Tuesday, July 21st  to Sunday, July 26th,  2009

A Sleeping & Dreaming Spa Experience

Have you always wondered  what  your Dreams may be saying to you, or about you?  Some believe Dreams are windows  into the Soul. Many ancient cultures like the Greeks and Romans combined dreaming with their stay at a spa.  This atmosphere of relaxation, rest and sleep integrated with “taking the waters” seemed to enhance and nurture dreaming, and the ability to look deeply into one’s inner self.

Spa Cultures, Dreams and Healing Waters, a week-long program held each year at Bad Sulza, Germany, explores these principles in a modern-day spa setting. Professor Jonathan Paul DeVierville,  Ph.D., a psychotherapist and well-known  spa historian,  leads participants on a journey into their psyches.  An exploration of this nature can reveal not only how a person’s dreams relate to themselves, but also to the larger world and planet.   He calls this method “Eco/Social/Psi/Cultural Dreaming.”  (That’s when people in a group share their dreams and often are surprised to discover central themes which have relevance not only to the group but to society in general.  Psychologist Carl Jung called this the “Collective Unconscious.”)

These relaxing surroundings and stimulating group sessions make your own Dreams more vivid and help relate their meaning to your everyday life, creativity  and relationships.

The Spa Cultures, Dreams & Healing Waters program takes place in the medieval  German Spa village of Bad Sulza near the cultural city of Weimar.  Your stay at the Toskana Spa & Therme includes traditional spa bathing in warm mineral Healing Waters and floating in the world-famous Liquid Sound Temple:  a spectacular  circular pool flooded with sound, light and video over and under the water .  

Besides daily group sessions and spa bathing, participants also explore the charming and historic areas around Bad Sulza.  Including, Goethe’s 17th century summer house; the Jena Planetarium, with it’s state-of-the-art light and sound astronomical programs; the Nebra Sky Disk, a 3,600 year old gold and bronze disk - the earliest known depiction of the night sky in human history; and Goseck, the recently discovered and reconstructed  7,000 year old solar observatory.