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How to Prevent False Awakenings

By Ryan Hurd

False awakenings are dreams that seem like waking life... until you get out of bed and fall down a bottomless chasm. True story. False awakenings can be frustrating, terrifying, and may even begin to impact your daily life, especially when they occur … [Read more...] about How to Prevent False Awakenings

Filed Under: Nightmares & Dream Terrors Tagged With: dreambody, false awakening, Lucid Dreaming, Nightmares & Dream Terrors

What are the Effects of 5-HTP on Dreams?

By Ryan Hurd

5-HTP has increasingly gained notoriety as a dream supplement in the last few years. Its primary use is as an appetite suppressant and for "natural" depression treatment. I haven't personally tried this amino acid—even though it's readily available … [Read more...] about What are the Effects of 5-HTP on Dreams?

Filed Under: Dream Herbs & Supplements Tagged With: 5-HTP, dream supplements, Lucid Dreaming, Thomas Yuscak

5 Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

By Ryan Hurd

This article is for those who wonder if lucid dreaming is for them or if it is a waste of time to try to learn. The fact is, successful lucid dreamers have certain habits and personality traits in common. Lucid Dreaming Basics Lucid dreaming is the … [Read more...] about 5 Traits of Successful Lucid Dreamers

Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming Tagged With: dream incubation, dream recall, how to lucid dream, Jayne Gackenbach, Lucid Dreaming, lucid dreaming tactics, stephen laberge

Avatar: A Dreamer’s Review

By Ryan Hurd

Avatar is the movie James Cameron has been dreaming about for over 20 years.  It took that long for the technology to catch up with his vision.  Worth it?  Yeah, worth it.  I usually only see movies in the theater if something is guaranteed to blow … [Read more...] about Avatar: A Dreamer’s Review

Filed Under: Dreamy Movies Tagged With: Avatar, Avatar movie review, David Price, dream shamanism, Human Terrain System, Lucid Dreaming, Papua New Guinea, shamanism

Allan Hobson and the Neuroscience of Dreams

By Ryan Hurd

The neuroscience of dreaming is a relatively new enterprise but has quickly become the major paradigm of experimental dream research today.  J. Allan Hobson, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at Harvard University, is the undisputed celebrity of this … [Read more...] about Allan Hobson and the Neuroscience of Dreams

Filed Under: Theories of Dreaming Tagged With: 40hz entrainment, activation-synthesis, AIM model, Allan Hobson, anti-Freudian, cognitive neurophilosophy, dreams and neuroscience, Freud, Freudian dream theory, integral psychology, Integral science, integral theory, James Foulkes, John Antrobus, Lucid Dreaming

5 tips for Powerful Dreams Over the Holidays

By Ryan Hurd

Today is the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere.  With the longest night of the year behind us, we can look forward to longer and warmer days ahead. But hold on a minute.  Let’s not invite the light back just yet.  These dark days have … [Read more...] about 5 tips for Powerful Dreams Over the Holidays

Filed Under: Working with Dreams Tagged With: Choline, Christmas dreams, holiday sleep, Lucid Dreaming, REM rebound, sleep debt, solstice dreams, video game dreams

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