Dreamplay

by Grace Ventura Sardonicus

Dreamplay began as a creation myth about the Skybuilder..... a magical woman who created the elements on planet Earth. As time went on the story evolved to include how all life is a wondrous creation that we are here to care for and play with responsibly. Dreamplay aspires to teach children of all ages through the inspiration of Skybuilder.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Create a dream of love, light & joy for all future generations.

$20.00 per copy

“Dreamplay is a lovely inspiring book, which we are encouraged to use here at the Boston Childrens Foundation in our Rainbowdance Resilience Building Program. This program, a structured integration of dance, ritual, story and song, is offered to Preschool and elementary children disabled by violent environments created by technology, war, natural disaster and domestic violence. The program encourages a return to nature, the original mother, for safety building and affiliation. It provides children with the experience of harmony and cooperation rather than competition in their peer relationships. This book, through poetry and metaphor and beautiful illustrations, normalizes nighttime, sleep and dreaming to traumatized children. All three may be terrifying. These children magnify the fear of darkness and of the unknown at bedtime. Dreamplay is depicted as a magical time in which we remember where we came from and what we will always return to. The “nest”, which is deeply embedded in our biology as “safe place”, is beautifully illustrated as the place “we came from” ... and “where the stars return home to your heart.
Grace helps children of all ages to remember their place in the world, which prevails in our psyches, the world of archetype.”

Dicki Johnson Macy, M. Ed, BC-DMT, LMHC
Director: Boston Children’s Foundation
36 Gloucester St.
Boston, MA 02115
www.Rainbowdance.org

 

“Here at Boston Children’s Foundation we use Grace’s Dreamplay in our Rainbowdance Resilience Building Program. Integrating dance, ritual, story and song, this program is offered to children disabled by violent environments created by technology, war, natural disaster and domestic violence. Through poetry, metaphor and beautiful illustrations, this book normalizes nighttime, sleep and dreaming for traumatized children. Dreamplay empowers children to become part of and responsible for the natural world. An ancient animal notion deeply embedded in our biology, “the nest” is beautifully illustrated as “the safe place we came from” and “where the stars return home to your heart.” Grace Ventura Sardonicus helps children of all ages remember their place in the world enriched with a renewed connection to healthy archetypes.”

Dicki Johnson Macy, M. Ed, BC-DMT, LMHC
Director: Boston Childrens Foundation
36 Gloucester St.
Boston, MA 02115
www.Rainbowdance.org