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The Surfer Technique for Inducing Lucid Dreams

Posted by Maria Isabel Pita on April 15, 2012 | 6 Comments

One night in a dream, a tall and attractive man appeared outside my house wearing a naval officer’s uniform. I distinctly remember his blue jacket and white cap. He was a stranger, and yet I felt I could trust him. I let him in and he stayed to talk to me for a long time. [...]

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How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success

Posted by Ryan Hurd on January 10, 2012 | 7 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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The Mystery of Hypnagogia

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 10, 2010 | 15 Comments

Hypnagogia is the imagery, sounds and strange bodily feelings that are felt at “sleep onset.” This is a simplification though, as researchers have noted hypnagogic imagery in the lab at periods of quiet wakefulness as well as stage 1 sleep. Others have correlated hypnagogia with pre-sleep alpha waves and also REM intrusion into sleep onset. [...]

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Lucid Dreamers Wanted for Study on Hypnopompic Hallucinations

Posted by Ryan Hurd on February 26, 2009 | 94 Comments

Theoretical Physicist Karl Simanonok, PhD is looking for lucid dreamers to join his study on “auditory binding,” which is the hypothetical moment when consciousness “sticks to” the auditory system while waking up out of sleep.
Specifically, potential co-researchers in this study are asked to consciously experience their hypnopompic imagery when moving out of a dream [...]