Images As Dream Medicine
Image by Denise Every
Dream images…
three pinto horses waiting and pawing on the hillside…
a door that won’t lock…
two lovers touching foreheads…
a figure standing outside my dark window…
the gift of a small painting with still wet paint…
Every image that comes to us in a dream wants to evoke something in us…not a story...not an explanation...not a symbol...not an avoidance.
Every image that comes to us in a dream wants to evoke some feeling in us…a strong feeling...of fear…of pain…of intimacy...of terror...of delight…of vulnerability…of feeling loved.
Each time we are willing to stay and to feel what wants to be felt…take a sip of the healing dream medicine…we open...and we remember…and we heal from the inside out…We heal back into relationship...with ourselves...each other…and the numinous.
Mary Jo Heyen, M.Ed., was an author, founding member and certified practitioner of Natural Dreamwork until her death in 2022. She had a diverse private practice working with dream clients of all ages and backgrounds. Her practice included her volunteer work with the dreams and visions of those in hospice, their families and grief groups, honoring the gift of their dreams at this most important threshold.