Community Dreamwork
An Interactive Seminar with Satya Doyle Byock
six sessions
Fridays, May 10 - June 14, 2024
9-11am PT | 12-2pm ET | 5-7pm UK
All seminars are hosted online. Recordings are provided to all registrants. | Certificate for 12 Continued Education Credits available, issued by The Salome Institute
“Dreams cannot prevent us from the vicissitudes and illness and sad events of human existence, but they seem to be able to give us a guiding line how to cope with them and how to find meaning in our life and how to fulfill our own destiny, how to follow our own star, to realize the greater potential of life within us.”
“Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?”
This practice of community dreamwork at The Salome Institute has been an enlivening opportunity to join with others who are interested in expanding their relationship with the unconscious, symbols, and dreams. In this series, Satya will introduce some foundational elements of recording and observing dreams for those who are new to the practice, as well as our process of exploring dreams in community online. Then, in each of our six sessions, Satya will host live dreamwork for two participants who have expressed interest in “working a dream” in a live, interactive format. (Participation is never required. More details below.)
“The dream shows the inner truth and reality of the patient as it really is: not as I conjecture it to be, and not as he would like it to be, but as it is.”
As always, we’ll establish a compassionate, permissive container within the group to support the witnessing of the symbol-making function of Psyche. Through a simple, guided process, Satya will invite those present to support each dreamer to gain an understanding of their dream through back-and-forth dialogue. Everyone present learns about their own dreams, symbols, and the process of dreamwork through this form of engagement and observation.
Some optional readings on dreams and dream work will also be incorporated.
Details about Community Dreamwork at The Salome Institute:
Those who wish to work a dream in the group setting will be invited to submit their name prior to each live meetings. Trusting synchronicity—and past success with this process—dreamers’ names are selected at random and each week’s dreamers are notified in advance. The process invites the right dream for all of us at the right time, and often, a conversation between the two dreams each session.
“Dreams pave the way for life, and they determine you without you understanding their language.”
With each dream, Satya supports the dreamer to settle into their body and “feel into” the dream for associations and amplification of images, inviting personal reflections and self-exploration. After engaging with the dreamer, Satya then invites the community to safely contribute insights through the “if this were my dream…” format: a safe, guided query into the way the dream impacts and resonates with others. Through witnessing and exploring each dream together, we learn more about the process of dreamwork, the symbols that arise from our own psyches, and ways of working with the dreams of others.
In between live sessions, all registered participants are welcome to continue exploring the dream, sharing symbolic references and other thoughts on our private online discussion space.
Register:
Cost: $225
Self & Society Paid Subscribers: New and existing paid subscribers of Self & Society have access to a code for 15% off this class. Please look for this in your emails or send an email to inquire.
Scholarships & Discounts: It is important to us that this material be accessible. If finances would prevent you from participating, please send an email with a short note. We would love for you to be able to join us.
Readings: This course is primarily experiential; supplemental readings will be posted to the online course page and available to all participants.
Recordings: All sessions will be recorded and provided to registrants within 24 hours of the live gathering. It is not necessary to attend live.
CEU: Participants can earn 12 CEs (Continued Education Credit hours) for this seminar. Please review this page on Continued Education Credits.
About Satya Doyle Byock, MA, LPC
Satya Doyle Byock is the director of The Salome Institute, a psychotherapist in private practice, and the author of Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood (Random House + Penguin Press). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Oprah Daily, Literary Hub, Psychological Perspectives, goop, and on NPR, the BBC, and many podcasts. She has lectured on various topics at C.G. Jung societies in the US and the UK and is the co-host of Carl Jung’s Red Book Podcast (now completed). She writes regularly for her Substack newsletter, Self & Society.