Dreams: Our Internal GPS with Linda Yael Schiller

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Do you remember your dreams? It’s said that dream images come from our unconscious pool of wisdom and there’s much personal insight to be gained when we pay attention to the night murmurings of our dreamtime. Dreamwork is a viable means of knowledge of self. Dreams contain deep intelligence as we commit to valuing and honoring them by tracking, recording, and thinking about the messages they’re trying to reveal. Through our dreams we can discover the wisdom of our souls. Here Schiller gives us excellent advice in learning how to decipher our dreams with examples from Justine and others. She cautions us about interpreting someone’s dream and says that only the dreamer truly knows what the dream is about. Even so, that doesn’t mean we cannot make suggestions that may help others with blind spots by using phrases such as “If this were my dream.” Schiller affirms that “Dreams embody our hopes, fears, and creativity…They’re a permanent witness to our life’s journeys…They are portable, practical, and an unlimited resource.” (hosted by Justine Willis Toms) 

Bio

Linda Yael Schiller, MSE, LICSW is a psychotherapist who has taught dream work and run dream groups for over three decades. She teaches and consults on trauma treatment, PTSD, and nightmares. 

Schiller is the author of: 

• Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding Your Soul’s Wisdom (Llewellyn Publications 2019)
• PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork (Llewellyn Publications 2021)

To learn more about the work of Linda Yael Schiller go to www.moderndreamwork.com. 

Topics explored in this dialogue include:

• What is the importance of our nightly dreams and how can they help us in our waking lives
• What is a medical alert dream or prodromal dream
• What is the significance of a recurring dream image
• Why is it important to understand that we are not interpreters of one another’s dreams
• What are Schiller’s suggestions to help remember our dreams
• What is most important in recording our dreams
• What was the dream that Justine had after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade
• What are some questions we can ask about the images in our dreams
• What is dream incubation
• Why is it helpful to have a dream group of friends that meet regularly
• How do you ask your dreams for further clarification of an image
• What is the Integrated Embodied Approach to dreamwork
• What is the significance of being visited in dreams by those who have died
• What are the many kinds of dreamwork: sleeping dreams, waking dreams, day dreams
• What is an example of ritualizing your dreams 

Host: Justine Willis Toms   Interview Date: 9/15/2022   Program Number: 3771

Music Playlist

From Album:  Open Domain
Artist: Charlie Bommarito
2011 Bright Room Productions

Opening Essay: Track 01 Mango Island
Music Break 1: Track 02 The Chaz Effect – almost timeless
Music Break 2: Track 03 Whoville
Music Break 3: Track 04 Night of the Jackal