Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding Your Soul's Wisdom

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Dreams are the most profound and puzzling activities of the soul, and each dream gives up its secrets in different ways. Modern Dreamwork is a hands-on guide to several different approaches for interpreting your dreams so you can work through difficult issues with confidence knowing that you re in tune with the wisest parts of yourself. After exploring simple steps to improve your dream recall and your ability to dream about specific questions, author Linda Yael Schiller shares three unique approaches to interpretation: the Integrated Body Approach, the PARDES method, and the Guided Active Imagination Approach (GAIA). These methods can be used by anyone, regardless of spiritual background, making this the perfect book for those who yearn to work with their dreams for healing, purpose, and creative insights.

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"Wonderfully written with numerous techniques to uncover the treasure inside your dreams, Linda Schiller's new book will bring you home to the beating heart of your inner wisdom."--Robert Waggoner, author of Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self

"Rarely do we find a writer like Linda who makes the subject of dreams both accessible for novices and enriching for experts. She opened my eyes to new avenues for dream exploration and interpretation, and that's saying something considering that I've studied the subject from all angles during the past twenty-five years!"--J.M. DeBord, author of The Dream Interpretation Dictionary

"A brilliant look at the role of dreams in our everyday lives and how dreams can be used to inform healing, creativity, and spiritual growth. Helping professionals seeking a way to aid clients through dream work will undoubtedly benefit from the many examples presented here. The general reader will find a path to deeper understanding of personal consciousness."--Jean Campbell, editor of DreamTime and author of Group Dreaming

"In Modern Dreamwork, Linda Yael Schiller takes us on a scintillating trip into the luminous and deep world of dreams and shows us how to 'dream ourselves home' to the hidden core of our being. Weaving together the bright threads of dreams, myths, archetypes, and stories, Modern Dreamwork illuminates ways of accessing the spiritual wisdom of our night-time dreams."--Dr. Clare Johnson, author of Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming

"Linda seems to be right here in the room, talking to us about our dreams and bringing us deeper into their mystery with friendliness, warmth, humor, and expertise. She welcomes us whole-heartedly to enter a dream as if it is a friend that has been waiting for our whole lives to be noticed."--Julie Leavitt, D.Min., BC-DMT, LMCH, adjunct professor at Lesley University and spiritual director at Hebrew College

"Gentle, wise, and creative in its approach, Modern Dreamwork draws on science while still honoring the mystery and mysticism of the dreaming mind. Schiller invites the reader onto the yellow brick road of dreamwork to come home to the true heart inside of every dreamer."--Tzivia Gover, author of The Mindful Way to a Good Night's Sleep

"Modern Dreamwork is deeply learned, compellingly user-friendly, and written by someone with a profound faith in the intelligence of the subconscious."--Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life

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LINDA YAEL SCHILLER, MSW, LICSW (Watertown, MA), is a psychotherapist, consultant, supervisor, and trainer. Linda facilitates a group dream circle, provides individual consultation, and trains professionals on working with dreams. She has designed several innovative methods for dreamwork. In addition to her professional counseling work with dreams, she has been involved with a regular dream-sharing group for more than thirty years. www.LindaYaelSchiller.com