The womb represents a return to the beginning. We all have need of basic security and shelter, and perhaps to do away with responsibility. Dreams of the womb can signify our need to satisfy those requirements. On a slightly more esoteric level the womb represents our connection with the Great Mother or Mother Earth. Dreams of returning to the womb suggest our need to reconnect with the passive, more yielding side of our nature. We may need a period of self-healing and recuperation. The body represents the individual and is his outward physical projection of all that he is. In dreams, the body often represents the Ego. Since being 'physical' is the babys first experience of itself, the body forms the prime source of information. The various functions and unusual aspects of the body in dreams have particular symbolic significance: