Laura Smith-Riva is a certified practitioner of Natural Dreamwork and practicing Druid of the Green Mountain Druid Order. She offers one-on-one dream consultation to individuals in the US and abroad and is a mentor for Natural Dreamwork Practitioners and student Druids in training. Laura is on the faculty for The Studio for Movement Artsand Therapies in Bangalore, India and for the Green Mountain Druid School in Worcester, Vermont.

Laura practices Natural Dreamwork through the cultivation of a dream practice based on the natural healing qualities found in dreams inherent in the sacred objects, symbols, creatures and archetypes that populate the dream landscape. She compassionately creates space for the dreamer to delve deeply into the images and feelings of the dream to find their authenticity, voice, passion and creativity. Laura brings her personal experience to support individuals in the areas of queer/trans identity, addiction recovery and adoption related issues and firmly believes in the dream’s ability to help us with core wounding and trauma.

Laura lives in the mysterious Green Mountains of Vermont with her partner of 27 years. Outside the dream realm, you can find her painting or writing in her studio, connecting to the healing energy of the earth, or engaged in laughter and general mayhem with her friends and family on various parts of the globe.

She regularly blogs about her journey through dreams and vision work on the dream blog In Search of Puella and her dream-inspired art work and writing have been featured in several publications and e-zines.