The Healing Language of Dreams

Awaken to the power of dreams in your daily life!

The Workshop:

All people dream but many people do not know how to understand these messages. This workshop is an opportunity to both learn about dreams from a Jungian perspective and to interact with your own dreams and the dreams of others. Dreams provide opportunities for us to find healing by exploring the images and symbols as a source of information given to us in liminal space. They are a convergence of the creativity of our minds, the energy of universal themes contained in archetypes, and the presence of luminous Spirit or God.

In this five-week workshop, you will learn some of the defining concepts of dream interpretation, the architecture Jung developed to understand the mind and spirit connection, the seven major types of dreams, tools to unpack your personal dreams, the practice of doing a dream group, leaning into a group dream, and the spiritual and religious nature of dreams.

This experience will be both didactic and interactive. Participants will be asked to bring and share dreams and to engage respectfully with the dreams of others. No dream is without merit. The foundational premise is that our dreams seek to help us heal, understand ourselves and the world, and connect us with the spiritual life.

Full participation in this workshop will provide participants with 1 CEU Credit (Continuing Education Unit Credit)

Dates: March 10, 17, 24, 31 and April 7, 1pm – 3pm

Cost: $140 ($28/class)
*Scholarships available. Contact Chris Waddle (cwaddle@mindspiritcenter.org) for more information.

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Registration: Contact Chris Waddle (cwaddle@mindspiritcenter.org) to learn more, or click below to register now. Registration deadline is March 3rd.

Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Mary Lautzenhiser Bellon

Dr. Bellon is a graduate of the Haden Institute Dream Leadership Program. Mary earned her Ph.D. in Personality and Theology at Claremont School of Theology, and has certificates in Trauma Recovery, Spiritual Direction, and Clinical Supervision. Mary also spent two years studying the Native American Sacred Pipe Ceremony. She currently is the Senior Pastor of Collegiate United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation in Ames, Iowa. Before coming to Ames, Mary served for twenty years as the Director of the Office of Pastoral Care and Counseling for the United Methodist Church. She continues to teach in the Licensing School for the UMC and for the Upper Midwest Course of Study Program. Mary has led dream groups since 2012 and has offered workshops in dreamwork for the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (now ACPE). She enjoys hiking, biking and swimming and during the pandemic finished the first draft of her first novel. She regularly practices contemplative prayer and meditation both individually and in a dedicated group. She is married to Steve Bellon and they have two dogs, Charlie, a beautiful Silver Lab, and Rocky, an unfortunate looking but extremely loving Puggle.