THE DREAM WELL
One-to-One Dream-Tending Session
‘And with the marvel of the vision I awoke from my sleep, and from that to this day, I cannot let the marvel of the dream out of my memory.’
Gwenddydd, speaking to her brother, Myrddin (Merlin)
i BELIEVE…
Dreams are the streams of communication between you and your soul. When you tend to the dream well, you open yourself up to your night twin, to your soul—the wisest guide you have for this life.
You are born with what our ancestors called a dán, an inner-calling that desires to be lived into. Dreams are the wayshowers towards your dán.
You come from a rich lineage of Celtic dreaming. From ancient star temples like Newgrange to dreaming tales, wisdom, and guidance in Celtic mythology and folklore, to ancestral dream incubation practices like imbas forosnai, we can trace a culture of dreaming that is not lost and is ours to reclaim.
The Well
‘I know this path by magic not by sight.
Next morning when I come home quite unkempt
I cannot tell what happened at the well.’
From Dublin Poet, Paula Meehan’s ‘Well’
In Celtic mythology, wells are places of liminality, portals to the Otherworld, gateways into The Dreaming. Ireland is home to an astonishing 3,000 sacred wells. We have a long-held ritual tradition of circumambulation, walking around the well both deiseal (sunwise) and tuathal (widdershins), to activate the healing intelligence of the well.
Circumambulation is used in Jungian approaches to dreamwork, where the dream is honoured as a sacred well, a site where we circle the energy sunwise and widdershins, winding up into consciousness and winding down into the unconscious, to illuminate the healing message of the dream, as our ancestors did for aeons.
When Goddess Bóinn, the great ‘White Cow’ (pictured in the oracle card above), goes to the Well of Segais, which is surrounded by nine hazel trees whose magical hazelnuts fall into the mouths of the well’s mystical salmon, she walks around it thrice widdershins. Through her circumambulation, Bóinn’s previous identity is sacrificed and she is transformed into a river that flows out of the Otherworld into our world, what we know today as the River Boyne, liberating a new lifeforce. Entering into devotion with the dreamtime can bring ego-sacrifice, but by cultivating respect, awe, and patience, it will ultimately lead to transformation.
It is the way of the soul.
Are you ready to walk this sacred way with your dreams and your ancestors?
‘By illuminating our inner life, dreams bring “our story” to us at night when our ego is asleep.’
Benig Mauger, The Soul and the Sea
Your Dream Well
My vision for this work is threefold: to support you in deepening your relationship with your dreams as sacred messengers from your soul, to help you cultivate pathways towards your dán, your soul’s calling for this life, and to reconnect you with the rich Celtic dreaming traditions that are your birthright.
A Dream Well session is 60 minutes long hosted on Zoom. You will bring a dream to share (you can share this in advance when booking if you desire), which we will bless from the well and give life to through a combination of dreamwork, mythwork, and bodywork to illuminate its guidance for your life at this time.
In the Irish tradition, we have the Anam Chara, the ‘Soul Friend’, who walks this soul path alongside us. Brigid, Goddess and Saint, is said to have revealed, “Anyone without a soul friend is like a body without a head”, for the head was the home of the Celtic soul. I approach this work with reverence as an Irish woman, a Celtic mythologist, anthropologist, Jungian psychology researcher and practitioner, and somatic teacher. You can learn more about my qualifications here.
If you would like to arrange regular sessions, this can be arranged at a special rate after our first session. As part of ongoing work, you may receive additional resources like guided journeys, rituals, and tools to deepen your practice between sessions.
This is for you if…
You are seeking a richer connection to your dreams, to your ancestral lineage and the symbology of Celtic dreaming.
*Please note that The Dream Well is not a substitute for therapy. If you have a history of trauma, mental health issues or medical conditions, please consult your physician or mental health care practitioner before booking a session.
‘Before she conceived Ciarán in her womb his mother (Líadain) had a dream: as it were a star that fell into her mouth; whose dream she related to the druids and to the knowledgeable ones of the time, and they said to her: “Thou wilt bear a son whose fame and whose virtues shall to the world’s latter end be great.”’
From the Life of St. Ciarán of Saigir
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The Dream Well
One-to-One Dream-Tending Session: €155
FAQS
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Each session is uniquely tailored to your needs, weaving together dreamwork, archetypal wisdom, Celtic mythology and folklore, and bodywork to illuminate your dream and your dán at this time.
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No prior knowledge is needed. This work is accessible to anyone feeling called into deeper connection with their dreams, their soul and the ancestors.
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Enter this session like you would visit a sacred well or a dream temple. Cultivate a quiet, safe space for our explorations, taking a few minutes before our session to arrive in your presence and after to integrate.