Why is dream journal important?
Your dreams are a direct connection to your body, mind, heart and soul. Therefore, working with them can help you achieve your ambitions. They can guide you where you need to go and accelerate your spiritual growth. For people who want to start this process of self-discovery, dream journaling is an excellent technique that can help you understand your dreams.
What to do before and during sleep
Keeping a dream journal isn’t just something you do after you sleep. In fact, paying attention to your mental state and preparing before bed can make your dream journal more successful and productive.
Focus on the art of dreaming
A common complaint people have about their sleep is “I never remember my dreams!” Many people wake up with a blank slate, with no memories of their dreams from the night before. If you are one of those dreamless sleepers, take note. One way to better remember your dreams is to consider their meaning. Serious. Think of your dreams as children who thrive when you know how precious they are. The more you focus on dreaming as a practice, the more you will remember.
To boost your memory, try diving into dream techniques and symbology before bed. Then, when you’re ready, try to implement these practices during your bedtimes. Read books on dream analysis, share your dreams with your partner or a close friend, and write down anything you remember (more on that later).
Prepare your journaling tools
Write or speak, that is the question. The best tools for dream journaling are a notebook and/or a smartphone (with voice-to-text or a recorder app). Although dream recording works for some people, verbalizing a dream can be overly stimulating, making it harder to go back to sleep if you wake up in the middle of the night. Alternatively, you could be recording a dream, but maybe your talk-to-text didn’t understand a word you said, or your recorded words are incomprehensible when you play them back. If something goes wrong, the results can be amusing but not very useful.
Either way, it’s important to see your dreams written down so you can review them later, as this is a great way to track your inner growth. If you choose to write your dreams directly onto paper, keep a book lamp attached to your chosen journal. This way you can see what you are writing without waking up your partner.
Set your intention to dream
Before going to sleep, write down your intention to remember your dream and say it out loud several times. After a few nights, your subconscious will get the message and present you with at least a dream fragment. Be patient. These fragments often contain important messages, and unlocking these pieces is the first step in recalling entire dreams in detail.
Focus on what you need from the dream
Do you have a burning question? Need to solve a problem or boost your creativity? Do you need spiritual guidance? Before bed, think about what you need, and then write down and verbalize your intention to be guided by your dreams. Alternatively, you could simply ask your subconscious or higher self to help you understand your life path or shed light on the next step in your personal growth.
Set an early alarm
If your dreams remain elusive, try setting your alarm for three to four hours after you go to bed. This increases the likelihood that you will be awakened from a full-fledged dream. The hour may feel godless, which is definitely a downside to this technique, but at least you have a dream to work with. You can always go back to sleep afterwards!
What to do after waking up
Now that you know the methods and techniques to try before and during the night, it’s time to think about what to do in the morning. Once you wake up, there are several key practices that can help you maximize the benefits of dream journaling.
Capture the details
Let’s say you wake up with a dream. The trick to remembering the details is to write or record the dream right away. This is very important. If you doze off or jump out of bed to get ready for work, chances are you’ll only remember snippets of the dream when you try to document it later. That said, if you find yourself in this situation, those scraps can still be important, so don’t ignore them. Be sure to incorporate them into your dream journaling practice as well. You will be surprised how meaningful these dream fragments can be!
Lock in your feelings
When you keep a dream journal, don’t just describe what happened in the dream itself. Be sure to include your feelings about the dream as well! Feelings often contain the central message of the dream. Drawing dream characters, perhaps in the margins, can give you additional insight. You don’t have to be an accomplished artist – just let your creativity flow onto the page, no matter what form it takes. You may be surprised by the fascinating images that emerge from your subconscious. Together, all of these clues can help you understand the messages of your dream.
Analyze your dream
There are many books and websites on dream interpretation. These can be great references for dream journaling if you need help. That said, while archetypal symbols certainly exist, you are still the most accurate interpreter of your own dreams. Only you can uncover the truth of what your dreams are telling you.
Upon waking up, document your immediate feelings and thoughts. Think about each person or action in the dream. Acknowledge your impressions, no matter how trivial or strange they seem. Your understanding may deepen later. Next, compare your dream to the waking world. What is happening in your life right now? A dream journal can help you understand a person or situation that has been troubling you. Trust these first impressions!
Dream Diary and You
Dream journaling is an art that needs to be nurtured and practiced. If you consistently document your dreams, they will reward you with vivid stories and characters that have deep messages. Keeping dream journals can help you better understand how your dreams reflect who you are and where you are going.
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