We will be having our first meeting of the Atlanta Dream Collective on August 24th @ Panera Bread, 1625 Mt Vernon Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338.  We will start @ 7 p.m.  Of course, we will talk about dreams!  We will also discuss logistics about future meetings, locations, and frequency of meetings.

Dear friends, we have a lot of suggestions for possible meeting locations, so I am going to list them here.  You can email me or text me with what makes the most sense for you.  Also, let me know the best day of the week.  This would be for the first meeting.  When we get together in person we can have more of a conversation about next meetings!

Indoor:
-public library.  Dekalb 10 a.m. - 8  p.m. Monday and Tuesday.  10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Wednesday through Saturday.
-public library Fulton.  Monday and Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
-Golden Drops 7 am - 5 p.m.
-Sweet Hut Midtown, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
-Panera Dunwoody 630 a.m. to 9 p.m.
-Atlanta Bread Company, Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
-Barnes and Nobles, various locations.  close @ 8 p.m. Sundays and 9 p.m other days.  Midtown location closes @ 6.

outdoor:
Lullwater Preserve
Abernathy Greenway
Grant Park

I will be using an adaptation of the Ullman technique at the Mystic South conference as well at the Celebrating Life Gathering @ the Common Woods.  Here follows an outline of how I will adapt the Ullman technique and then a description.

I. Introductions and brief remarks and guidelines
II. Grounding exercise
III. Dream share
IV. Selection and Clarification Round with active imagination.
V. Jungian Amplification
VI. Action steps

I. Guidelines will be explained further below.
II. We will participate in a basic somatic body scanning meditation accompanied by drumming or singing bowl.  This is in preparation for the sharing / active imagination round.
III. Depending on number of participants, ideally every single person will have a change to share a dream and other participants will envision what is being shared as if it was their own experience, using active imagination.  During this round there will be no interruptions.  If there is a large group of participants, each person will share only the title of a dream.
IV. During this round, we will select a dream randomly to discuss, as long as the dreamer consents.  Other participants will ask questions of the dreamer in order to get a clear picture of the dream, for the purposes of active imagination.
V. During this round, participants will give their personal responses to the dream as if it were their dream.  Remarks will be prefaced by "if I had this dream" or "as my dream", etc.  There will be no personal remarks directed towards the dreamer.  Responses will be drawn from the collective unconscious (archetypes, mythology, symbolism, etc.)
VI. The dreamer will give their response and consider any future action step.

Dr. Thomas Yun will be facilitating a collective dream work experience at Mystic South on July 15, 2023.  For more information about Mystic South please click here.
Dr. Yun will use methods from instruction from the Institute for Dream Studies that will allow for a group process to avoid projections.  Using a group process we will seek common themes which connect the community.  In these times, our conscious minds can easily divide us from one another and even ourselves, but our subconscious draws from the same source.
Dr. Yun is a board-certified psychiatrist who practices at a charity clinic in Atlanta, GA.
To learn more about the Institute for Dream Studies click here.
For those interested in participating in an ongoing dream work group please email [email protected]
For additional resources from the International Association for the Study of Dreams please click here.
​-original painting by Debra Dee

Due to recent CDC recommendations about gatherings for the next eight weeks, we will be postponing the Dream Collective Film and Art Festival, date TBD.

     We are seeking submissions to the short film competition.  Please click here for details on how to submit your short film!
     A four person jury will award cash prizes of $800 for Grand Prize, $400 for 2nd place, and $200 for 3rd place.
     (Promotional art courtesy of Anne Emerson Hall @ annehallstudio.com)

The Dream Collective Film and Art Festival will take place on May 1, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Kudzu Art Zone, 116 Carlyle Street NW, Norcross, GA 30071.  There will be a short-film competition with cash prizes.  The featured artist will be Carina Earl.  The featured filmmaker will be Victoria Peralto Cruz.