2009 June | dream studies portal

Worst live blogger ever

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

The annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams starts today in Chicago, IL. I’ll be there, to give my lucid nightmares talk as well as chair the cultural and anthropological sessions.
Maybe I’ll do some live bloggin’ during the event. But let’s face it, I always say that at the beginning of [...]

Filed Under: New Dream Studies

Dreams and the Gift of Masculinity

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 17, 2009 | 5 Comments

Most people who are interested in learning more about their dreams are women. About three quarters or so, in fact. Whether it’s culture or biological, women are more willing to explore the murky murk of their dreamworld as well as share their dreams with others.

Filed Under: Working with Dreams

REM Sleep Improves Creativity: New Research Findings

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

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Filed Under: New Dream Studies

Lucid Nightmares – Submit Your Dream

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 4, 2009 | 20 Comments

I’m preparing for my upcoming lecture on lucid nightmares, coming up in three weeks in Chicago at the annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors

Robert Moss’s Blog & the Archaeology of Gratitude

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

Check out the new blog by renown dream worker Robert Moss. I say new, but he’s really been at it for six months already.
Moss has an approachable style to working with dreams, and he never ceases to inspire me. In fact, his classic book Conscious Dreaming came into my life just as I was wandering [...]

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming