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IN SEARCH OF PUELLA
My Journey in Natural Dreamwork & Druidry



The Feeling You Keep Trying to Get Rid Of
What if the feelings we most want to get rid of are actually the raw material of transformation? Dreams and nightmares invite us into a different kind of alchemy—one that asks us not to fix what we feel, but to enter into it.
Laura Smith-Riva
6 min read


Avoidance as the Real Suffering
Did you ever feel like something was taken from you; something beautiful and free, some part of yourself that inexplicably went missing. How many of us, as children, have had bits and pieces stolen from us, pieces stripped from the bone of our souls? We turn to the human “God” animal, for love and support and we experience judgment, criticism, disinterest, or sometimes violence. Our true self slowly or abruptly sinks away, goes underground, into hiding and we don’t even know
Laura Smith-Riva
4 min read


Smoke Rising, Sacred Return
Dream images have the power to call us towards an inner feeling of home, a reclamation of the exiled ones.
Laura Smith-Riva
3 min read


RESOLUTE AF
Troubled times have a way of dissolving the maps we thought we were following. The old paths blur. The signposts maybe contradict each other. Noise multiplies while meaning thins. In moments like these, the temptation is either to harden into certainty or to scatter into confusion and distraction. How can we hold fast to our purpose? How can we maintain a positive outlook and vision for ourselves, our families, our planet? I have decided to hell with resolutions. Instead I wi
Laura Smith-Riva
5 min read


Natural Dreamwork for the New Year
As the wheel turns and we feel the quiet longing of a fresh new start, many of us make resolutions — to get in shape, to travel more, to be more creative, or read more books. But what if this year you resolved not only to change your outer life — but to deepen your inner one? What if you resolved to reconnect with the wisdom already living in you — through your dreams? After all, in troubling times, a return to source can be most helpful to our emotional wellbeing.
Laura Smith-Riva
2 min read


A Dream of Death
Death dreams can offer deep wisdom for living. What does it mean when death comes in our nightly dreams.
Laura Smith-Riva
4 min read


The Stag: Images, Memories, Sacred Encounters
Dream images, memories and sacred encounters, where depth meets the present moments of our lives.
Laura Smith-Riva
6 min read


This Too Shall Pass, Hope
Remembering hope during difficult times.
Laura Smith-Riva
5 min read


Physical Injury And The Dream’s Response
How dreams can help support our journey in physical healing While snowboarding on Vermont’s northern most mountain, known for its harsh...
Laura Smith-Riva
7 min read
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