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A Marriage of Lucid Dreaming and Traditional Dream Analysis

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 30, 2010 | 4 Comments

This is guest post by psychotherapist and author Scott Sparrow.

Harvest Time: My New Book and the Equinox

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 22, 2010 | 9 Comments

I’m pleased to announce that my new book about sleep paralysis is now available on Amazon! So with the first day of autumn, I officially am a published author.

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Lucid Dreaming as Shamanic Technology

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 14, 2010 | 18 Comments

Although definitions vary depending on your culture and the strength of your resistance towards the transpersonal, most call lucid dreaming the experience of dreaming with awareness, and sometimes dreaming with control, while the body sleeps. With the buzz around Inception, there have been more news articles about dream research in the last month than I’ve [...]

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14 Tips for Getting Rid of Nightmares

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 2, 2010 | 10 Comments

Sometimes the only dreams we remember are the ones we wish we could forget. Nightmares can be instructive, and most psychologists believe that they are a healthy part of life. But if you are plagued by repetitive nightmares and are losing sleep, sometimes changing your daily habits can reduce nightmare frequency. In general, nightmares can [...]