Dreams & Lucid Dreaming

Review: Explorers of the Lucid Dream World (DVD)

I recently got my hands on a copy of Explorers of the Lucid Dream World, a new documentary about lucid dreaming. The DVD arrived in the mail on Friday and I immediately popped it into the player and watched the documentary and all the special features that accompanied it. The documentary covers the basics of [...]

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How To Turn a Nightmare Into a Lucid Dream

In my last article, I described some techniques to help you remember to perform reality checks and to help you turn a false awakening into a lucid dream. Today, I'm going to offer two easy techniques to help you become lucid during a nightmare. Technique #1 This technique might seem silly at first, but give [...]

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How To Turn a False Awakening Into a Lucid Dream

A few weeks ago, I posted an article about false awakenings. Today I'm going to offer some simple suggestions that can help you turn your false awakenings into lucid dreams. These techniques will also help you remember to perform frequent reality checks, which can greatly increase the likelihood of becoming lucid in a dream. (You [...]

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How to Have More Exciting Dreams - Part 1

If your dreams are starting to feel stale or unexciting, try taking a brief vacation to liven things up. Traveling can quickly stimulate your mind into producing more interesting and entertaining dreams. Immersing yourself in a new environment or a different culture provides as much new material for your dreaming mind as it does for [...]

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False Awakenings and Lucid Dreaming

A false awakening occurs when you're dreaming and believe you've woken up when in actuality you are still dreaming and only dreamed of waking up. You "wake up" and begin to go about your daily routine -- visit the bathroom, brush your teeth, get dressed, etc. -- until eventually you realize you're still dreaming. At [...]

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Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming (Full Series)

To make things easier for visitors who are new to the site, or who want to skip the other articles and read only the Mastering the Art of Lucid Dreaming series, I've included links below to all the articles in the series. If you're new to lucid dreaming, don't be daunted by how many parts [...]

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How I Got Into Lucid Dreaming

Ben over at Dreaming Life recently posted an article about how he got into lucid dreaming and called on other dream enthusiasts to describe how they got into lucid dreaming as well. My first lucid dream, or at least the first lucid dream I can recall, occurred when I was young, around eleven or twelve [...]

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How To Analyze Your Dreams More Effectively

When analyzing their dreams, too many dreamers fall back on the standard definitions found in a dream dictionary. Dream symbolism can vary considerably from person to person, making most dream dictionaries only marginally useful. Dreamers should never rely solely on the standard dream dictionary definitions for interpretation. We all have our own personal filters through [...]

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