Rubin Naiman – Healing Sleep and Dreams

Outline

An Integrative Approach to Sleep and Dreams

• Objectives, outline, and approach
• Sleep and dream loss: The night fever model
• Sleep loss, inflammation, physical and mental health

The Nature of Sleep and Dreams

• We don’t get sleep because we don’t get sleep
• The science of sleep and REM sleep
• Rhythms: the power of when

The Big Picture: Cultural Factors Shaping Our Sleep

• The suppression of night, darkness, and melatonin
• The industrialization of everyday life
• Counterfeit energies and our resistance to rest

Understanding and Evaluating Major Sleep Disorders

• Screening and evaluation of sleep and dreams
• The presentation and etiology of insomnia
• Personal evaluation: Describe your “night stand”

Healing Sleeplessness and Insomnia

• The Noise Reduction Model: Taking and letting go of something to sleep
• Sleeping pill alternatives: Botanicals, nutraceuticals, melatonin
• Managing body, mind, and bed “noise”

Managing Body and Bed Noise

• The body in sleep: Gravity, heat, rest practices, stimulus control
• The princess and the pee: What really wakes us up at night?
• Your sleep environment: beds, bedding, and bedrooms

Managing Mind Noise

• Thoughts, beliefs, and meta-cognitions around sleep (CBT-I)
• A nonviolent approach to night, sleep, and dreams
• Sleeping together: The night side of relationships

Re-Writing Our Bedtime Story

• The art of spiritual surrender
• Where do you go when you go to sleep?
• Falling in love with sleep again

Understanding Dreams and Dreaming

• Dream interpretation, relation, and healing
• Bad dreams, nightmares, and shadow work
• The waking dream: Re-enchanting everyday life

The United States of Consciousness: Sleep & Dream Lessons for Waking

• Braid Theory: Toward a unified consciousness
• What is consciousness?
• On becoming practically conscious