DREAMSHADOW GROUP INC

DURING 2024 DREAMSHADWO GROUP, INC. CONTINUED ITS MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS IN SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION TO: 1) OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (USING THE EXPERIENTIAL AND DIDACTIC METHOD OF DREAMSHADOW TRANSPERSONAL BREATHWORK), AND 2) MODEL HOW TO BUILD RESILIENT AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES.DREAMSHADOW TRANPERSONAL BREATHWORK WEEKEND WORKSHOPS AND FIVE-DAY CERTIFICATION TRAINING EVENTS: WE OFFERED FOUR RESIDENTIAL, WEEKEND BREATHWORK WORKSHOPS (MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER), TWO NON-RESIDENTIAL, WEEKEND BREATHWORK WORKSHOPS (APRIL AND NOVEMBER), THREE RESIDENTIAL, FIVE-DAY FACILITATOR TRAINING WORKSHOPS (MAY, JULY, AND OCTOBER)), AND ONE WEEK-LONG FACILITATOR TRAINING WORKSHOP (SEPTEMBER). THE APRIL, JUNE, AND NONRESIDENTIAL NOVEMBER WEEKEND WORKSHOPS WERE LED ENTIRELY BY CERTIFIED FACILITATORS WHO HAD COMPLETED OUR TRAINING PROGRAM. THE SEPTEMBER WEEK-LONG TRAINING WORKSHOP ALSO INCLUDED THE SEPTEMBER RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND WORKSHOP AS A PART OF THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE, EDUCATING TRAINEES ON HOW TO APPLY THEIR TRAINING BY LEARNING HOW TO OFFER A WORKSHOP.THESE WORKSHOP AND TRAINING EVENTS WERE ATTENDED BY A TOTAL OF ABOUT 215 TRAINEES AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS, ARTISTS, TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS, TRADESPEOPLE AND OTHERS.SUPPORTING EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE NETWORK (SEEN): WE CONTINUED WITH OUR MNTHLY, ONLINE GROUP COMMUNITY CALLS, WHICH WERE HOSTED BY DREAMSHADOW-TRAINED SEEN FACILITATORS AND WERE AVAILED BY ABOUT 125 PARTICIPANTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THE CALL FORMAT, INSPIRED BY PEER SUPPORT MODELS, SUPPORTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SO STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY. PARTICIPANTS SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES AND GET UPDATES ON DREAMSHADOW PROGRAMMING. SEEN ALSO PILOTED A PEDAGOGICAL CALL FOR FACILITATORS AND TRAINEES IN OUR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, IN WHICH SENIOR CERTIFIED FACILITATORS OFFERED PEER SUPPORT AND OFFERED SUGGESTIONS FOR MEETING CHALLENGES THAT COME UP DURING WORKSHOPS, FURTHERING OUR MISSION AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY-BUILDING AND MENTORSHIP.DREAMSHADOW DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECT: WE CONTINUED CREATING A LIBRARY OF FILMS TO BUILD OUR TEACHING MATERIAL ARCHIVE AND TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE FOR OUR WORK. EDITING OF THE FILNMING WAS FINALIZED IN AUTUMN OF 2024. THE FILM WAS PUBLICLY PREVIEWED AS A GRASSROOTS PROMOTINAL EVENT IN DORSET, VERMONT, AT LONG TRAIL SCHOOL AND OFFICIALLY PREMIERED IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE PSYCHEDELIC FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL IN DECEMBER, WHERE IT RECEIVED THE BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD.ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: IN JANUARY, DREAMSHADOW BEGAN HOSTING MONTHLY ONLINE MEETINGS ATTENDED BY TRAINERS/CO-FOUNDERS, CERTIFIED FACILITATORS, AND TRAINEES IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING AN ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM. THE ONLIEN MEETINGS HELPED PARTICIPANTS DEEPEN THEIR UNERSTANDING OF THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS RELATED TO AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK AND PROCESS PHILSOPHY. ONLINE GATHERINGS CENTERED AROUND GROUP-PROCESS OF A FOUNDATIONAL BOOK-IN-PROCESS BY CO-FOUNDER, LENNY GIBSON, PHD. ONLINE TEACHING AND DISCUSSION SESSIONS WERE ARCHIVED FOR FUTURE TEACHING PURPOSES AND TO RECORD INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TRAINING PROGRAM WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM.JOURNAL PUBLICATION: DREAMSHADOW CONTINUED TO PUBLISH ITS OPEN ACCESS E-JOURNAL. DROPS AND BUDS", A MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM DEDICATED TO FURTHERING THE WORK OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHIATRIST, STANISLAV GROF, MD, AND THE CONSIDERATION OF GROF'S HOLOTROPIC MODEL THROUGH A PROCESS METAPHYSICAL LENS. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED 2 REGULAR/TRADITIONAL ISSUES AND A SPECIAL ISSUE. SUBMISSIONS ARE INVITED FROM THE HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SCIENCES THAT CONSTRUCTIVELY SPEAK TO THE ISSUES OF OUR TIME FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE. PUBLICATIONS INCLUDED ACCOUNTS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK OCCASIONED BY WORKSHOP EXPERIENCES, THEORETICAL WRITING FOCUSING ON RELEVANT TRANSPERSONAL TOPICS IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, POETRY, AND EXPRESSIVE ART. THE JOURNAL IS HOSTED AT THE WEBSITE BREATHWORK.COM.WEBSITE: DREAMSHADOW STARTED TO DEVELOP A NEW WEBSITE INFRASTRUCTURE INTENDED TO SUPPORT REGISTRANT AND WORKSHOP FACILITATOR INTERFACE, ALLOWING FOR EASE OF REGISTRATION AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO PARTICIPANT NEEDS, AS WELL AS WORKSHOP DATA TRACKING.