It’s Sleep-In Dream Time Challenge Weekend.
Happy Friday! To all delightful dreamers and creators at Where Heaven and Earth Meet. I have a challenge for you this weekend, but before I go into that, I ask you; How much dream time do you lose when you are on your normal sleep schedule of 5 or 6 hours a night?
So did you calculate how much dream time you are missing on five or six hours of sleep a night? If you figured the logical answer of around 25-30% you are logically correct. However, our dream time mostly happens during REM phases of sleep, and the few hours before waking from an 8 hour sleep cycle, the REM is very bountiful. And if you are only sleeping five or six hours a night instead of eight hours means about 75% more or less of your dream time being lost.
And scientists have confirmed that 8 hours of sleep is a natural amount most people need to stay healthy. For me, personally, I truly cannot think clearly and I get irritated quickly at the most silly things when I get less than seven hours. I can sleep easily 9 hours but 8 hours is on par with normal for me too. Lately, I have been experiencing ’bouts of insomnia and that has interrupted my dream time and dream recall. Oh and then there are those times that we (I) have interrupted sleep, such as bad dreams or nightmares waking us up and then we are not able to go back to sleep easily. Or at all. And of course, sometimes just waking up for no reason, really. Maybe to go to the bathroom then I get back in bed and there I am laying there……….laying there….. counting my blessings but losing dream time and precious sleep. (Sometimes…I am thinking of every thing I have to do, or problems or having random argument in my head whether to just get up or keeping laying here trying to go to sleep for another 2 hours.. anybody??)
OK so now hopefully, I have given you the 411 regarding missing out on the health benefits of a full nights sleep but if you are getting less than eight hours sleep and missing out on your dreaming and then the opportunity to receive messages and interpreting the messages – meaning you are missing out on possible solutions to problems, health warnings, inspirations, or prophecies your subconscious mind has to tell you. I mean you are missing out on a lot of good, lovely and helpful messages!
Here is the Sleep-In Dream Time Challenge:
I am putting this out now so that you could start this weekend. However, you can do this when you have the opportunity and desire to take the Sleep-In Dream Time Challenge. Being fully aware that many of us have busy lives and full of schedules, to-do lists and life responsibilities such as – some of us are new parents taking care of a precious baby and getting sleep in general seems like a dream in and of itself! Or some of us are care givers to our aging parent and the same applies. And then there are some of us that have anxiety issues, insomnia etc. that again, sleep is elusive. Lastly, maybe none of these situations apply to you and you are able to commit to one weekend, or one week of going to bed early with your intention and clock set for sleeping 8 hours a night consecutively for 3 or 7 nights. For a super baby steps try for just one night!
Set your intention
make the commitment.
Write it down. Follow through.
Make it fun: Go out and purchase a new notebook for this challenge, create a “dream date night” ritural for yourself; take a nice warm bath with aromatherapy, fresh night clothes, fresh clean bed linens and silence your phone and don’t play on it once you are in bed. Settle in and get relaxed. Sleep well.
When you wake up the next morning be sure that you have allowed time for you to write down your dreams in your notebook. It maybe and more than likely will be just fragments, feelings, colors, an object or place…whatever stands out immediately write it down. Don’t filter yourself. Don’t worry about penmanship. Sometimes, if I don’t have words I sketch out a scene (LOL stick figures count). I add notes to clarify my sketch too for when I come back later to work on its meaning/message.
In your notebook, you should date each dream. You may want to write a question or inquiry for guidance at the top of the page. If you do this, before you sleep as you drift off, tell yourself, “I will remember all I am supposed to remember regarding this___________________(whatever you have inquired about)”. In the morning, again, just write what you have immediately on your mind. Don’t filter, don’t judge. You want everything down then you will go back later and interpret the meaning.
If you wake up after 7 hours or 6 hours, stay in bed, I mean if you have to do the bathroom thing by all means go! But then get back in bed and snuggle down; you will be surprised at how quickly you go back to sleep.
Benefits of your Sleep-In Dream Time Challenge:
1.) More alert and ready to take on your day. Revived and refreshed.
2.) Feeling more balanced and thinking clearly
3.) Your skin and aura more bright and dark under eye circles gone
4.) Improved mood and positive attitude – less irritability experienced.
5.) Insights from your dreams. Inspired to take action on something new.
6.) Improve your dream recall and interpretation skills.
7.) Increased creativity.
Happy Dreaming!
Cherie