A study accepted in the journal Sleep last month (but not yet published) claims that lucid dreaming should be not be considered a REM dreaming phenomenon but rather a unique state of consciousness (Voss, et al., 2009). Poetically, the assertion that … [Read more...] about Lucid Dreaming: a Hybrid of REM and Waking Cognition
Lucid Dreaming
What is Lucid Dreaming?
This is my final post on ways of working with dreams without a dang dream dictionary. Becoming a lucid dreamer is an advanced dream practice that is actually easy to learn. I've been leading up to this post because to start lucid dreaming you have … [Read more...] about What is Lucid Dreaming?
Dream ReLiving: An Advanced Lucid Dreaming Practice
I’d like to share an advanced lucid dreaming technique taught by Scott Sparrow, a psychotherapist who played a major role in the beginning of the modern lucid dreaming movement. Dreams often give us gifts, but sometimes as lucid dreamers we … [Read more...] about Dream ReLiving: An Advanced Lucid Dreaming Practice
Dreams and the Gift of Masculinity
Most people who are interested in learning more about their dreams are women. Whether it's culture or biological, women seem to be more willing to explore the murky murk of their dreamworld as well as share their dreams with others. Why are most … [Read more...] about Dreams and the Gift of Masculinity
Lucid Nightmares – Submit Your Dream
I'm preparing for my upcoming lecture on lucid nightmares, coming up in three weeks in Chicago at the annual conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams. So if you want to be part of my data pool for this rendition of the … [Read more...] about Lucid Nightmares – Submit Your Dream
Robert Moss’s Blog & the Archaeology of Gratitude
Check out the new blog by renown dream worker Robert Moss. I say new, but he's really been at it for six months already. Moss has an approachable style to working with dreams, and he never ceases to inspire me. In fact, his classic book Conscious … [Read more...] about Robert Moss’s Blog & the Archaeology of Gratitude