by Laura Smith-Riva | Mar 1, 2024 | creativity, desire, dreams, Front Page Slider, Natural Dreamwork
I’ve often heard folks say that they struggle with some therapeutic processes because they feel like they always have to “start over” or go through all the childhood and family of origin stuff or that the therapy they are doing places a structure or system into...
by Laura Smith-Riva | Nov 13, 2023 | dreams, Feelings, Front Page Slider, healing, imagination, soul
Pencil drawing: Reaching Towards by Laura Smith-Riva Dream: I was with my brother John and we were out on a boat. We went in the water and were swimming around under the water. It was a bright sunny day and a calm sea. I could see under the water and we went quite...
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...