Remember Your Dreams

Before Sleeping

1. Make it easy to record your dreams by placing a pencil and journal (or recorder) near your bed.

2. Express a clear intention: “May I remember my dreams” or “I will remember my dreams.”

3. Imagine yourself waking up in the middle of the night with your dreams still vivid and intact.

4. Try sleeping with a fabric bag of the herb mugwort under your pillow.

5. Drink a large glass of water that will naturally awaken you in the middle of the night.

Middle of the Night

1. When you awaken, keep your eyes closed, keep your body still, see the pictures of your dream, tell yourself the story. Don't move to record your dreams until the word brain and picture-brain are synchronized.

2. Awaken gradually, so that your dreams may remain intact.

3. If you don't remember anything but images, write or draw the images or keywords in your dream journal. 4. If you don't remember anything, pick up your dream journal and just write for 3 minutes, starting with the phrase, “I don't remember this dream, but....”

4. Fully awaken, do some reading in full light, then repeat some of the steps from“Before Sleeping”

After Awakening

1. Repeat steps 1-4 from “Middle of the Night”

2. If you remember a dream, take some time to write it down in your Dream Journal, speak it aloud, tell it to your mate, or all of the above.

3. If you don't remember your dream, take a warm shower or do some repetitive nonverbal activity which may allow the dream to re-appear.

4. If you don't remember your dream, look through your Dream Cards—a collection of 20 or more images that stimulate your imagination. Pick three cards. Imagine that they represent the beginning, middle, and end of your dream.
   Tell your dream as a story and write it down.
   Be gentle with your dreams and your self.

   ©2017 Ted Tollefson