Somatic Dreaming

Contrary to the widespread notion that when we dream (whether at night or during the day) we leave our bodies behind, that dreams are the product of an imagination disconnected from the body, the expression somatic dreams points to the intense imaginative activity of the body. This activity is not conceived as something superfluous, escapist flights of fancy, but as the very way in which the body thinks, processes experiences and rehearses situations to come. The body is always dreaming.