Awakening with Dawn

How to Remember Your Dreams

Dreaming isn’t just for children

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When we sleep, we release conscious control over our minds and bodies, and open a door that often remains closed during our waking lives. All kinds of things enter our dreams — and much of it has to do with our mental and emotional setpoint upon drifting off!

1. Get to sleep before you’re drop dead tired. No alcohol or sleep aids anywhere near bedtime, either! Both inhibit dream sleep.
2. Place a journal — or even better, an audio recorder — next to your bed ready to write in with any details or insights you might have.
3. Tune in to your state of mind and emotion while still sitting up. Dial in to yourself and where you are right before you lay down to sleep.
4. Set an intention to have a dream you’ll remember. I recommend you ask a question you want an answer for! Guidance dreams can be invoked.
5. Don’t wait to write down your dream thoughts when you wake — they’re tied to the state you were in when sleeping. When your brain shifts gears they’ll be left behind.

Dreams speak in metaphors and symbols that are relevant to you AND to the group unconscious. You share this with the rest of humanity going back (and forward!) throughout time.