Sometimes, the body is wiser than the emotions and the mind, and speaks more directly, when I ask myself, "where am I?"

I find that my body's posture has changed for the activity of dream sleep, literally so. It used to be that the only way to sleep soundly enough to get to the dream state, was to turn onto my stomach, but with my shoulders turned to the side, both arms to one side curled up protectively near the face, and the legs in a sort of curled crouch. I think "protective" is the key word there. This obtained, every night, at the beginning of this calendar year, and much of the spring.

Now, when I awake from dream sleep, I find myself on my back, with my legs straight, my arms somewhere near my shoulders with the chest opened out, and my head at an angle where the air flow is calm and free.

Mind you, my dreams are batshit crazy, more often than not, like all the trash getting cleared out or something. But it is important to note how I wake up from them. I believe my body is trying to tell me that I feel safer on the inside than I used to do.