Hello Manitas,
Well you are actually doing pretty good at remembering dreams, so it looks as if it has to do with the way you wake up. On the week end you wake up by yourself, slowly, take time, stay in bed and take pleasure at remembering your dreams. ON the week days you are waking up with an alarm clock or someone is pulling you out of your bed, and you are not taking the time you need to fully remember your dreams. That/s the first thing I can recommand you: wake up slowly, do not open your eyes, just lay there in your bed and remember you dreams the way you can (even backward if it is easier for you).
Now if you want to improve your memory Rosemay and Lavender are supposedly helping. Rosemay works best by inhaling its volatile: that is to say: put a "dream pillow" full of rosemary (sleep on a little pillow case that you fill in with rosemay). Or put a rosemary plant in your bedroom. During the day put it at the windown and at night put it next to your bed so that you can smell it. The same with lavender should work (I tried the rosemary but not the lavender). I also drink rosemary teas and put rosemary as an herb in some dishes, but that's up to you.
It is said that Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris) should give you vivid dreams. I tried (pillow, teas,...) and it did not seem to work for me.
Memory and sleep are both regulated by melatonin and some say that taking melatonin before going to bed should help. I tried, but did not notice something particular. It should help you sleep if your sleep pattern has been disturbed.
These days I have many little rosemary plants in my bedroom and put then next to me at night. But still I have to wake up slowly to remember my dreams. If I jump out of bed and go about my day, then the memory of the dreams is lost....
Good luck! and have nice dreams!
Shaman - the dreamer [|)]
Well you are actually doing pretty good at remembering dreams, so it looks as if it has to do with the way you wake up. On the week end you wake up by yourself, slowly, take time, stay in bed and take pleasure at remembering your dreams. ON the week days you are waking up with an alarm clock or someone is pulling you out of your bed, and you are not taking the time you need to fully remember your dreams. That/s the first thing I can recommand you: wake up slowly, do not open your eyes, just lay there in your bed and remember you dreams the way you can (even backward if it is easier for you).
Now if you want to improve your memory Rosemay and Lavender are supposedly helping. Rosemay works best by inhaling its volatile: that is to say: put a "dream pillow" full of rosemary (sleep on a little pillow case that you fill in with rosemay). Or put a rosemary plant in your bedroom. During the day put it at the windown and at night put it next to your bed so that you can smell it. The same with lavender should work (I tried the rosemary but not the lavender). I also drink rosemary teas and put rosemary as an herb in some dishes, but that's up to you.
It is said that Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris) should give you vivid dreams. I tried (pillow, teas,...) and it did not seem to work for me.
Memory and sleep are both regulated by melatonin and some say that taking melatonin before going to bed should help. I tried, but did not notice something particular. It should help you sleep if your sleep pattern has been disturbed.
These days I have many little rosemary plants in my bedroom and put then next to me at night. But still I have to wake up slowly to remember my dreams. If I jump out of bed and go about my day, then the memory of the dreams is lost....
Good luck! and have nice dreams!
Shaman - the dreamer [|)]