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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 [...]

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Lucid Dreaming

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.

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Technology

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

Book review: Lucid dreaming: accessing your inner virtual realities

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

I just finished reading Paul and Charla Devereux’s updated classic Lucid dreaming. Originally published in 1998, this new edition by DailyGrail Press has additional content for a new generation of readers.
In two words: highly recommended.

Filed Under: Dreamy Book Reviews, Lucid Dreaming

Ecstasy and Descent in Lucid Dreaming

Posted by Ryan Hurd on August 19, 2011 | 17 Comments

Lucid dreaming is a practice that can take us into the realm of soul and spirit. But while we may hope for ecstatic experiences in our dreams, sometimes a different sort of scene arrives: one that tests our resolve, and leads us into dark places and emotional challenges. This is not a failure of the [...]