Twins Needed to Participate in New Dream Study
Margery Runyan, a licensed clinical social worker with a special interest in twins (she is also a twin), is seeking twins for a dream-related study:
Participants are being recruited for a study on the dreams of identical twins for my doctoral dissertation at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Identical twins male and female raised together but now living apart who are BOTH willing to participate are needed The twins will be asked to record their dreams and the content analyzed to determine if twins have different dreams from singles and similar dreams to other twins.
For details, including preliminary questions ad a sample of the dream journal that participants will be asked to complete, visit:
http://twindreams.info/about_us
Santa Fe Dream Events with Victoria Rabinowe
The Art of the Dream
With Victoria Rabinowe
April 2008 Calendar of Events
April 8 through April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The Shapeshifter
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Dreamer as Cartographer
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Poison Pen: Confronting your Inner Bully
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Amazing Grace
Offering Workshops in Santa Fe
“The Art of the Dream” workshops access the roots of creative consciousness through guided explorations of universal archetypes that demonstrate how power, medicine and magic can transform the mystery of dreams into deep inner soul work. In each Tuesday workshop, dreamers create books and fill journals with poetry, prose, collage and image-making.
Frequently asked questions about the Art of the Dream:
http://tinyurl.com/yozol4
Victoria’s site:
http://victoriadreams.com/ (click Workshops)
Upcoming Earth Day Celebration Will Highlight Dreams
The Dream Institute of Northern California defines itself as “an experimental cultural center that offers public lectures and workshops, dream study groups, dream-based cultural events, professional dream consultation, and the innovative method ‘Culture DreamingTM.‘” The organization, based in Berkeley, CA, is co-sponsoring an Earth Day celebration on April 20. The description from the web site of the International Association for the Study of Dreams offers this description:
“Dreaming the Earth,” an Earth day celebration, will be held on Sunday, April 20, at the JFK University Arts Annex in Berkeley. The program, co-sponsored by the Dream Institute of Northern California and the JFKU School of Holistic Studies, features several IASD members, starting with a panel discussion on “Environmental Awareness through Dreams” with Meredith Sabini, Kelly Bulkeley, and Marilyn Fowler, to be followed by a new dream play, “The Earth is Humming,” directed by Richard Russo.
Sabini and Russo, the co-directors of the Dream Institute, are also initiating a new program, the Community Dream Council, on Fri. night, April 11. Modeled after shamanic cultures, this monthly meeting will provide an opportunity for members of the community to come together to share and discuss “big” dreams about current events, the culture, and other transpersonal aspects of their dreaming.
For more information, visit:
http://dream-institute.org
New Additions to the Dream Dictionary
The Curious Dreamer Dream Dictionary has expanded again. The symbols added most recently include:
These symbols were taken from the list of most frequently requested dream symbols. Whenever you search for a symbol and it is not found in the dictionary, your symbol is added to our request list. Keep up the good searches!
New Free Dream Dictionary for your Website
We just finished development of a new web widget that anyone can install on their website.
It is free and provides a search of The Curious Dreamer’s dream dictionary. The results are displayed immediately on the same page.
Here is an example of the widget:
Javascript is needed to use the dream dictionary.
Dream dictionary provided by TheCuriousDreamer.com.
All that is necessary to do to install it is to copy a small block of HTML from http://www.thecuriousdreamer.com/widgets/ and paste it into the HTML on your site. It works fine in most blog systems including Wordpress and Blogspot.
Cherries: Food for Sweet Dreams?
According to Dr. Russel Reiter, a nutrition researcher, eating a handful of tart cherries 30 minutes before bed can lead to a good night’s sleep (and hopefully also sweet dreams) due to their sleep-inducing melatonin.
The article, which focuses on reducing stress around the holidays, also suggests skipping carbs until 5pm. Apparently, carbs are supposed to “encourage a rush of seratonin which calms the brain, helps you relax and can aid sleep.”
Read the complete article at:
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/
display.var.2131831.0.dont_get_caught_in_a_holiday_stress_trap.php
Online Dream Art Gallery
Dream art, anyone? Visit the online art gallery featuring selections from the yearly juried dream art show by the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). The many inspirational and intriguing works can be seen at:
http://www.asdreams.org/subidxshowart.htm
A Plethora of Tips for Better Sleep
If you’re looking to improve the amount or quality of your sleep, you might find some helpful tips in the many articles offering tips for better sleep and for dealing with insomnia. White noise, no noise… eat certain foods, avoid others, avoid food altogether before bedtime….hot water bottle pillows, warm baths, soothing music, and many other suggestions are provided in the following articles. Most of the tips are listed at the bottom of each article.
Getting Adequate Sleep Can Improve Quality of Life
www.southtownstar.com/lifestyles/846866,031808toyourhealth.article
Insomnia: Sleep You Can Only Dream About
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/
health/2008/03/29/hinsomnia129.xml
Tips to Get the Sleep You Crave
www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/03/04/good.sleep/
Proper pillow contributes to restful sleep, ache-free days
www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_557313.html
Sleep well, and pleasant dreams!
Sleep-Related Research
Find a large selection of sleep-related research results at the National Sleep Awareness Round Table site. Study topics include:
- Night Shift Work Linked to Cancer Risk
- Smoking May Cause Sleep Problems, Study Shows
- Less Sleep Linked with Weight Retention for New Moms
- Biological Clock Doesn’t Adjust to Daylight Saving Time
- Irregular Breathing during Sleep Increases with Age
- Long-Term Improvements in Snoring and Sleep Apnea with Mandibular Repositioning Appliances
Visit www.nsart.org/site/c.gfLJJQOsHkE/b.3053923/
Light at Night Linked to Breast Cancer
Exposure to light at night may lead to breast cancer, according to the findings of a recent study:
Using nighttime satellite images of 147 communities in Israel, the researchers determined that intensity of light at night in a community was strongly correlated with breast cancer rates. In other words, women in those communities with the brightest light at night had the highest rates of breast cancer, followed by those in average light communities, which had higher rates than those in low light communities….Previous studies point to an independent association between light at night and higher rates of breast cancer in women who do nighttime shift work (e.g., nurses, flight attendants). Evidence suggests that this association may involve melatonin, a hormone that helps prevent tumor formation and is suppressed in the presence of light.
Source: “Light at Night Co-distributes with Incident Breast but not Lung Cancer in the Female Population of Israel,” in Chronobiology International, Volume 25, Issue 1 January 2008 , pages 65-81.
Summary at:
http://www.nsart.org/site/apps/nlnet/
content2.aspx?c=gfLJJQOsHkE&b=3053919&
content_id={0EAD6311-F743-482B-8053-ED0877163652}¬oc=1
Abstract:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/
content~content=a790773188~db=all~order=page
