Across States of Consciousness: What Sleep and Dreams Can Teach Us About Waking

Consciousness' has been defined as that annoying time between naps, and humorously, this definition reveals a common misconception: being awake is being conscious. Such a definition minimizes the profound benefits of sleep and dreaming on health and well-being. Drawing from a wide range of sources -neuroscience, psychotherapy, dreamwork, meditation, shamanism and psychedelic research - learn critical functions of sleep and dreams on waking life and how that can impact healing.