Over the past few years we have talked to many people about their dream meanings. During most of the conversations the topic of improving dream recollection comes up at some point. Dream recollection is a key aspect to deciphering dream meanings as obviously remembering more dreams, with greater detail will improve your ability to decipher dream meanings. This article is a short introduction into the first step most people take into improving their dream recollection; Dream Journals.

Dream Journals are basically a daily diary of the dreams you remember from the night before. Each morning, while still laying in bed, you take a few moments to reflect over any dreams you can recall. This time of reflection is best done while still as much asleep as possible, and with the lights out. The more you allow yourself to wake up the less you will remember when your first starting out. This will improve quickly though.

After you have collected your thoughts you simply record them in as much detail as possible into your dream journal. It helps to try to remember experiencing the dream as if you were still dreaming. This process is then repeated every morning, and over time your dream journal will fill up and you will start seeing patterns to your dreams that you would have missed otherwise. This journal then becomes an invaluable resource when you are studying your dream meanings.

Keeping a dream journal is important for other reasons than just using it for researching dream meanings. The process of keeping the journal makes you more aware of your dreams. With practice you will find that you quickly start remembering details that you would have completely forgotten before. As you practice you will also start remembering dreams from earlier in the night that most people never remember.

Overall Dream Journals are an inexpensive and easy way to increase your dream recollection and greatly improve your ability to research dream meanings. We have both been keeping our dream journals most every night for years and they have greatly improved our ability to remember dreams and have proven invaluable when researching dreams. I will be writing some simple tips for keeping a good dream journal in the next few days. As always feel free to leave comments. Thanks.

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