Thought-provoking ideas, and transformative tools and training for working with individuals, groups, organisations, and communities.
I do not deal with dreams. I deal with dreaming processes.
Dear Reader
We hope you’ve had an excellent start to the Gregorian Calendar New Year (not everyone's New Year :) - whatever that looks like for you :)
As you may have discovered if you tried to email us over the past few weeks, we’ve had a little rest and renewal time but are now back keen for another year of Process Work learning, teaching, exploring and experimenting together!!
To kick us off, Martin Hemsley and Penny Watson are offering a free Dreamwork Webinar - Exploring your dreams to enliven your life and practice - on Monday 22nd Jan at 7pm AEDT as they warm-up to their Dreamwork Dreamplay program starting in February.
Process Work actually began when Arnold Mindell noticed the same patterns in nighttime dreams and body symptoms, revealing the concept (known to many cultures but marginalised in Western culture) of an ongoing dreaming process level of reality. Arny Mindell says:
In the webinar, get a taste of Process Work Dreamwork including a brief introduction to the approach, followed by a live demonstration working with someone's dream in the group, plus time for questions.
Check your time zone and register for the webinar here - it's perfect for:
- people intrigued by dreams and looking for more tools to explore them
- anyone a bit sceptical and a bit curious about dreams, keen to 'look outside the box' and see if there might be more to them
- therapists, counsellors, psychologists, etc who aren’t yet confident in working with clients’ dreams but would like to learn
- people who just love all things Process Work and want to come to everything :)
Martin and Penny also run an ongoing dream group for graduates of the course and in 2024, will be starting a second group focussing on dreamwork skill development for those working with other people’s dreams. So if you're also looking for an ongoing learning community, this webinar is a great way to get a sense of the vibe!
And if you know anyone keen on dreams (and want to be that awesome friend/colleague who introduced them to Process Work) forward them this email so they can check it out too.
You can also read more about Process Work dreamwork approach in the books Shaman's Body, The Dreammaker's Apprentice, Dreaming While Awake, and Working with the Dreambody - all by Arnold Mindell.
Hope to see you at the webinar!
warmly
ANZPOP
ANZPOP
Thought-provoking ideas, and transformative tools and training for working with individuals, groups, organisations, and communities.
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