“No matter how much insight and understanding we develop, the rational brain is basically impotent to talk the emotional brain out of its own reality. Healing…depends on experiential knowledge: You can be fully in charge of your life only if you can acknowledge the reality of your body, in all its visceral dimensions.”
Articles by Dr. Katherine Lawson
Altered Consciousness
Benefits of Dream Work for the Dying
How Dreams Heal
Authentic Movement and Embodied Imagination
“Every dream is a masterpiece of symbolic communication. The unconscious speaks in symbols, not to confuse us, but simply because that is its native idiom.”
Additional Resources on Dreams
The Power of Dreams
Scientists say that some of our dreams are glimpses of parallel universes
When Dream Analysts Dream, What Do They Dream About?
How Do You Know Your Hand Is Really Yours?
America has hit a 'dreamlessness epidemic', and it is affecting our mental and physical health
Dreams Can Heal Mental Wounds
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