A dream is not simply a collection of symbols that can be lifted out of the dream and assigned universal meanings. The images are emerging within a particular human life. There may be trauma there, but there may also be radical joy. There may be grief, anger, longing, sexuality, fear, creativity, new beginnings, old wounds, complicated relationships, or experiences the dreamer has not yet found a way to understand. The work is not to force all of that into an interpretation..

A few years ago, I took up metal detecting. It is a hobby that excited my inner child, the part of me that wanted to be an archeologist when I was a little girl, the treasure hunter in me that also drew me to dreamwork. In many ways, Natural Dreamwork is a process for rekindling our lost or buried intuition. We must fine tune our inner listening skills so that the signals become clearer and more directed towards our goals.

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.

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

Dream images have the power to call us towards an inner feeling of home, a reclamation of the exiled ones.

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

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.

Death dreams can offer deep wisdom for living. What does it mean when death comes in our nightly dreams.

Dream images, memories and sacred encounters, where depth meets the present moments of our lives.