62. Grief and Dreams

Today I talk all about dreams with Alejandro Salinas, including:

• Dreams we’ve had about dead loved ones
• Connecting with our dead loved ones
• How dreams help us to process emotions
• Lucid dreaming
• And more!

Alejandro is one of the co-founders and current president of the Chicago Death Doula Collective, a non-profit collective dedicated to providing support, advocacy, education, and care around death and dying in Chicago. It was formed in 2020 not long after the death of his father. He has hosted death cafés for 6 years and has recently created The Coffin Cards, a deck of 115 questions about death, dying, and grief, and The Coffin Cards Podcast to have even more conversations on the topic with various guests. He fronts the Chicano goth rock / post punk band Grave Love. He teaches yoga twice a week at Chi Yoga Shack, practices massage, and is a former teacher at The Soma Institute. He previously co-hosted The Dream Freaks podcast with Tree Carr and Jennifer Claroscura.

 

Check out the Chicago Death Doula Collective here: https://www.chicagodeathdoulacollective.com/

Check out The Coffin Cards here: https://www.thecoffincards.com/

Listen to The Coffin Cards podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2qbCOZBv0Iz2JBXKwJDl8E?si=fed7283b70494b37&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree&nd=1&dlsi=c98b898b6b324204

Follow the band Grave Love @grave_love_band

 

Resources:

The list of books Alejandro recommended:

The Toltec Secret: Dreaming Practices of the Ancient Mexicans: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21535017-the-toltec-secret

 

The Art of Dreaming: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12847.The_Art_of_Dreaming

 

Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4803306-lucid-dreaming

 

Dreaming through Darkness: Shine Light into the Shadow to Live the Life of Your Dreams: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34196974-dreaming-through-darkness  

Man’s Search for Meaning: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning

 

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