Using a Dream Journal

One of the most important tools you can have at your disposal when working with your dreams is a dream journal. Dream Journaling is essential in dream recall and dream interpretation. I personally use several dream journals which helps me a great deal. I keep a small notepad by my bedside, so that when I wake up I can just grab it and write some key things from my dream so that as I continue about my morning rituals, I don’t forget them. I can look back at it later and pick up where I left off.

The idea is to get in the habit of jotting down whatever you remember first thing and making it convenient, if you have to go searching for pen and paper, not only do you tend to forget some of your dream, you really will not want to be bothered!

The second Dream Journal I keep is more a little more detailed, and a larger book, I often refer to the notes in my bedside dream journal and fill in any other recollections that I have had during the day. Another important feature of my dream journal is that I use it for my interpretation of my dreams. While there are many ways to do this: (see our free journal page downloads) I have been working with my journal set up where the left is dedicated to recollection and the right side is dedicated to interpretation. I always date my entries and even when I haven’t recalled anything, I write that down as well.

Dream journaling is so helpful, when you keep your jounal, you can look back to see if there are any patterns, for example, one of my clients recently submitted her dream journal for review and we discovered that the day before she begins her menstrual cycle she has had almost the same dream over the last 6 months, DREAMMM??? On the seventh month, it was indicated that the dream, while still along the same lines, was noticeably different, and on the eighth month, it again was along the same line but again it was different then the first six and even different that the seventh, it was after reviewing that along with several other interpretations she realized she was pregnant! Upon that realization, she was amazed that her dreams had been aware of and had been expressing to her these life changes that were taking