Jan Dean
Jan Dean, Ph.D. is a psychologist, yoga teacher, artist, and passionate student of the dream. She brings to her dreamwork practice decades of spiritual exploration and psychological training including, the Pathwork, Iyengar Yoga, Focusing, and Conscious Femininity. She has formally and informally worked with a variety of dream teachers. After ten years working with dreams in a more interpretive, analytic dream group, she began to yearn for a more intimate exploration of her dreams. She then discovered Natural Dreamwork, a more embodied approach. After seeing how Natural Dreamwork allowed her to delve deeper into her own dreams, she decided to train as a practitioner. She loves helping people bring their dreams to life by stepping into and alongside their felt experience, exploring their dreamscape. As a psychologist, she also integrates a sensitivity and knowledge of trauma-informed care to her sessions.
Blog Posts by Jan Dean
Dreams of our Departed
An area our dreams can be helpful is in the area of grief and loss. There are many reasons the departed might show up in our dreams, a reassurance, a message, a deep healing.Our dreams can offer us a renewed relationship with those who have crossed over.
Dream Medicine
A question that might be asked at the beginning of working with a new dreamer is “What is your greatest issue?” When I reflect on this, a dream I had ten years ago comes to mind and demonstrates how dreams often highlight our challenges and simultaneously offer opportunity for healing.
Your Heart’s Desire
As Valentine’s Day approaches, I’m reflecting on how my Natural Dreamwork process continues to be like a divining rod, calling me home. As a yogini, I’m drawn to the Hindu notion that within each of us lies an actual center of spiritual consciousness called the lotus of the heart, where the Self dwells. Our dreams can lead us there.