nnWhat You’ll Discover in These 7 WeeksnCourse sessions are on Thursdays at Noon Pacific.nnIn this 7-week online journey, Toko-pa will guide you through the fundamental spiritual skills and competencies you’ll need to successfully discover dreamwork as an enduring and fulfilling path to living a life of meaning, with a deep sense of belonging — to yourself, others, and the world.nnEach weekly LIVE contemplation and training session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles of “dream courtship,” with an emphasis on the body as the first gate of dreaming, and learning how a somatic exploration of dreams can help bring their wisdom into your everyday life.nnModule 1: Dreaming Is NaturenHow Your Dreams Are in Service to Healing & Belonging (January 3)nnMost of us have been taught that our dreams are the products of our own minds. But as anyone who has plumbed their depths can testify, there is a much greater mystery at work. We begin this course by reframing dreams as Nature, inclining us towards healing and belonging.nnYou’ll explore the root causes of forgetting your dreams, and learn how the psyche works to retrieve the lost, devalued, and neglected aspects of the Self. As you engage in this process of remembership, you realize you’re also restoring belonging to your life.nnIn this module you’ll:nnLearn how dreaming is nature, naturing through us in service to our wellbeingnReveal the underlying reasons you forget, dismiss, and even denigrate your dreamsnDiscover how dreamwork can assuage your personal and collective feelings of loneliness and disconnectionnEngage in a courtship with your dreams as a potent practice for personal growth and connectionnRecognize longing as the sacred calling homewardnModule 2: The Art of CourtshipnPractices for Approaching the Mystery of Your Dreams (January 10)nnUnlike so many Indigenous cultures, we in the Western world have become disconnected from the Mythic Life. This loss contributes significantly to our personal and cultural loneliness. Even when we do work with our dreams, we are often taught an acquisitional approach, asking, “What does it mean for me?”nnCourtship is the art of circling in closer to the mystery, making yourself approachable so you might learn what the dream loves, what it longs for, and then moving your life in response to that longing.nnThis week, you’ll be introduced to Toko-pa’s method for “Courting the Dream” and discover why this leads to a more enduring and fulfilling relationship with your symbolic life.nnIn this module, you’ll:nnUnderstand how your longing to belong comes out of your separation from the Mythic LifenDiscover how myth, symbols, and dreams can enhance your lifenLearn a more engaging alternative to traditional dream analysisnBe introduced to Toko-pa’s 5 Keys for “Courting the Dream”nModule 3: Embodying the DreamnSomatic Practices for Integrating Your Dreams (January 17)nnThe body is the first gate of dreaming. Dreams are a biological imperative, and the emotions they inspire are somatic expressions. This is why in courting a dream, we need to do so with embodied presence.nnThis week, you’ll learn to listen to the communications of your body during dreamwork and allow its agreements and disagreements to guide your process. You’ll learn techniques for giving relevance to the invisible through dream journaling, somatic exploration, and walking in nature.nnIn this module, you’ll:nnLearn about the biological function and necessity of dreamsnExplore ways to ground your presence and involve your body in dreamworknPractice an embodied method for recording your dreams in greater detailnParticipate in a somatic exploration of a dreamnEngage with nature on integrative walks to enhance dreamworknnModule 4: The Architecture of DreamsnDiscover the Universal Patterns Underpinning Every Dream (January 24)nnDreaming is our mother tongue… but throughout the ages, we’ve forgotten how to speak this symbolic language.nnDreams are made up of metaphors, archetypes, and symbolic motifs that occur in every different culture around the world. When we learn these patterns, we can better understand our own dreams and their archetypal significance, which rescues our lives from randomness and gives us a map to follow. (Bring a journal and recent dream to work with.)nnIn this module, you’ll:nnRecognize key elements in every dream and use that knowledge to make effective associationsnLearn how the structure and arc of a dream can put you in touch with its meaningnDiscuss universal themes and tips for stepping out of recurring patternsnLearn how to engage your curiosity and follow the energy of a dreamnCircumnavigate the intellect to meet and tend to your animal heartnModule 5: Making the EncounternWorking With the ‘Dark Guests’ in Your Dreams (January 31)nnMany of us feel disconnected from each other, our ancestral roots, and even parts of ourselves. Throughout our lives, we are shaped by our consensus culture’s celebration of certain qualities, with more sensitive and creative traits often devalued, dismissed, or neglected. As a result, we become split off from those devalued parts of the Self, which can turn into shadow dreams, conflict in our relationships, and even illness in the body.nnThis week, you’ll learn how dark dreams are actually a validation of something that is ready to be healed.nnIn this module you’ll:nnExplore the origins of our alienation and how we became estranged from each other and ourselvesnLearn how to reframe nightmares and the so-called “negative emotions/images” as clusters of energy, striving to belong with usnDiscover how to approach a threatening dream to reveal its concealed medicinenWitness and participate in a real-time demonstration of dreamworknModule 6: Walking the DreamnConnection With the Holy in Nature Through Ritual & Reciprocity (February 7)nnDreams don’t always tell us which way to go, but ritual helps us live with that ambiguity. Once we have worked with a dream to reveal its teachings, it’s important that we take what we’ve learned and find a way to honor it in our waking lives.nnThis week, we’ll discuss ways to create ritual actions as a response to dreams to deepen our reciprocity with the holy in nature.nnIn this module, you’ll:nnWeave bridges from the wisdom of your dreams back to waking lifenCome to see dreamwork as a conversation with the holy in naturenUnderstand that when you create ritual, a greater intelligence will meet you halfwaynDevelop ritual tools and other methods for honoring your dreamsnnModule 7: We Are an EcosystemnGuidance for Cultivating Dreamwork Circles & Community (February 14)nnAn incredible thing happens when we come together in dream-sharing community. We quickly realize that the pieces we are working out as individuals are arising not just for our personal healing, but to serve the larger ecosystem as well.nnDreams require us to come together with vulnerability and authenticity so that we can discover what the circle can teach us as a whole. This process introduces us to a new model of leadership that is deeply needed in the world today.nnIn this module, you’ll:nnLearn how to transform your fears and hesitations about joining groups so you can participate in communitynDiscover how sharing dreams with others takes you into the heart of intimacy and belongingnDiscuss the role of dreaming and storytelling in creating a new culturenLearn how to start and sustain your own dream circle …nn