Courtyard
An enclosed open space inside a building — outdoor air kept within indoor walls.
A courtyard in a dream is the dream's image of outdoor air kept within indoor walls. The courtyard is a private outdoors, accessible only from inside the building. The dream brings the courtyard when something in your life — a private practice in the middle of a busy household, a creative space inside an institution, a piece of fresh air kept off the public street — is currently functioning as that interior outside. A courtyard tended, with plants in good order, is the dream affirming the private outside. A courtyard neglected, with weeds taking the stone, is the dream noting that the private outside has been left to itself, and the household has stopped using its own air.