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Lucid Dreaming

Dream Researchers Gather, Dance Funky Chicken

By Ryan Hurd

The 2012 conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams is June 22-26, 2012 in Berkeley, CA. If you are ready to connect with a dynamic dream research community, here's your chance. Keynotes this year includes cognitive … [Read more...] about Dream Researchers Gather, Dance Funky Chicken

Filed Under: Hearsay, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: dream conference, Fred Alan Wolf, IASD

10 Habits and Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

By Ryan Hurd

I'll just go ahead and say it: not everyone is cut out to be a lucid dreamer. I'm not meaning to be a downer, but it's true. While there is so much hype about how achieving self-awareness in your dreams is a learnable skill—and it surely is—some … [Read more...] about 10 Habits and Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, New Dream Studies Tagged With: best lucid dream techniques, how to lucid dream, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming training

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

Announcing the Lucid Immersion Blueprint

By Ryan Hurd

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 … [Read more...] about Announcing the Lucid Immersion Blueprint

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: lucid dream course, lucid dreaming book, lucid dreaming training, lucid immersion

5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming

By Ryan Hurd

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. How does this relate to lucid dreaming? … [Read more...] about 5 Aspects of Ancient Dream Technology That Boost Lucid Dreaming

Filed Under: Dream & Sleep Research, Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: aesclepius, dream incubation, Lucid Dreaming, lucid induction

Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games

By Ryan Hurd

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. Lucid dream … [Read more...] about Encouraging Lucid Dreaming with Video Games

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming, Technology Tagged With: field independence, Jayne Gackenbach, Lucid Dreaming, video games

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