Pulse’s Edge
There are parts of our reality we don't speak of because they're too hard to explain. Parts of us we know about and ponder — how to bring resolution to them — though they exist without concrete form.
It could be the person you were once close with — and explaining what happened between you becomes frustrating because others don't understand your perspective without exhausting detail.
Art reaches these places. It allows what's human in us to be recognized without the exhausting explanations.
If you're a founder, a leader, or someone who'd rather just do the work yourself — you know this. You can't explain to others how you do what you do. You become frustrated when they don't grasp your logic, your way of moving. Stumped, you do it yourself.
This is where dreams come in. In Jungian oriented dreamwork, the dream is collective material. Everyone in the room is in the same field.
Imagine team meetings where each person shares a dream — held by a trained facilitator who can read what's psyche-relevant and what's not. In larger organizations, attention pays for itself when given to someone slipping out of presence — an employee who's leaving long before they've said so. Bring depth attention to the inner life of your team.
When intellect joins the creative, togetherness arises on its own. This isn't a retreat or a culture initiative. It's a basic tool — a way to bring a team into alignment without the apparatus.
When we begin to understand each other at this depth, the organism starts to function as one. It regenerates. Sometimes it finds where destruction needs to happen — information leadership can use as they think about the shape of the team, the seats people occupy, and the natural strengths each person brings.
This is the work I bring into organizations as Dream Standup.
I run Dream Standups on-site for organizations bringing dreamwork into their rhythm. Monthly, biweekly, or weekly depending on what your team needs.
Learn more about Dream Standup:
https://www.dreamsomatix.com/dream-standup
— Marilyn D. Manzi, LMFT
Founder, DreamSomatix™ | Creator of Dream Psychotherapy©