Conscious Dreaming: Embodied Wisdom through Liminal Dream Play
With Kimberly Mascaro, PhD
May 17 - 22, 2024
We are more than our ordinary, waking-life self.
Liminal dreaming has been long practiced by many as a way of exploring extraordinary states of mind, expanding creativity, managing anxiety, and developing intuition and inner-wisdom. Join Dr. Kimberly Mascaro at Hollyhock, for a generative and restorative experience while exploring the potential and possibility that exists at the intersections of our consciousness in dream and sleep states.
Everyone naturally experiences liminal dreams, but we often don’t realize we’re in a liminal state or how we can use these naturally altered states of consciousness, like hypnagogic (when we are falling asleep) and hypnopompic (when we are waking up) to benefit many different aspects of our life.
Liminal Dream Play is for anyone who would like to learn how to begin playing with liminal dream spaces, learning new ways of working creatively and enhancing their creative practice, and anyone wanting to connect deeper to their internal wisdom and intuition.
“Kim is a gifted teacher… She allows participants to explore their dreams in a safe space while seeking meaning and insight that usually leads to deep awareness on a higher level. As someone who has logged my dreams for decades, I was happy to learn more about the healing power of dreams from Kim—she is truly special.” – Deni, past participant
Program Highlights
- Participate in daily guided meditations and writing exercises.
- Partake in gentle movement, yoga nidra, and nature walks for increasing conscious awareness.
- Explore naturally induced dream-like states of consciousness like hypnagogia, hypnopompia, and yogic sleep.
- Learn which dream incubation methods are most effective for you and how to use them effectively.
- Design a personalized sleep hygiene ritual to optimize your dream time.
“Over the last year-and-a-half that I have been doing meditation with Dr. Mascaro…I feel more centered, grounded, and focused…Her meditation sessions have been a huge component of my healing journey, and I am truly grateful for her and this incredible gift she so lovingly shares.” – Nicole, past participant
This program is not recommended for people with certain mental health conditions, such as dissociative disorders or clinical depression. If you are unsure as to whether this program is suitable for you, please contact our registration team for more information about the program.
Daily Schedule
A detailed schedule will be available at least 2 weeks in advance of the program. View sample schedule here.
Presenter
Kimberly R. Mascaro, PhD, LMFT is a California licensed holistic psychotherapist, centering the spiritual, ecological, and the somatic. She is also a two-time nonfiction author, visual artist, meditation facilitator, and university faculty with over 20 years of professional experience in the field of mental-behavioral health. Dr. Kim is passionate about…
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