Dawn Baumann Brunke is a writer and editor who specializes in the areas of healing, dreaming, animal teachings, and deepening our connection with all life. The author of Shapeshifting with Our Animal Companions and Animal Voices, Animal Guides, she lives with her husband, daughter, and animal friends in Alaska.
Acknowledgments
The Invitation
Part 1
A Personal History of Dreaming Bears
1 The Dog in the Basement
2 The Bear in the Closet
3 Face to Face
4 The Power That Hunts Us
5 Dancing with the Polar Bear
Part 2
The Meeting Place
6 Arctic Dreamers
7 The Polar Bear Council
8 Entering the Dream
9 What We Know and What We Don’t Know
10 How to Catch a Seal
11 Bar and Den
12 Becoming Polar Bear
13 The Human–Polar Bear Alliance
14 Bridge of Dreams
15 Arctic Is the Bear
Part 3
Coming Home
16 Integrated Dreaming
17 Dreaming with Animals
18 Dreaming Ourselves Awake
Appendix I Tips for Dreaming
Appendix II Tips for Co-Dreaming
Appendix III Tips for Bringing Dreaming Awareness Home
Notes
Bibliography