Linda Yael Schiller, MSW, LICSW

Integrative and Embodied Dreamwork and Healing

Honoring Our Namesakes: When Waking and Sleeping Dreams Collide

“Merrily, merrily merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.”   Welcome Dreamers, What does it mean when our waking and sleeping lives coincide?  When the inside dream and the outside dream reflect each other? The doubling of an image or theme in dreams, or when waking life and sleeping life overlap generally means, “This is […]

Dreaming in the Time of Trump: A Guide for the Anxious

“There are many who don’t wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don’t wish to wake for the same fear.” Dandelions, The Disappearance of Annabelle Fletcher, Rochelle F. Goodrich Welcome dreamers, Have you noticed lately that your dreams are more permeated than usual with a vague or not-so-vague sense of […]

“Traveling Without Fear: Journey Dreaming for the New Year

“And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.”  Kahlil Gibran Welcome dreamers, It has been some time since I last posted here. But last night “I had a dream” – maybe not as powerful as that of Dr. King, but […]

Dreams of Grief, Dreams of Healing

“And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.”  Kahlil Gibran Welcome dreamers, So, my mom died recently. It has been a sad period of time, up and down, days of being “fine” interspersed with days with tears. The whole […]

Tree Dreams, Liberation, (and Mary Oliver)

Welcome dreamers, At this time of year, we celebrate Easter, Passover, the equinox, and the coming of spring. Themes of renewal, resurrection, and freedom abound as we mark this season, and remember that the healing potential lays under the darkest of places.  Although here in New England we are still dealing with a layer of […]

Dreams and Imagery: Finding the Living Core of the Dream

“Myths are public dreams, and dreams are private myths” Mythologist Joseph Campbell Welcome Dreamers, At the core of our dreams are The Images. Beautiful, frightening, sensual, intriguing, they usually represent the heart of our dreaming landscapes. Lately I’ve been learning to pay more attention to the living nature of these images. Last summer at the […]

Dreams of Honey: A Treat for the New Year

“sweet dreams are made of these…” Welcome dreamers, Did you ever have a dream that was so vivid, so sensual that you could practically taste it? That’s what Laurie’s dream of honey was like – filled with drippy sweetness, full of the senses, like in the e.e. cummings poem “…tasting, touching, smelling, hearing, seeing, breathing…” […]

Unpacking a Dream: From Toilets to Mindfulness

“I told my therapist I was having nightmares about nuclear explosions.  He said don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world”  Jay London  Welcome dreamers, Understanding the meaning of our dreams can move us in surprising directions. The art of interpreting or understanding a dream has been referred to in several ways: working on […]

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! The Animals in our Dreams

“The animals which are our totems are mirrors to us.  They reflect lessons we need to learn and abilities we can most easily develop…(they are) a medicine for healing your self and your life, and  a power that can be accessed to help manifest your dreams”. Ted Andrews Welcome dreamers, Animals are one of the […]

The People In Our Dreams, And What They Want to Tell Us

treehouse at moonlight by poetico (In our dreams) “We encounter a whole family of aspects of ourselves, and as we recognize them and bring them together, we become much more than we were” Robert Moss Welcome Dreamers, In the last post we talked about visits from the other side; when our loved ones cross the […]