Portland 7/14/2015 3:59:08 PM
News / Health & Wellness
Dream Analyst, David Rivinus, To Give Workshop on Dream Interpretation
The workshop will begin with an introductory overview of the principles and techniques of dream interpretation. This will be followed by attendees working to interpret sample dreams that Rivinus will provide. When understanding and confidence in the techniques have been established, Rivinus will invite participants to share any dreams they would like worked on.
“This is the part of the workshop that gets interesting,” says Rivinus. “Up to this point, it’s been about theory and hypothetical examples. Now it gets real.”
According to Rivinus, dreams are communications from the subconscious mind. Their purpose, although multifaceted, is largely to help elucidate internal conflicts. He says, “Often we find ourselves conflicted between what we want to do and what we feel we ought to do.” When that happens, the mind dramatizes the conflict in a dream, often with a strange, surreal plot.
Among the techniques that participants will practice at the workshop will be learning to identify and interpret symbols. “Dreams speak in the language of metaphors,” says Rivinus. “Learning to understand that language is key to uncovering the dream’s message. It’s not a difficult language to learn, but it does take practice.”
Another concept that will be emphasized at the workshop is Rivinus’s own theory that the dreaming process goes on during the day while we are awake. “Most people associate dreams with sleep,” he says, “but they occur in our awakened hours as well.” According to him, the same symbolic images that we associate with the dreams we have during sleep, also occur during the day. “You can take any incident that happens to you during the day and interpret it like a dream. The same communication from your subconscious takes place, and you can gain just as much insight from the event.” He says that the important incidents to pay attention to are the experiences we have that are unpleasant or strange.
David Rivinus is a dream analyst with over three decades of international experience, and he is the author of the book “Always Dreaming.” For more information about the workshop, visit www.transformation-conference.com or www.teacherofdreams.com.
