."

Carl Jung

A Rich Source of Creativity

Dreams have long proven themselves to be storehouses of creativity and may in fact be the well from which imagination springs. With dream incubation and the new opportunities presented by lucid dreaming, from artists, musicians, dancers, sculptors, and inventors are able to dive deep into the source of inspiration and explore the vast reaches of their own creative potential by meeting face to face with the unconscious. The increased clarity and directable nature of the lucid state often enables the dreamer to return awake laden with creative insights.

A few example dream-inspired works are The Beatles' well-known hits "Yesterday" and "Let It Be", Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem "Kubla Khan", Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".

Other artists who credit dreams as a source of inspiration, include poet-painter William Blake, painter Paul Klee, and screenwriters Judith Guest and Ingmar Bergman, to mention but a few. Many composers to have used dreams for inspiration including Sting, Peter Gabriel, Robert Palmer, Billy Joel, Mozart, Beethoven, Giuseppi Tartini, Igor Stravinsky, Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan), French composer Vincent D’Indy, African composer Joseph Shabalala (Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder), opera composer Richard Wagner. George Frederic Handel claims to have heard the last movements of his famous oratorio The Messiah during a dream.

A Valuable Problem-Solving Tool

The tale is now famous of how, after an embarrassing slump, golfer Jack Nicklaus claims to have solved a problem with his golf swing within a dream, which subsequently improved his game by ten strokes -- overnight! 


There are undoubtedly plenty more undocumented examples spread over history, but some well-documented ones include the dream-inspired experiment and resulting discovery of the chemical mediation of nerve impulses by Otto Leowi, which won him a Nobel prize, Elias Howe's discovery of the sewing machine, many of Thomas Edison's inventions and Friedrich Kekulé's discovery of the structure of the benzene ring from a hypnagogic dream where he saw a snake-like form swallowing it's tail. Said an excited Kekulé to his colleagues, "Let us learn to dream!"

Physical And Professional Skill Rehearsal

Young children, especially babies, spend more time in REM sleep than do adults. In these stages of intense physical and mental development, some researchers believe we're actually practicing how to talk, walk and perform other physical and mental skills while we dream, suggesting that this may be one of the innate functions of dreaming.

German psychologist and lucid dream researcher Paul Tholey used dream work in his training of the German Olympic ski jumping team. 


He had the skiers learn lucid dreaming so that they could creatively experiment with new maneuvers, without risk of injury, and gain confidence in the most believable virtual environment available -- the world of dreams. Dreams are also beginning to be used for improving business and professional performance.

Fun, Exploration, Personal Growth & Illumination

Dreams provide what star trek fans might call a nightly holodeck experience or what hi-tech buffs might see as the ultimate virtual reality, where there is no limit to graphics resolution, computing power or on-line storage. 

In dreams and in lucid dreams especially, where the world avails itself to the desires of the dreamer, adventure and

intrigue are almost guaranteed because the usual laws of physics and of society no longer  apply, and many of the apparent blocks set by age, sex, race or religion simply fall away.

In dreams we can be the hero of our own adventure, find romance, fly, travel through solid objects, breathe underwater, and perform feats free from embarrassment, peer pressure, monetary limits, and even physical handicaps. 

The boundaries of imagination are the only limits. One can even follow in the footsteps of Tibetan monks who master lucid dreaming as a spiritual illumination stepping stone on the path to enlightenment.

Dreams can accelerate personal healing and growth as

they introduce the power of living symbols into our lives. 

London Dream Therapy is a dynamic and highly creative way of working with the wisdom of the image. You will gain insight, remove emotional blocks, and unlock hidden potential.



If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.
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" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 
Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen


As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.

LEARN HOW TO LUCID DREAM

Lucid dreaming is a process by which you can learn, through regular practice, to become an active participant in your dreams. 


Eventually developing the ability to know that you are dreaming while you are actually dreaming and then influencing or altering the direction or outcome of the dream.

People dream between about five to seven dreams every night but usually only remember the last one dreamed they have before waking. Some spiritual disciplines, like shamanism, believe that dreams are a non-ordinary state of reality that parallel the waking state. 

Here are easy and steps to train yourself to become an active player in your dreams:

1. Record your regular dreams

For most, it’s practically impossible to recall a dream after they’ve moved from the bed and started their day. Get into the habit of writing down your dreams as soon as you wake up. Practice keeping a dream journal designed just for that purpose. You can also use a voice recorder, it’s very helpful.

2. Write your plans for the Lucid Dream

When you’re ready to actually start to try lucid dreaming, create a written plan. Begin it by writing down a trigger which makes you become aware you’re dreaming. Glance down at your wrist watch, check the time, check it again, if the time has changed, then you know you are dreaming. This trigger will become the foundation of your practise and a door for you to enter the world of lucid dreams.

3. Become aware of not dreaming

During your waking hours, as you progress through the day, get used to thinking “I am not dreaming.” Then, as you say it, get a sense of what being awake feels like, then, glance down at your right hand to see that you are not wearing your red ring. “Check in” like this five to ten times a day.

4. Become aware of being in a dream

Same as the last step, only this time do it whenever you notice you’re dreaming. Say to yourself or out loud, “I am dreaming” and glance down to confirm that you are wearing the red ring. Take special notice of how different it all feels in the dream state.

5. Practice your plan for lucid dreaming

As you practice more and more, you’ll become better at and more aware of the frequency of your wakeful dreaming states.



If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.
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" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 
Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen


As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.

RECURRING DREAMS

Recurring dreams can really bother us. We feel frustrated by having the same dream scenario over and over.

The first thing to remember when dealing with a recurring dream is that there is definitely something that your unconscious is trying to get across to you.

These recurring dreams are about turning your attention to something that you have been avoiding, either on purpose or because you are not aware of the problem or issue you are having. The key to stopping these reoccurring dreams is figuring out what that is.

Recurring dreams are generally about some type of ‘stress' event, such as constantly being late for something, missing an important exam or test, not having control over your own actions or other's actions, appearing naked in inappropriate places or constantly searching for someone or something.

Taking a look at your recurring dream and finding the common symbol or scenario is the first step. What theme keeps coming up in this dream?  What emotions are felt during these dream scenarios? Take a closer look at situations or areas in your waking life which seem to mirror this type of scenario, issues or feelings. Do they ring a bell, do they remind you of some aspects of yourself or life that is stressful in some way or another?

Maybe your recurring dream is about constantly being chased by a monster. In your waking life, do you feeling constantly plagued by your fears? 

Could your life benefit from taking a little bit more of an aggressive stance on things? 

Do you just need to face up to reality and perhaps make some hard decisions and deal with something you tend to avoid thinking about?

There may have been an event when you were younger that had a major impact on your subconscious, such as being mocked or bullied on the playground or missing an important job opportunity etc. 

A recurring dream might involve those type of scenarios and get brought up (dreamt about) when you are also going through another type of event or issue that is giving you similar feelings to when you were young. In that case, your recurring dreams are trying to get you to notice this, so that you can take action to change the outcome or to make the situation turn out positive. 

For example, maybe there is another opportunity you are about to miss in your life, but you aren't quite aware of it, or perhaps are being less than a proactive about it.

Your dreams are telling you to pay attention, because you may be about to miss an important opportunity again, that will leave you feeling miserable because of it. 

The mere act of thinking about these recurring themes or situations in your waking life that are similar to your reoccurring dreams can often have great impact in bringing your awareness to the forefront, learning from this knowledge, and usually stopping the recurring dreams altogether.

Through taking the time to learn about the common themes and symbols that show up in your recurring dreams, then analysing them to see the parallel issues and themes in your waking life, you will automatically start to overcome and work through your issues, fears and insecurities and the recurring dreams will stop. If they do pop up again, you will know to look for those old worries and issues your life once again.

If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.

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" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 

Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen

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MEDITATION AND DREAMS

The whole process of lucid dreaming is achieved by training your awareness. The idea is to increase our daily awareness in order to benefit from the carryover effects it will have on our dreaming awareness. If you are more aware during the day, you will become more aware while dreaming.

There are many ways to increase our awareness and as you exercise your awareness, you may realise that you are not usually aware of how unaware you are most of the day.

How conscious are you? 
For many people these reflective questions go unasked and in turn they remain unanswered. They were never taught that there are differing levels of awareness nor were they ever taught how to cultivate a heightened sense of awareness. 

Becoming aware of your thoughts and thinking patterns is just as important as identifying your dreamsigns and dream patterns. Changing your thoughts will change your awareness, and the idea is to have your awareness programmed and locked on self-observant aware mode instead of running on an non-reflective autopilot mode.

Try to remain aware of your awareness as if you were a bystander just watching where it goes and how it flows. The longer you can sustain this level of awareness, the better. But it isn’t as easy as it sounds, and if you think it is, try sustaining it all day long and then realize how often you lose your mindfulness. The fact is that we aren’t in the habit of being aware, but this is a habit that must be changed. 

Practicing meditation is an excellent way to exercise your awareness. Studies done by Jayne I. Gackenbach, a notable lucid dream researcher, show a direct correlation between meditation and lucid dreaming. If lucid dreaming and meditating can have these beneficial effects on our waking self, imagine what can be accomplished by practicing both of them symbiotically. 

Some reality tests:

Common Sense Test 

Examine your surroundings for anything out of place. Look for inconsistencies, ask if this could happen in your waking life. These type of questions can kick start your lucidity.

Reading Test 
Look at a paper or text, look away and look back again and try to read it again, do this several times.

If you are dreaming, the text or numbers will usually change after several glances. It may become garbled or may have changed completely or it will not remain stable while you are reading it. Anything containing words or numbers will work: a book, a street sign, an address. Many people use the dial on their dream watch.

Flying or Levitation Check: This is another very effective check. See if you are able to fly. If you are not able to fly, try to levitate or hover slightly above the ground. As you become more skilled at lucid dreaming, this may become your favorite check as it is mine. 


The only down side is that at times you may try this and be unable to fly or levitate, yet you still may be dreaming. Always remember to use this in combination with other checks unless of course it works, which in most cases it will.

Light Switch Check: This is usually a quite reliable check. Find a light switch and turn it on and off. If it malfunctions then the odds are you are dreaming. Try it several times and pay close attention to when it should be on and when it should be off. It usually will not take long before it malfunctions or operates correctly while in the wrong position.

Memory Check: This is a very effective but largely unknown method. Simply backtrack in your mind where you have just come from and what you have been doing. Keep thinking back as far as you can and eventually you may find that there are inconsistencies in your memory. By backtracking your dream memory, you may also become aware of something illogical that has happened which you overlooked at the time. You also may find that you have an amnesia-like block that prevents you from remembering accurately. In all of these cases, you can safely assume that you are dreaming.

Mirror Check: This is not only an extremely effective method but as an added bonus, it usually results in quite a remarkable experience. Find a mirror and while gazing at yourself, ask if you are dreaming. You may become startled by your reflection. You may be younger or older or have different hairstyle and hair color or you may even be someone different entirely.

Self Observation Test: This is also a very useful check. Just take a look at yourself. Examine your hands, arms, legs, and clothing. Usually you will immediately be tipped off that are dreaming because you will be wearing clothes that you do not own. Other times, simply looking at your dream body will spark your lucidity.

Penetration of Matter Check: This is not the most reliable method but it has helped me on many occasions. Simply try to push your finger through something solid like a wall or a door or a glass. At first, it may not work but if you believe that you can do it, you eventually will be able to pass your finger right through any solid. As an added bonus on this check, you are also developing your ability to allow your beliefs to directly influence your experience.

Gravity Check: This is a somewhat reliable check. Find something that you can throw into the air and catch safely. Start tossing it up and down and you may just find that it isn’t obeying the laws of gravity as it should if you were in “reality”. To maximize the success of this check, while tossing it into the air try to effect the object’s rise and fall with your mind.

Questioning of Dream Characters Check: This may not be the best thing to try while awake but sometimes it can be effective if in fact you are dreaming. In “reality” if you asked people if we were in a dream, their response would be to accuse you of being insane, yet in the dream realm, it is sometimes a different matter. 


Usually the dream characters will deny that it is a dream, but they deny it with an air of denial. They usually never question your sanity, and in some cases, they don’t even understand what you are saying and disregard you entirely. Also, on rare occasions, someone in your dream will admit that it is in fact a dream.

As mentioned earlier, these reality checks should be practiced regularly throughout the day. The more they become embedded into your daily routine, the sooner they will appear in your dreams. If there were one word that sums up what you need to develop in order to speed up the lucid dreaming process, it would be awareness, awareness, awareness.


Working on your awareness will have direct carryover effects into your dreams, and once you become more skilled at lucid dreaming you will realize that your awareness combined with your intent is your passport into the dream realm. Learning how to manipulate your dream and the events within the dream is the same thing as learning to actually revise your reality.

If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.

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" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 

Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen

As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.

LUCID DREAM CONTROL

Our highly evolved brains are fantastic gifts given to us by nature. With the development of advanced regions of the brain, human beings gained the ability to conceptualise. 


Through conceptualisation we can learn to deprogramme old patterns of thought.

Changing these patterns leads to unconventional thinking, and a more creative outlook. Using mental exercises will help you take steps towards living creatively in a way that fulfills the spirit. 

Research has shown that our brains grow and change according to our life experiences. These changes are not just about incorporating new knowledge. Changes which are made occur at the physical level, and actually rewire the brains neurons.

It has also been shown conclusively that meditators experience growth in several regions of the brain. The areas responsible for empathy and regulating emotions grow, and with that so does the ability to cope in the world.

To state this simply, we are responsible for our own mental growth. Our habits and decisions affect the way we see ourselves. This mental map of the world in turn changes our reality. Cutting edge science and studies of the mind show that we are at the crossroads of infinite possibilities. It's up to us to shape our world. Both in how we view it and how we act within it. 

With this knowledge then, it becomes clear that we make our own reality. You may have known this, or suspected this at different points in your life. Now though, you have the tools available to make these suspicions into a type of living experiment; in which you are the experimenter and the entire world is your lab.

Most people are attracted to because dream awareness in the dream state allows one to control and direct the dream experience to anything imaginable.

You could decide to fly, make certain people appear or disappear, rehearse situations in prospect of an exciting waking life event. 


This way lucid dreams  become a kind of "holodeck" or "Matrix" that provide endless opportunity to gain experiences that are impossible to gain in everyday life.

However, lucidity is not synonymous to dream control. Meaning that once you turn lucid, it is likely that you are not able to control your dreams naturally. Dream control involves an additional skill set. A lucid dream is simply knowing that you are dreaming while dreaming. Attained dream awareness only enables the lucid dreamer to direct and control dreams deliberately.

By adopting new expectations in a lucid dream, you can deliberately influence the creation of the dreamscape. If you expect that there is money in your dream pocket, there will be. If you expect that you will meet Superman around the corner, you will. If you expect that you are able to fly, you can. Free your mind. 

Controlling your dreams is therefore a matter of controlling your expectations. Which is harder to do than it actually sounds. Fundamentally the dream is only a reflection of your own mindset.

If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.

London Dream Specialist

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London Dream Study

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" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 

Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen

As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.

WHY DO WE DREAM

Theories for why we dream:

Dreaming is a way for our brains to keep exercising our synapses (the pathways between our brain cells) while we are sleeping. During sleep, dreaming allows our brains to keep working. 

Our brain needs to be constantly switched on, so our bodies have produced a way that this is possible while we are recharging the rest of our body in sleep. 

Research has shown the brain waves measured during REM cycles of sleep are practically identical to those measured when we are awake. So during our sleep, it would seem our brains are still ‘learning’ and still computing all that sensory input we receive during the day. 

It has been shown during the first few formative years of life, we experience the greatest amount of REM sleep. This would seem to support the theory that are brains are still active and learning while we sleep.

Dreams are a portal through which we can safely deal with unexpressed or repressed emotions we are feeling. Dreams will create scenes or situations using metaphors to allow ourselves the opportunity to ‘work through’ our issues. 

Thus the proposal that only those emotions which are strong and repressed show up as issues in our dreams, because those are the ones we need to work on in order to feel more whole. In this theory, dreams can be seen as an insight into our true selves, which often, we cannot or choose not to see.

If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.

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" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 

Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen

As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.

DREAMS NEVER LIE

Over an average lifespan of 75 years, 20-25 of those years are spent sleeping. Why not use that time constructively with Dream Therapy.


Dreams tell us the way we really think and feel, not the way we pretend we think and feel. Through our dreams we have access to vast stores of memory, incredible depths of insight and resources of creative thinking which offer us a richer and more productive life.

Because we are more honest in our dreams, we can see our daily life situations more clearly, more objectively and more creatively. When dreams are looked at as metaphors, they help us recognise unrealised potentials and bring to our attention to creative solutions in waking life.

Dream Analysis aims at getting to the real meaning of the metaphors our minds creates while we sleep. Dreams are one of the best tools we have for getting through the barriers that we set up that keeps us from seeing our lives more objectively.


Dreaming is a part of life, even unborn babies dream in their mother's womb. Dreams are the gateway to an inner world, a world just as real as the one outside. To understand a particular dream is to understand the dreamer. Each one is as unique to the dreamer as a birthmark or fingerprint, reflecting an internal poem about the life and times of it's creator.



If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.
London Dream Specialist
dreamtherapist1@gmail.com


London Dream Study
Admin: +44-7935741353
Skype: dream.therapy


" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 
Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen


As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.

DREAM GODDESS YEMAYA

The queen of the ocean, La Sirene or Mermaid is known by many names including Yemaya, Mami Water amoung others.


She is a spirit of the water, fertility, motherhood, dreams, music, divinations and healing. 


Because all of the riches of the sea belong to her - sunken treasure, pearls, and corals - she is also a loa of wealth. 


Often she sits upon the rocks in the ocean, combing out her long, beautiful black hair and looking at herself in a mirror. She is one of the most beautiful loa, with pale skin and a mermaid's tail.

Despite her vanity and her role as the siren, she is a powerful and hard-working loa, protective of her children. She rules the moon and dreams, and with her beauty and 
song, she can hypnotise people. 


If offended, she has been known to drown people as punishment, though she will often reward faithful serviteurs with wealth and beauty. She has also been known to take people under the water with her, keeping them in her underwater palace to teach them spiritual secrets and magic.

La Sirene is also said to have a dual nature, like a fish of two colours. As La Sirene, she is bewitching and pale, but as her darker, shadowy self, La Balenn (the Whale), she is black, shiny and fearful. 


La Balenn represents the darker subconscious, the very depths of the oceans. Like water she represents both change and constancy, bringing forth life, protecting it, and changing it as necessary.



If you are in London why not book a Dream Interview with me, One 2 One.
London Dream Specialist
dreamtherapist1@gmail.com


London Dream Study
Admin: +44-7935741353
Skype: dream.therapy


" Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream. so shall you become. 
Your vision of the future is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil" - James Allen


As a client it is your sole decision should you choose to use these services. Any services rendered or implied via this portal are not intended to replace any type of medical advice or help. London Dream Therapist, London Dream Specialist and London Dream Study is for entertainment purposes only. If you are in any doubt concerning your health or well being, please consult a medical professional. Please pay special attention to the legal disclaimer pertaining to London Dream Therapy, London Dream Analyst, London Dream Analysis, E-Therapy and Tele-Therapy.