Nightmares

This video explores nightmares through a therapeutic approach known as embodied and somatic dreamwork. This process can create an alchemical experience as fear of nightmare presences transforms to understanding.

Working with nightmares through embodiment becomes an alchemical process as the shift from fear to understanding takes place. When we become identified with the dream character’s experience, to sit within the presence of the villain or the monster, fear naturally dissipates and can be replaced by awareness and even compassion. In the majority of cases, these nightmarish presences are different to what we expect them to be and become an agent to healing.  In homeopathic practice, the closer we get to the poison the more likely we get to the remedy.

We can extract the poison by putting pressure on the demon until the demon releases the remedy.  

Michael Taussig

In ancient times dreaming was not psychological, it was a form of medicine. We create the tincture through direct engagement with nightmare images.