Tayria offers private dreamwork sessions
by telephone.
$50 for 45 minutes, $60 for one hour.
Tayria has recorded and worked with her own dreams in a serious way for more than 30 years, and during this time has worked closely with some of the most brilliant and talented dreamworkers in the field of depth psychology. She runs dream groups and gives lectures on dreams in various locations, including Asheville and Waynesville, North Carolina. If you want to work a dream that is intriguing you, or set up a regular schedule for paying attention to your dreams (this is highly recommended), or would like to ask questions about this work, please contact Tayria at tayriaw@sbcglobal.net or by telephone, 828-627-0755.
Why work with your dreams?
Sigmund Freud stated that “dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.” Just as an x-ray is a picture of the inner structure of the body, a dream is a snapshot of the inner structure of one’s unconscious inner state. An x-ray reveals areas in need of repair in the physical structure, as a dream demonstrates what is needed to bring one’s spiritual, psychological or even physical state into balance. To ignore dreams as meaningless is the same as, even worse than, ignoring an accurate diagnosis necessary for the healing and treatment of the physical body.
The Torah states that an uninterpreted dream is the same as an unopened letter.
History shows that for millennia dreams have been valued as accurate guides for conscious life. Pharaohs and kings employed gifted dream interpreters to help make decisions on behalf of their realms. Even the Judeo-Christian Bible offers numerous examples of dreams that informed and guided its characters. Einstein received his theory of relativity in a dream. Many of the world’s great composers first heard their greatest masterpieces in dreams. Paul McCartney received the song, “Let It Be” in a dream.
In the last century, especially since the work of the great psychoanalytic pioneers Freud and Jung received respect and attention, the field of depth psychology has developed tremendous insight into the efficacy of consistent recording and work with our dreams. Any conscious image that we have of ourselves as individuals is grossly incomplete. There is a vast realm of unconscious material that drives and motivates our perceptions and behaviors, affecting every level of our thought, emotions and health, thereby creating our inner and outer reality. Every dream offers invaluable assistance in making conscious that which is unconscious in our nature, thereby allowing us to consistently alter and improve our everyday life and affairs.
Learning the language of dreams takes help, attention and focused application – similar to what is required to learn the nuances of any foreign language. But as this language is explored and learned, every individual has the opportunity to discover the deepest truths about himself or herself, the real self that is too often unknown, hidden beneath the self we have constructed to fit into our family, social and intellectual world.