Circling Science

Hypnosis, absorption and dream sharing

Rapport and expectation shape how people respond, so a facilitator’s framing matters; dream sharing is a listening practice that has been tested.

Region
Inside a person
Distance
Middle
Studies a mechanism a circle relies on, mostly outside live relating.
Scale
One person · Two people · A small group (3–12)
Researchers to read first
Katalin Varga, Amanda J. Barnier, David B. Yaden and Mark Blagrove

2 works from this field, lit on the map

Moves it sheds light on

Our reading. None of these fields tests a move inside a circle.

In the catalogue

  1. Dream Circling: Dreamwork as Interpersonal Meditation

    Whitehurst · 2018

    Description of a practice

  2. Testing the Empathy Theory of Dreaming: The Relationships Between Dream Sharing and Trait and State Empathy

    Blagrove et al. · 2019

    Before-and-after study160 survey respondents; 27 discussion pairs, with usable data from 26 dream-sharers and 27 listenersCautions: Small sample · Self-report only · No later follow-up