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Lucid Dreams on KPBS Midday Edition

I recently discussed lucid dreaming LIVE on KPBS Midday Edition, focusing on how lucid dreaming can stop recurring nightmares–someitmes with

Lucid Dreaming Therapy: Pathways to Safety, Connection, and Creativity

Lucid dreaming is a tool for recalibrating automatic responses to nightmares, trauma, and challenging emotions.

Does Lucid Dreaming Cause Derealization or Depersonalization?

Q. I sometimes spontaneously lucid dream. They are usually short-lived, but fun so I want to have more of them. The problem is I've...

Break on Through to Wake-Initiated Lucid Dreams

Q. I've been trying so hard to WILD but I get stuck in sleep paralysis and I don’t fall asleep all the way. My body feels like a weight, ...

Jan 4, 20231 min read

MILD: An 24-hour lucid dreaming practice

Lucid dream techniques tend not to be described cohesively whether online or in books or science journals. Rather, they tend to come...

Nov 14, 20196 min read

Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreaming (MILD)

The Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams technique, or MILD, is a prospective memory technique designed to help you set and carry out the inte

Oct 27, 20194 min read

Improving Dreamsign Awareness

Dreams are full of features that distinguish them from waking reality. These features, known as dreamsigns, can serve as signals that you ar

Feb 5, 20185 min read

To lucid dream test your state by re-reading

Developing the ability to recognize signs that you are dreaming—"dreamsigns"—is critical to having lucid dreams. This skill takes time...

Dec 16, 20136 min read

How to Lucid Dream

Having lucid dreams takes learning a few basic techniques and cultivating a specific mindset. Some persons will require more time or...

Mar 1, 20124 min read

Finding the Time to Dream Journal

Though journaling your subconscious escapades can be gratifying in countless ways, such a habit takes time, energy, and motivation to cultiv

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