by Jeff Howlin | Jun 28, 2019 | Dreams, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Soul, Sports Psychology, Symbolic
On August 10, 2011, I published an article on this blog titled, Jungian Psychology and Sports. I am re-visiting this topic now due to a very short, but meaningful dream that I had recently. The dream: I made a really long basketball shot. Shortly after this dream I... by Jeff Howlin | Apr 29, 2014 | Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Soul, Sports Psychology
When you reach the top of North America’s highest chairlift in Breckenridge, Colorado, you will sometimes see a string of people behind and above the lift, carrying skis and poles, climbing even higher. Aside from the joyful pursuit of even fresher powder above the... by Jeff Howlin | Oct 14, 2012 | Editorial, Nature, Poetry, Sports Psychology, Symbolic
Lines on the horizon. Stacked in sets of twos and threes. Rolling toward shore. Young men running to the sea. Focused. Intense. Smiling. Lines on the horizon. Pounding shorebreak. Thump. Thump. Thump. Smell of board wax, taste of salt. Excitement in the air. Lines on... by Jeff Howlin | Feb 25, 2012 | Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Soul, Sports Psychology
He had made that last stride, he had stepped over the edge, while I had been permitted to draw back my hesitating foot. And perhaps in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable... by Jeff Howlin | Aug 10, 2011 | Dreams, Poetry, Psyche, Sports Psychology, Unconscious
It has always been intriguing to me that there is not much in the Jungian literature relating Jungian psychology and sports. This is interesting because dreams fairly commonly use the theme and images of sports for important symbolic messages about our lives. I have...
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