Personally, I prefer engaging dreams and exploring them rather than interpreting them. I 
don’t think we even have to understand dreams. Just by attending to them, they can help us grow and heal. I have put together a number of questions that can aid in the exploration of dreams.
First of all, it helps to write your dream out on paper or in a dream journal. Write it as if you are back in the dream and you are experiencing it in the present. “I am at a stadium…”
Do you have any initial hunches and thoughts about what the dream might be about?
What are the feelings regarding the dream? These may include what you are feeling in the dream as well as the feelings that were with you when you awoke. There may be several feelings in the dream and each person/being may be feeling something different. Try to note them all.
What is the dream setting, as in location? Describe it as well as you can.
Now say, I am in a place that _____________________. So for example, if you dream you are at a stadium you might say “I am in a place that holds lots of people who are there to witness an event. I am waiting for it to start.”
Ask yourself if this fits with your life at all.
What is the central image? What stands out most to you? Describe this in as much detail as you can.
What part of the dream did you not pay much attention to? Perhaps you didn’t even bother to write this down. Could this be something in your life that you are also ignoring? Could it be a blind spot?
What opposites do you notice in the dream? (For example, dark and light, hot and cold, high and low, big and small.) Does this polarity mean anything to you in your life?
Now close your eyes and see if you can enter into the dream again. Don’t worry if you are making things up or adding to the dream. Just allow yourself to experience as much of it as you can. If there is a person in the dream or even an animal (or even an object) you could ask them it what they are doing in your dream. Trust whatever comes.
Take a piece of paper and some crayons and colour some part of your dream. It doesn’t have to be a literal image. It could be just a feeling. You might want to put it aside and come back to it later and then see what stands out to you. You could also ask someone to tell you what stands out to them.
Go over what you have written and come up with a title for your dream.
Again, you do not have to come up with a meaning of your dream. Sometimes it is best to live with it. You might notice connections in your life and say, “That reminds me of my dream.” You might notice similar themes in other dreams. You may discover there are layers of meaning that you uncover over months or even years.
Pleasant dreams.