by Laura Smith-Riva | Mar 13, 2023 | dreams, Front Page Slider, healing, images, Mystery, relationship, senses, soul, The Sacred
Calm by Niki Katiki: nikifineart.com The dream: I am a youth with B (a man in my life who is a trusted father figure, mentor). He is on his boat and I am on my own, a small little disc shaped boat which is tethered to his. We are exploring out on the ocean and...
by Laura Smith-Riva | Jan 1, 2023 | Feelings, Front Page Slider, healing, images, Natural Dreamwork, soul, The Sacred
This is the time of year in the northern hemisphere where we are experiencing our longest nights as we move from the old year into a new year. During the darkest days of the year, everything is held in a shimmering darkness and awaits the shattering return of the...
by Laura Smith-Riva | Apr 13, 2022 | desire, dreams, Feelings, Front Page Slider, healing, soul
The term “conditioning” in Natural Dreamwork refers to all of the habitual patterns, behaviors, reactions and ways of being, conscious and unconscious, that we have developed to cope, survive, and protect in a world where trauma, sacrifice of self, and lack of support...
by Laura Smith-Riva | Nov 19, 2021 | dreams, Feelings, Front Page Slider, healing, images, Mystery, relationship, soul, The Sacred
The Antlered One by Laura Smith-Riva The Antlered One first came to me in the dreams. She is a wise woman, a protector of the pathways, a teacher and a healer. She is the mystic on the other side of my amazon/warrior. She is deeply mysterious and lives in the...
by Laura Smith-Riva | Jul 8, 2021 | dreams, Feelings, Front Page Slider, healing, images
Recently someone posited a question on a depth psychology Facebook page asking how does one let the unconscious become conscious. My immediate thought was Dreamwork. Dreams being a portal into the unconscious, our nightly reveries leak into our awareness the very...