Category: Denise

(Sunday, June 5, 2016) new moon Gemini / tarot: moon

Because I experienced sleep paralysis in the last few days, I searched for podcasts by Ryan H of the IASD. He has written several books on the subject. I really enjoyed his presentation last year in Virginia Beach at the dream conference.

I found a great interview on a website called Shattered Reality. Two smart women conducted the podcast with Ryan. Later, I signed up for his email newsletter and perused his site (dreamstudies.org). I found a post from April on tornado dreams, which I have had since 1965 (I was 8), and Ryan has had since about the same age. I had to laugh out loud at the synchronicity. Just a few hours earlier I had shown Chris a video of the 1965 tornado damage that was posted on the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook page.

Ryan is very down to earth. I particularly liked his statement about “grassroots dream groups” and how they assist everyone on the planet in being able to dream more often and more deeply.

Day notes

I wrote a short email to Ryan and he replied! And today I purchased some of his ebooks and audio recordings.

When I opened a spirituality magazine at Dr. Seaverson’s office yesterday, the first full-page ad was from the Monroe Institute in Virginia and described their “Hemi-Sync” (hemispheric synchronization) music recordings, also called binaural beats. I have loved those for awhile, Sabine introduced me to them in Santa Fe, but I did not know that they are designed to synchronize brain hemispheres.

So last night I found one I liked on the Insight Timer app on my phone, and then another on YouTube Red. I was listening in bed with my earbuds on, and fell into sleep paralysis. Which is not unusual, I have experienced that since childhood, but this time there was no imagery associated with the paralysis. All I saw were flashing lights, mostly blue and white. Electrical currents were mildly shocking my body. It was quite difficult to extricate myself from the paralysis, and even after I had, I could still feel the effect of the electrical waves. I fell immediately into normal sleep, and dreamt all night.

(Saturday, June 4, 2016) new moon Gemini / tarot: ten of wands reversed

Yesterday morning I went to my intro appointment at a holistic dentist in Hopkins, Tooth By The Lake. When waiting in the lobby I was delighted by the magazines: no golf or glamour pubs, but magazines about yoga, health and spirituality. I picked up a magazine on spirituality (I wish I could remember the title as I have never seen it before). I started to read an article describing the healing properties of birch water, which is tapped in the spring, the same time as maple sap. I have such an affinity for the beautiful birch. Three varieties grow in my yard: white paper, river and red birch. A favorite memory is of the time as a child I used to cross country ski at Springbrook Nature Center, near where I grew up. There was a path that ran between a birch forest on one side and an oak forest on the other. That felt sacred.

I was called by the hygienist before I was able to finish reading about the healing properties of birch water. But, amazingly, the long hallway leading to the dental stations was covered in wallpaper patterned like a birch forest. All of the photos and art on the walls were of birch trees!

I had a long and detailed interview with Dr. Seaverson. We created a year-long schedule, including financing, so that all of the mercury fillings I have had since childhood can be removed. He gave me two books about mercury and holistic dentistry. I left his office feeling like a healing is on its way for me.