CREATIVE DREAMWORK
Dreams are practical gifts that help us to identify what in our selves and our lives is seeking to be recognized, understood, and transformed. Through paying attention to our dreams, we can hone in on our deep purpose, clarify relationship issues and questions, co-create the meaningful and rich lives we know we’re capable of living, and help us experience greater physical health and psycho-spiritual wholeness.
My approach to dreamwork is a combination of archetypal and projective dreamwork, applied imagination, embodiment, active dreaming, expressive art approaches to dreams and dreaming, and the transpersonal resonance of archetypes, myths, and symbols. I facilitate individual dreamwork processes as well as collective dreamwork in groups.
Individual Dreamwork
Explore the images, experiences, language, and messages from your dreams and the collective unconscious.
Discover the many layers of meaning in your dreams and allow the unconscious to lead you to greater health and wholeness through an intentional imaginal journey guided by your dreams.
Collective Dreamwork – Dream Circles
Working with dreams in a group is a highly beneficial practice for honoring and learning from the wisdom of our dreams. In collaborative dreamwork, with curiosity and respect, the shared perspectives of others help us to illuminate vital messages and personal truths essential to our creating and sustaining a richer and more inspiring life.
In dreamwork circle, dreamers gather together to explore the many layers of meaning in dreams, individually and collectively, to learn more about the various approaches to dreamwork, to tap into the wider and deeper dimensions of human experience, and to experience the abounding gifts of group work.
Creative Dreamwork Online Training
Beyond material for analysis and interpretation, dreams are portals to the unconscious, intuition, new possibilities, precognition, and other dimensions beyond what our waking consciousness is able to grasp. Learn tools, techniques, and strategies to engage and enhance your dreamtime experiences and develop a deeper relationship to your visionary, omnipresent, mystic self.
CREATIVE DREAMWORK TRAINING & ONLINE DREAM CIRCLES are offered four times per year, with start dates in January, April, July, and October.
“Wilka is a gifted dreamworker. Every time I have a chance to work with her, I am amazed and surprised by her intelligence and a wide variety of skill sets. Among her many talents and beautiful qualities, I especially appreciate her clarity, creativity, intuition, and authenticity. By working with her, I always find a piece of information that has been missing in my life as if she lights up my blind spot. There have been so many ‘aha’ moments that she helped me to have while we were working together on my both dreaming and waking life experiences. She is the person I trust when I want to explore the deeper meaning of what is happening in my life. I highly recommend her work for those who are seeking to have new awareness, and ready to transform their life in a magical and colorful way!”
– Sakura N., San Francisco, USA
Creative Dreamwork Journal Workshop
In this workshop we learn about dreamwork hygiene, journal keeping, our personal dream symbol inventory, and all the aspects and elements to pay attention and record for maximum benefit of our dreamwork.
We learn about dream allies and moon cycles, and how to best engage them for intentional dreamwork, dream incubation, and waking dreams. We learn also how to plan, execute, and keep track of our experiments with dream allies and the phases of the moon.
Creative Approaches to Dreamwork Workshop
This Introduction to Creative Dreamwork Workshop offers a variety of creative approaches to working with dreams both individually and in groups. Within the structure of the dream circle, we will explore individual dreams through these various approaches as our dreams require it, and discover and expand upon the multiple layers of meaning in our dreams. In this way we find new ways of relating to our dream riddles and metaphors, which in turn facilitate new ways of being, perceiving, relating, experiencing, and manifesting in our waking life.
Dream Talisman Creation Workshop
To prepare for this workshop, we pay attention to dream wisdom to guide us in understanding our current unconscious healing journey. We collaborate with dreammaker and the unconscious to receive instruction about what will support our current growth process, and from this we develop a design and plan for fabrication of a sterling silver dream talisman—no previous silversmithing experience required. The dream talisman serves as key between the sleeping and waking worlds, and the transpersonal practice of making physical that which comes to us from dreamtime realms is a powerful gesture that supports the conscious, physical manifestation of the work of the unconscious.
“Working with Wilka in the past year has been a great transformation for me. This experience has been so different than other therapists I have worked with. Working with dreams allowed me for the first time to realize the small, incremental changes in my consciousness. It gave me a reference point to where I was, what I want to heal from, and how I am dealing with current life situations. Understanding these, gave me a boost of hope and acknowledgment that was essential during my healing process while going through a challenging life transition. Wilka is kind hearted, genuine, and intuitive. I’ve learned immensely from her holistic approach.“
— Amal M., Saudi Arabia