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How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success

Posted by Ryan Hurd on January 10, 2012 | 3 Comments

Success in lucid dreaming requires the ability to navigate a realm where gravity is not guaranteed. And where comfortable chats in a café can be interrupted by sudden feelings of spinning, drifting, or falling down an infinite chasm. During the REM dreaming state, as well as during hypnagogia, these sensations ebb and flow thanks to [...]

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Announcing the Lucid Immersion Blueprint

Posted by Ryan Hurd on January 3, 2012 | 8 Comments

I’m really excited to announce that my new lucid dreaming training course is available for download.
It’s called the Lucid Immersion Blueprint. This is the distillation of contemporary dream research, ancient dream practices and my own personal experience into a step-by-step plan for going deeper into lucid dreaming.

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5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

Dream incubation is the art of inviting a dream into your life for problem solving or healing. The term comes from the Latin incubare, which means to lie down upon, or as we say today: just sleep on it.

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research, Lucid Dreaming

Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games

Posted by Ryan Hurd on November 21, 2011 | 17 Comments

Mom was wrong: video games don’t rot your brain.
Gaming can actually develop your focus, self-esteem, and mental balance; which are all useful skills for encouraging lucidity in dreams… and in waking life.

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Stabilizing Lucid Dreaming with Gratitude and Forgiveness

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 25, 2011 | 10 Comments

Emotions are often put aside when we are looking for ways to increase lucidity in dreams. This is definitely a missed opportunity, because by design dreaming is built upon emotional logic.

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Working with Dreams

Lucid Dreaming and Non-Duality

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 14, 2011 | No Comments

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, check out the annual Science and Nonduality Conference in San Rafael, CA on October 19-23.
This is a special year, as several founding lucid dream researchers—including Stephen LaBerge—are kicking off the event with a one day pre-conference workshop “Lucid dreaming, Consciousness and Non-duality.” This workshop is really a once-in-a-lifetime [...]