02.21.07

Dream Board

Posted in Manifestation, Paths to Bliss, Visualization at 1:51 pm

When we’re trying to work towards our happiness and what we really want, it really helps to have something to visualize–whether it’s a new job, a new house, a great vacation, a goal, or something fun.  For the past month or so, there has been synchronicity in my life telling me that I needed to make a Dream Board.  A Dream Board makes your dreams physically present with you which in turn builds even more energy towards them.  You’re saying “I want this and I can have it!” It is also a lovely reminder of all the things that are in the works for you and a wonderful way to snap into happiness by looking at them.

What is a Dream Board Anyway?
A Dream Board is a piece of foam, cork or strong poster board where you put pictures and cut outs and messages that represent the things you want.  If you want a new house, you can put a picture of your dream house on the board.  If you want a new job, you can put a description and/or a picture that represents the kind of job you want or the way you want to feel about your job.  By creating a Dream Board, you are opening yourself to everything you put on it because you are physically reinforcing your desires and arranging your priorities.

How Do I Make a Dream Board?
I found these instructions from Colette Baron-Reid (she has a video in the members section):

1. You’ll need a large (at least 3′ x 3′) piece of foam, cork, or strong poster board; a glue stick or thumbtacks, and scissors.
2. Put a border around the area where you will be putting your dream images.  This tells the universe that whatever you put inside the border is what you want to create.
3. Put a picture of yourself in the center.
4. Put a spiritual symbol on the top that reminds you of spirituality. It can be anything–as long as it makes you think of spiritual energy.
5. Put a statement of your highest good.
   “This or something better now manifests for me for the highest good in divine appropriate timing.”
6. Cut out photos and pictures of things you want to manifest.  Accompany by affirmations.
7. Hang your board somewhere you see it often.
8. Turn it over to the universe.  Affirm it as if it already happened and say thank you.

Some Things to Think About
The guidelines above, are just that:  guidelines.  You can (and should!) interpret and bring personal intuition to the process to make it meaningful to you.  For example, my husband and I took a black foam board and glued some colorful paper to it while leaving a border of the black foam board instead of actually drawing a border.  For nebulous goals that didn’t necessarily have a pictorial representation, I wrote out a list of feelings (when I reach this goal, I will feel like …).  When the picture didn’t quite capture what I was going for, I wrote on the board to clarify.

The clarifications and intentions behind what you put on your Dream Board are a critical part of the process because you will bring what is on the board into you life at some point.  This is the “be careful what you ask for” disclaimer.  It’s important to make sure you want what you’re asking for and that your intentions behind the dreams you put on the board mesh with your life and what you really want.

Have fun with this process.  This is a powerful way to place an order with the universe and make breakthroughs in your life.  My husband and I want a new house and are having a lot of fun picking out furniture and imagining what kind of house we want.  We’ve been to furniture stores and we put pictures of furniture we like and a house we like on the board.  We put a picture of vacations we’d love to take.  It has really been a joyful process.

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