About
Mindfulness of Sleep and Dreams
-- Courage is built at night --
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness can be defined as "paying attention to what's happening, while it's happening, without judgement or preference."
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In Mindfulness of Sleep and Dreaming, we are paying attention to the night time experience, while it's happening, without judgement or preference.
Experience
Everyone's experience of the night time is unique.
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A wide spectrum of potential experiences exists for each individual, every night. One night we may have a great dream and wake up refreshed and energized, while another we may struggle to fall asleep or have a frightening nightmare.
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Mindfulness of Sleep & Dreams teaches us to become familiar with our own experience of sleep, with a sense of acceptance and non-judgement.
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Awareness
Mindfulness practice teaches us to become more aware of our thoughts and emotions, so they don't over-take us.
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We learn to notice when we've become lost in anger so we don't say or do something hurtful toward others.
Awareness of our present state-of-mind is incredibly valuable in navigating our world, as we learn to respond instead of react.
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In Mindfulness of Sleep and Dreams, we build an awareness of our sleeping and dreaming mind, so that we don't let it over-take us​.
Awareness of the night time experience yields creativity and problem solving, and insights into the sometimes challenging emotional processing that occurs in our dreaming mind.
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Courage
Dreams can be scary. Mindfulness teaches us to accept our experience without judgement or preference, and in doing so builds a sense of courage and fearlessness.​
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We learn that nightmares are the sign of a healing mind. A nightmare is simply a dream that is asking - shouting - for you to pay attention.
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We become more curious than afraid.
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