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About a year ago, I used to wake up every morning feeling stiff and achy with numbness and prickly sensations in my legs and toes. After months of discomfort, I finally decided to do something about it. I realized the culprit is my ageing mattress, which had sagged around the lumbar area and caused my spinal discs to compress and irritate my sciatic nerves.   According to conventional wisdom, I should get a new mattress; however, I did not want to send my old mattress to the landfill, knowing how wasteful and environmentally harmful it is. I opted for an alternative solution, which...

By Bei Linda Tang, January 21, 2020 Although most people think of dreams as random and meaningless, recent scientific studies have shown that dreams contain authentic, relevant, and timely psychological insights that are invaluable in balancing mental health. Children tend to have more dreams than adults.  It’s common for children to have vivid dreams about monsters or scary animals and wake up feeling very upset. Due to the lack of knowledge and awareness about dreaming, most parents will comfort their children by saying that dreams aren’t real and then proceed to change the subject. Though they mean well, their approach...

Nightmares commonly occur to those experiencing PTSD, anxiety, depression, and habitual anger. They are the most intense dreams because they reveal the most daunting memories and unconscious feelings.      Treating nightmares through dreamwork is a natural and effective approach in overcoming underlying psychological issues.   Learn how you can help yourself or a loved one through dreamwork with Dr. Leslie Ellis, Vancouver-based psychotherapist, teacher, and author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy: Implementing Simple and Effective Dreamwork.   She will present "Stopping the Nightmare: How to work with dreams that terrify us" on November 2 at Dream Salon...

Let's Talk Dream Meetups help people from all walks of life to meet and talk about their dreams in a supportive small group setting under the guidance of Dr. Leslie Ellis, a Vancouver based psychologist and author who specializes in dreamwork therapy.  Dreaming is a healthy, natural, and useful function of our being. Dreams help us solve problems, evaluate relationships, process memories, and flush out emotional issues. Sharing dreams with others allows each participant to gain insights into their dreams and connect with others in meaningful and in-depth dialogues.At each Dream Salon Meetup, there will be 4-6 participants (including the facilitator)...

By Linda Tang, Owner/Creative Director of Dream Designs We've all been told to follow our dreams.  But what happens if we don't have one?  Oftentimes people claim they don't dream or dream very infrequently.  Recent scientific studies have proved this to be false.  On average healthy human beings have 3-6 dreams each night and spend close to 6 years of our entire lives dreaming. When I first woke up this morning I thought I didn't have any dreams last night.  But after laying in bed for a few minutes, I started to realize that I did indeed have a dream, quite a complex...

Most people think of dreams as free entertainment or useless nonsense, but scientific advancements in the last 15 years have revealed dreams to be a powerful and accessible source of learning, creativity, and mental well-being.  Find out how dreams can improve different aspects of your life.