What if your dreams weren’t symbols to decode… but living encounters?Celebrating seven years of Dream Journal episodes, host Katherine Bell welcomes natural dream work practitioner, artist, and druid priestix Laura Smith Riva for a fascinating conversation about rewilding the dream, animism, and reconnecting with the living intelligence within dreams and nature.Together they explore how dream figures can be experienced as relational beings, how ritual and creativity help integrate dream wisdom, and how fear, vulnerability, and imagination open doorways to transformation and healing.You’ll hear powerful dream stories, live listener dream exploration, and practical guidance on how to begin working with your own dreams.✨ What You’ll LearnWhat “rewilding the dream” meansHow animism changes the way we understand dreamsWhy dream symbols may be experienced as living encountersTechniques used in natural dream workHow ritual, art, and creativity help integrate dream messagesHow dreams support healing, intuition, and imaginationWays to start your own dream practice⏱ Chapters🔗 Learn More & ConnectLaura Smith-Riva is a Natural Dreamwork Practitioner and Priestix of the Green Mountain Druid Order in Vermont. She works with dreamers from many parts of the globe and in her personal work is interested in the connection to the natural world through dreams and vision work and offers expressions of her journey using art, poetry and prose.Visit Laura Smith Riva’s work:👉 https://laura-smith-riva.comExplore Experiential Dream Work:👉 https://experientialdreamwork.com👍 Support the ChannelIf you enjoy conversations about dreams, spirituality, creativity, and personal growth:✔ Subscribe✔ Like the video✔ Share with a dream-loving friend✔ Comment with a recent dream or insight Find a video clip of the conversation @ExperientialDr