Dreamwork as Shadow Work: Alchemizing Fear Into Empowerment
Nightmares are grist for shadow work, as they bring attention to the healing that is being called for in our waking lives, in our ancestral lineages, and in our collective. The dreams, even if scary, hold the medicine. If we are bold enough, facing our fears can become a source of empowerment.
By identifying the message beneath our ancestral, collective, and personal fears, we can access the wisdom that is often locked within our nightmares. We create an opportunity to recognize our personal and ancestral strength, especially when it comes to surviving challenges. We have the ability to heal ourselves and apply what we’ve learned into our physical reality -- that is the shadow work that we can do with our dreams.
In this workshop, we will share plants, ritual, and practices that help us physically and spiritually navigate the dream realm to engage in deep shadow work. We will explore ways to protect ourselves while dream journeying, cleanse ourselves of stagnant/heavy energy, and alchemize fear into empowerment from our dreams to our waking lives.
Materials List:
Herbal Tea/Nutritive Fusion
Other
Boiling water
Teapot
*Optional additions to the tea bath include: sea salt, epsom salt, oils, fresh herbs, crystals, fruits such as lemon/orange for clarity, cleansing, joy.
Plants/Herbs
California poppy
Basil
Nettle
Lavender
About Vivian Mac
and Tiffany McKelvy:
Vivian Mac is a spiritual herbalist and founder of Willow’s Touch, which provides dream-inspired, mind-body-spirit remedies that support you with being in touch with who you are, in order to heal yourself and take inspired action in the world. Willow’s Touch came to her in a vivid dream, where she saw a willow tree with leaves gently swaying over pastel blue water, and then heard “willow’s touch” before waking up. Now a graduate of the Sacred Vibes apprenticeship program, Vivian continues to expand her understanding of herbalism through Chinese medicine, dreamwork, meditation, reiki, astrology, yoga, qigong, and Thai bodywork, all of which inform her practice.
Tiffany McKelvy is a witch, a therapist and an artist. After graduating from Level III of the Sacred Vibes Apprenticeship, she founded Love Child Botanix. Love Child is a small brand that endeavors to deliver botanical magic in many forms, all with a focus on pleasure, play, passion, and personal power. Her work centers on helping people achieve balance through waging a campaign of personal liberation from anything that robs us of the potential to reach -- and be -- our highest selves. Tiffany is a student of nature, her ancestors, and her highest self. It is through her connection with these forces that she is able to create spaces centered on healing, both for herself and others.