The Complete Book of Dreams: A Guide to Unlocking the Meaning and Healing Power of Your Dreams

by Stephanie Gailing

Overview

The Complete Book of Dreams offers holistic techniques to harness the healing potential of your sleep and dreams.
 
Uniquely written as both a reference and guidebook, it features an abundance of information and insights that detail the health-promoting role of sleep and dreams. Within it, you’ll also find a wealth of simple exercises and practical know-how designed to take your sleep and dreams to the next level.
 
In The Complete Book of Dreams, wellness consultant, teacher, and author Stephanie Gailing teaches you about sleep sanctification rituals, relaxation practices, flower essences, and other holistic approaches that will amplify your sense of well-being. To help you tap into the healing power of your dreams, you’ll discover a wide array of strategies to remember your dreams, as well as document and decode them. And if you want to help your children further connect to their sleep and dreams, you’ll find practices specifically designed for them. The book covers a spectrum of holistic topics to help you enhance your sleep and dreams, including:

• Sleep hygiene principles
• Relaxation practices 
• Herbs, essential oils, flower essences, and crystals
• How to transform your bedroom into a sleep sanctuary
• Tips for better dream recall
• Working with a dream journal
• The power of lucid dreaming
• How to create a dream group
• The astrology-inspired practice of AstroDreamwork
• Wisdom from the ancient dream temples
• And much more.

The Complete Book of Dreams is a timeless resource that you and your family will refer to again and again. It not only captures the essence of why dreams have been celebrated throughout history as vessels of wisdom and healing, but it’s also an easy-to-use guide that will transform your well-being. Whether you keep it on your coffee table or nightstand, The Complete Book of Dreams will help you connect to your dream life.

Elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated, the Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy references on a range of intriguing topics, including dream interpretation, techniques for harnessing the power of dreams, flower meanings, and the stories behind signs and symbols.

Also available in the series: Complete Book of Birthdays, Complete Language of Flowers, Complete Book of Dreams, and Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577152132
Publisher:	WellFleet Press
Publication date:	10/20/2020
Series:	Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia Series , #5
Pages:	228
Sales rank:	513,846
Product dimensions:	8.05(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Stephanie Gailing is a wellness consultant and modern mystic with more than 25 years of experience, and the author of The Complete Book of Dreams, The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care, The Astrological Self-Care Journal, and The Moon Book. Her unique approach weaves together compassion-based coaching, wellness strategies, dreamwork, and astrological insights to provide her clients with stellar life guidance. In addition to working directly with individuals, couples, and organizations throughout the world, Stephanie regularly teaches in-person and online classes, inspiring her audiences with insights and strategies to live a life of greater well-being. Within the constellation of classes she teaches are those that focus on astrology, as well as sleep and dreams. As the co-host of the “So Divine!” podcast, she is the resident astrologer at Healers, the onsite dream and astrology expert at Rise and Shine, and the astrologer-in-residence at The Cloud Room in Seattle. Her work on holistic well-being has been featured in Refinery 29, Bustle, Seattle Magazine, City Arts, AstroStyle, MindBodyGreen, The Fold, Huffington Post,King 5 News, Seattle Times, and other outlets. 

Stephanie’s entire career has been dedicated to health and wellness education. In addition to her current pursuits, her career in the field has included operating her own eco-products retail store, serving as a nutrition education consultant for companies in the natural products industry, and editing nutrition and natural lifestyle books. Stephanie holds a Certificate in EcoPsychology (Pacifica University), Advanced Diploma in Coaching (New York University), and an MS in Nutrition (Bastyr University). Stephanie lives in Seattle with her husband, Sebastiano.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Part I Sleep

Chapter 1 Exploring Sleep 23

Chapter 2 Enhancing Sleep 31

Chapter 3 Natural Remedies for Sleep 44

Chapter 4 Creating a Sleep and Dream Sanctuary 50

Part II Dreams

Chapter 5 The Dreaming Mind 63

Chapter 6 Dreaming Through Life 71

Chapter 7 The Array of Dreams 76

Chapter 8 Nightmares 84

Chapter 9 Lucid Dreams 97

Chapter 10 Somatic Dreams 107

Part III Dreamwork Practices

Chapter 11 Dream Incubation 121

Chapter 12 Recalling Your Dreams 131

Chapter 13 Documenting Your Dreams 140

Chapter 14 Using a Dream Journal 152

Chapter 15 Decoding Your Dreams 171

Chapter 16 Astro Dreamwork 184

Chapter 17 Natural Remedies for Dreaming 194

Part IV Inspiring Children's Dreams

Chapter 11 Children and Sleep 205

Chapter 12 Children and Dreams 210

Resources & Works Consulted 221

Acknowledgments 224

About the Author 225

Index 226