The Dreaming Way

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>A revelatory new book about dreams and dreaming from Toko-pa Turner award-winning author of <em>Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>You don't need an expert to tell you what your dreams mean. Understanding their language is as natural as grasping the moral of a story or finding beauty in art. In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>The Dreaming Way</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)> Toko-pa revives an ancient yet revolutionary idea to bring dreaming back to the people. To retrieve from the psychology rooted in rationalism our dreaming authority. Through a unique blend of animism Sufism and Jungian Psychology Toko-pa introduces us to the friend who lives within and around us: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Wisdom</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>With eloquence and insight she guides us in her dreamwork method for </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Courting the Dream</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)> which reverses the idea that we should try to acquire something from our dreams and attempt instead to discover what the dream longs for. Using vivid dream examples and real-life stories Toko-pa reminds us that we already possess the tools we need to remember understand and embody the wisdom of our dreams.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Drawing on ancient mysticism she shows how nature's animating intelligence is also patterning our dreams. When we learn to follow that wisdom we discover that it's calling us toward a unique purpose. A purpose that Toko-pa says is nested within the larger intent of nature. As practical as it is enchanting this book contains guidance on how to:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Improve your dream recall</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Understand the language of metaphor</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Work with archetypes and other patterns</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Engage in shadow work</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Discover dream incubation</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Practice active imagination</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Cultivate synchronicity</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>• Facilitate a dream group</span></p>