Lucid Dreaming: Here Are Techniques to Have This Incredible Experience

Lucid dreaming is becoming aware that you are having a dream and taking control of it. Here are the techniques to have this incredible experience.

In the eighties Dr. Stephen LaBerge founded the Lucidity Institute at Stanford, in California, for the study and research on the phenomenon Lucid Dream. According to LaBerge this “discipline” involves various fields of study: psychology, spirituality, art itself. If applied methodically can really be of help at different levels: self-esteem, development of creativity, ability to deal with fears, inhibitions and the achievement of liberation and harmony. Read more

How Can You Control Your Dreams?

he ability to manipulate our dream worlds goes beyond the science fiction plot of the movie Inception. A dream expert from Harvard University explains how it works

Some dreams feel so revelatory—if only returning to sleep would take us back there. It turns out, however, that our ability to shape our dreams is better than mere chance. In the blockbuster movie Inception, Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his compatriots use drugs and psychological profiles to trigger specific dreams in people. Although the heavy sedation and level of detail incited are far-fetched, dream control isn't entirely a Hollywood fantasy. Read more

The Women Who Claim They Can Control Their Dreams

Meet the women who have trained themselves to overcome real problems - while they sleep,

When Caroline Coronel set eyes on her father Henry, she was overwhelmed with joy.

After they embraced, they sat down for a long-awaited catch-up. ‘As always, he asked me how I was, about the rest of the family and if I had enough money,’ says Caroline.

‘I took his hand, squeezed it and told that him I loved him. It was incredibly cathartic.’

However, this was no ordinary reunion. Caroline’s beloved father, a former antiques dealer, had died three months earlier, in December 2011, and their conversation was taking place in Caroline’s dream. Read more

15 Foods That Enhance Your Dreams

Rebecca Turner says that your diet can enhance your dreams. She lists fifteen foods that can improve dream recall, intensity, and lucid dreaming.

Some foods naturally enhance your dreams thanks to their nutrient content. Specifically, we're looking at foods that are rich in vitamin B6 and tryptophan - as both are linked with greater dream recall and intensity.

Although this is not a magic bullet for lucid dreaming (no food or supplement is) you can use this to boost your dream recall and dream vividness. In doing so, this increases your chances of lucidity when paired with some basic techniques like dream journaling and reality checks. Read more

Astral Travel and Lucid Dreaming

Astral Travel is a natural ability that develops as we become more present in our daily lives. Gigi shares two techniques and a mantra that can help condition your consciousness to have astral adventures.

Guiding Your Sleep While You’re Awake

Everyone dreams every night even if you don't remember what you dream about. But is it possible to control what you dream about?

Nightmares resulting from traumatic events usually fade over time, as the haunting images and terrifying plots become less intense. The dreams may also naturally evolve into what some specialists call “mastery dreams,” in which the dreamer has found a way to ease the pain or horror — say, confronting a rapist or saving someone from a fire.

But when that does not happen of its own accord, many therapists use behavioral interventions to reduce nightmares or guide the waking patient toward having a mastery dream — using the conscious mind to control the wild ways of the unconscious.

Some of these techniques have been in use for years. In one treatment, known as lucid dreaming, patients are taught to become aware that they are dreaming while the dream is in progress. In another, called in vivo desensitization, they are exposed while awake to what may be haunting them in their sleep — for example, a live snake, caged and harmless — until the fear subsides. Both techniques have been researched extensively. Read more

Lucid Dreaming and Psychic Abilities

Robert Waggoner explains lucid dreaming, his experiences, and how through the use of lucid dreaming techniques one can achieve "paranormal" abilities, such as telepathy and clairvoyance.

Robert Waggoner is the author of the recently released book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self . An experienced lucid dreamer for more than thirty years, he has logged approximately one thousand lucid dreams. Waggoner is also President-elect of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

Could you describe to the people not familiar with Lucid Dreaming what it means?

When you consciously realize you are dreaming, while in the dream state, you are lucid dreaming. So, lucid dreaming requires conscious awareness of dreaming while in the dream. Normally it occurs after a sudden insight like noticing an impossible event, and you realize, “This is a dream! Read more