Marieke McKenna is a philosopher and historian with Scottish & Irish roots, based in The Netherlands. She has a deep love for nature, music, writing, creative expression and people.
In this webinar, ahead of the launch of her 6-module course on dreams, new Advaya teacher and dream researcher Marieke McKenna will discuss ways in which to engage with your dreamworld that will enhance your relationship to your mind, emotions, creativity and spirituality.
About this webinar
We spend an average of 6.5 years of our life dreaming. Nevertheless, the function of dreaming and the potential value and application of dreaming receives relatively little attention from contemporary Western society: much is still to be studied and understood by science and psychology. By touching upon various ancient as well as contemporary cultural traditions, cutting edge neuroscience and technology as well as age-old spiritual practices, Marieke will shed light on what she believes to be the enormous untapped potential of voyaging into innerspace: dreaming.
She will guide us through various approaches, schools of thought and techniques that can help cultivate a meaningful relationship to our dreams, in a way that is accessible and easy to maintain. These range from dream journaling techniques, Tibetan dream yoga and Yoga Nidra, somatic embodiment practices, neuroscience-lab tested lucid dreaming induction methods, dream incubation, dream-state inducing herbs and substances, as well as futuristic dream tech.. Furthermore, she will discuss dream interpretation, symbolism and insight from Jungian psychoanalysis. To conclude, we will raise the question how dreaming might influence not just the individual, but communities or society at large.
What You'll Learn
Approaches that will help you remember and document your dreams
Various practices that can help you engage with your dreams in a way that feels meaningful to you
Insight into different cross-cultural approaches to dreamwork, including spiritual and creative practices
An overview of the latest insights provided by cutting edge neuroscience and sleep and memory research
A way of thinking about dreams that does not reduce them to ‘a mere random firing of neurons’
Tips to start your own dream group with friends, family or kin.
About your teacher
Marieke McKenna is a philosopher and historian with Scottish & Irish roots, based in The Netherlands. She has a deep love for nature, music, writing, creative expression and people.
Marieke McKenna is a philosopher and historian with Scottish & Irish roots, based in The Netherlands. She has a deep love for nature, music, writing, creative expression and people.
Within academia, Marieke works on (process)metaphysics, phenomenology, physics, consciousness studies, (ethno)musicology, ecological thinking, mythology and history of art. Her most recent research focuses on historical, cross-cultural, scientific and philosophical perspectives on dreaming. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach she strives to gain a deeper and more holistic understanding of the spectrum of consciousness, currently focusing on the phenomenology of dreaming (which is related to daydreaming, ideation, and creativity).
Outside academia, Marieke, who is based in The Netherlands, works as an artist, creative entrepreneur, curator, consultant and award-winning programme maker, frequently exploring the intersection of academic and artistic research. She has her own music radio programme on Dutch National Radio 2, is a DJ, runs record label Mink Records (est. 2016), and works as a teacher at various conservatoires and universities.
