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Consciousness & Health

Join the 99%: Sleep In and Take a Revolutionary Nap

By Ryan Hurd

As the parent of a newborn baby (ain't he cute?), my sleep these days is pretty much toast. Seven weeks in, I’ve accepted that I’m not going to sleep for a period of more than two hours at a time for the foreseeable future. But I’m not sleep … [Read more...] about Join the 99%: Sleep In and Take a Revolutionary Nap

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Sleep Research Tagged With: insomnia, napping, parenting, sleep deprivation, sleep fragmentation

How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success

By Ryan Hurd

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 … [Read more...] about How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: field independence, hypnagogia, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming training, lucid immersion

9 Holistic Health Apps for the Quantified Self

By Ryan Hurd

We like to think that we are unpredictable, but the mobile generation is pulling back the curtain on our individual behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. It began with apps for tracking how many calories we’ve consumed, or how many miles we’ve run. But … [Read more...] about 9 Holistic Health Apps for the Quantified Self

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Product Reviews, Technology Tagged With: holistic health apps, meditation apps, quantified self, spirituality apps

3 Ways to Find Your Ground and Make your Home More Sacred

By Ryan Hurd

Making your house into a home takes more than a knitted afhgan lying alongside the couch. What makes a domestic structure into a nest is not just about coziness, but alignment. The ancient Chinese tradition of Feng shui has perfected this art, but … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Find Your Ground and Make your Home More Sacred

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: consciousness studies, Paul Devereux, sacred geography, sacred sites

The Healing Power of Lucid Dreams

By Ryan Hurd

Can lucid dreaming quicken physical healing? Can you use your dreams to scan for illness in the body? And what are the best ways to apply the skill of self-awareness in dreams for facing your fears and revitalizing your spirit? These are the … [Read more...] about The Healing Power of Lucid Dreams

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: healing dreams, health warning dreams, Lucid Dreaming, Robert Waggoner, shamanism

Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

By Julie Stiles

A friend recently wrote in an email; “I'm coming to realize that this transformational path I'm on isn't exactly productive. I don't know what it is but productive it's not.” Her comments, coupled with my own experiences of times when I am not … [Read more...] about Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health Tagged With: consciousness, creativity, inner work, productivity, self-growth, transformation

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