Dream Yoga work

Posted on November 11, 2010
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I’ve recently been integrating into my dream work, dream yoga techniques from Tibetan Buddhism. What I’ve mainly done for the moment is breathing techniques that you do right before you go to sleep. I like to integrate steps of a new practice gradually. Kat’s also doing this practice. Even though we’ve just started with this first step, we’ve already noticed that we’ve been sleeping a lot deeper and that the sleep is more restful.I’ve also noticed better dream recall and more awareness of the dream.

I’ll post further reports as I continue to integrate more steps in, but it always fascinates me to see how even doing one step of a process can produce changes, provided you’re consistent about doing it. I think that consistency is what makes anything you do effective. You can be a really powerful magician, but if you don’t exercise the magical muscle, it won’t mean as much as the person who diligently practices and follows through.

Book Review: The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

This book provides what I would consider to be the best practices of lucid dreaming and dream practice. The author doesn’t focus on the psychology of dreams, though he does provide some insights on what dreams can reveal about issues you’re working on. Instead the focus of this book is on how the techniques can be used to help you release attachment to those issues and achieve a state of connection with the universe, without being drawn back to samsaric existence. It’s a very good book to read, but an even better one to do the practices. I’ve started doing them and already noticed some positive results. I’d recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about Dzogchen and for anyone who wants to use dream yoga for spiritual and physical well being. You can purchase it at Amazon (Affiliate link) or Powells (Affiliate link)

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