The DREAMS Foundation (Dream Research and Experimental Approaches to the Mechanisms of Sleep) is a registered non-profit organization operating in collaboration with the Dream and Nightmare Research Laboratory at Montreal's Sacré-Coeur Hospital.

The Foundation's Aims:

• Inform both the public and health/science professionals about the nature of dreams and their practical applications in relationship to overall health and well-being.
• Support ongoing research into dreams and non-pharmaceutical treatments for sleep and dream disorders.
• Contribute to the training and education of students and researchers in these fields.
• Provide funding for both fundamental and clinical research in these fields.
• Contribute to improved treatment of patients with dream-related disorders.
• Encourage research into both normal and abnormal dreaming and sleep processes.

Current Activities & Services:

• Presentations at invited lectures and seminars
• On-going courses in dreams, lucid dreams, and their practical applications for improving waking life, as well as an outdoor week-long training program in July/August
• Fund-raising
• Ongoing construction of an internet presence at: www.dreams.ca
• Another initiative is underway to bring dreams and dreamwork techniques to both private individuals and health care professionals who are caring for the terminally ill--a vital arena for the benefits available from dreams
• A pilot initiative, currently on hold due to funding needs, was started with the intention to bring the practical applications of dreams and lucid dreams both into high schools to offer adolescents an empowering outlet for adventure and exploration greatly preferable to drug experimentation

Every person on Earth dreams every night, and we all end up passing about a third of our lives in sleep. It follows that there must be something very important going on while we sleep and dream, yet in the industrialized world, we generally pay little attention to our dreams. Gathered here is a look at some ancient ideas and recent discoveries that seem to be in great need in our culture, and for which there has been a steadily growing demand. We are glad to be able to share with you this overview of the results from many years of study and research, and truly hope you will consider personally experimenting with dream recall and incubation, and the applications of dreams and lucid dreams.

The DREAMS Foundation is a non-profit organization, which offers services for both the public and for health and science professionals, some of which are offered at no charge such as this world wide web site. We like to operate on a unique version of the shareware concept, which operates in the computer software industry in the following way: anyone is allowed to make a copy of the program in question, and try it out to evaluate its usefulness. If it's found to be helpful, then an appropriate contribution is made to the program's author. In this case, we have compiled and brought you what we feel is valuable, applicable information, though the results may not be immediately apparent. If you find it helpful, we hope that you will consider supporting the Foundation by making a donation. This will enable us to continue providing this service for others, and to improve the range and quality of the services we offer.

We genuinely appreciate your interest, welcome your feedback, and thank you for joining us on what we hope will be for you a fascinating exploration and adventure of rediscovery into what is quite often the forgotten third of life.

The DREAMS Foundation / La Fondation R.E.P.O.S.
Box 513 Snowdon
Montréal, QC
CANADA H3X 3T7
Phone: (514) 990-2113

E-mail: info@dreams.ca
Home Page: www.dreams.ca