Beyond Lucid Dreaming on the air July 10th

My next "Way of the Dreamer" show on healthylife.net  is LIVE on Tuesday July 10th from 9:00-10:00 am Pacific time, which is 12:00-1:00 pm Eastern. This is the show where we learn to reclaim the power of dreams, coincidence and imagination as sources of energy,healing and guidance in our lives 

My guest for this show is dream researcher Ryan Hurd, who has made a special study of lucid dreaming and has published an excellent book on Sleep Paralysis distinguished by his suggestion that if you experience this phenomenon and can avoid panicking and relax and stay with it, you may find it is the portal to remarkable discoveries. I know this to be true, and commented on his approach in an earlier article.

     Ryan has recently produced a manual for lucid dreamers titled Lucid Immersion Guidebook and available for download. Ryan edits a lively blog, the Dream Studies Portal, and is contributor to TheDreamTribe.com and a board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.   

     Themes we'll explore:

• Why you don't have to work hard to enter a state of lucid dreaming
• How to become more conscious in dreams and waking life
• Why lucid dreaming is not the same thing as dream control
• How lucid dreaming can increase emotional intelligence and heal old wounds
• the nature of sleep paralysis and how to overcome night terrors
• how ancient Asklepian practices can translate into powerful dreaming and dream healing today

You can access my radio show archive and download or listen to previous shows here.

Spirited medicine on the dream show June 12th

My next "Way of the Dreamer" radio show on healthylife.net, is LIVE on Tuesday June 12th from 9:00-10:00 am Pacific time, which is 12:00-1:00 pm Eastern. This is the show where we learn to reclaim the power of dreams, coincidence and imagination as sources of energy, healing and guidance in our lives.

My guest for this show is Cecile Carson, M.D. and we will explore the application of shamanic techniques to our contemporary healing and healthcare. Cecile is a physician and shamanic practitioner whose work for several decades has focused on people facing life-threatening illness such as cancer and HIV disease.  She was Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center from 1986–2006, teaching mind-body medicine as well as soul-level medicine to medical trainees. She is a founding board member of the Society for Shamanic Practitioners.
     Cecile has been at the forefront of the effort to expand our conceptual models for understanding the sources of illness and healing, drawing on shamanic traditions that have been at work on the planet for at least 40,000 years. She is especially sensitive to the power of naming and of the power of stories - the ones that release us and the ones that bind us - to shape our bodies and our lives.
     Cecile contends that clinicians can and should expand their practice to address the transpersonal and spiritual sources of illness and healing. To do this in the shaman's way, the clinician will be required to reach beyond his or her own skill sets and function also as "a conduit for the spirits to bring their power and inspiration through to address a fuller dimension of healing: the re-ordering of the self from the impact of illness, the re-membering of the broken and forgotten relationship to the larger web of life, and the recognition that we are more than our physical bodies."

Did you notice that the image features the caduceus of Hermes rather than the serpent-staff of Asklepios? Extra karmic points. The two are endlessly confused, including on missives from the healthcare community. The emblem of Hermes is appropriate here (as are winged feet) because a radio show is about getting the word out.

Shamanism & Healing on the Dream Show April 10

Can we look to ancient shamanic practice to reduce health costs, promote healing, restore soul to medicine and balance to our lives and our relations with the Earth? Bonnie Horrigan's answer is forthright: "Tens of thousands of years of shamanism says that we can."

Bonnie Horrigan

    Bonnie is my guest on the my next "Way of the Dreamer" radio show on healthylife.net, LIVE on Tuesday April 10th. Our theme is Shamanism, Dreaming and Healing and I look forward to a very lively conversation.
    Bonnie J. Horrigan, co-founder and former publisher of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a breakthrough medical journal examining alternative and cross-cultural healing practices and the relationship of the human spirit to health and healing.  She is currently editorial director for EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, a new medical journal that examines the healing arts, spirituality and consciousness. Bonnie co-founded and serves on the board of the Society for Shamanic Practitioners, a non-profit organization dedicated to the assisting the re-emergence of spiritual healing in our culture. She is the author of Red Moon Passage and Voices of Integrative Medicine.
    You can listen in to the show live on healthylife.net from 9-10 AM Pacific time, which is 12 noon-1 PM Eastern, on April 10th; or access the archive and download or listen to previous shows here.

Dream Show live on Tuesday April 12th

Calling all dreamers: My next "Way of the Dreamer" radio show on http://www.healthylife.net/ will be LIVE with call-ins next TUESDAY, April 12th. Please call in with dreams and questions to share. We'll play the Lightning Dreamwork game and explore the many ways in which we can use the arts of Active Dreaming to live more consciously and creatively.

The show airs from 9-10 AM Pacific time, which is 12 noon-1 PM Eastern.

The toll-free number for callers is (800) 555-5453. If you can't get through right away, try, try again. If you are calling from outside North America (or need a backup number because the 800 line is busy) alternative numbers are (310) 371-5459 and (310) 371-5444.- You can access the archive and download or listen to previous shows at http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveWD.htm

The Dream Show LIVE on November 9th

Calling all dreamers: My next "Way of the Dreamer" radio show on http://www.healthylife.net/ will be LIVE with call-ins next TUESDAY, November 9th. Please call in with dreams and questions to share. We'll play the Lightning Dreamwork game and explore the many ways in which we can use the arts of Active Dreaming to live more consciously and creatively.
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The show airs from 9-10 AM Pacific time, which is 12 noon-1 PM Eastern, on Tuesday, October 12th.

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The toll-free number for callers is (800) 555-5453. If you can't get through right away, try, try again. If you are calling from outside North America (or need a backup number because the 800 line is busy) alternative numbers are (310) 371-5459 and (310) 371-5444.

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You can access the archive and download or listen to previous shows at http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveWD.htm