How to Lucid Dream.
Learning how to lucid dream—that is, to be aware during your dreams that you are,
indeed, dreaming—will allow you to live out fantasies, stop nightmares, and even road
test some solutions to real life problems.
You will need A dream journal and an alarm clock.
Step 1.
Keep a journal and a pen next to your bed so you can immediately record everything that
happens in your dreams.
You’ll begin to see patterns, and that will help you realize when you’re actually in
the middle of a dream.
Step 2.
Look intently at mirrors, book titles, and your watch face several times a day.
In dreams, these images are always blurred.
Looking at them while awake will increase their appearances in your dreams, helping
you recognize when you are dreaming.
Pinching yourself when you’re awake is another good way to train your brain to recognize
when you’re dreaming, because when you pinch yourself in a dream you feel no pain.
Step 3.
Tell yourself as you drift off to sleep that you’re going to have a lucid dream.
Research shows that simply instructing your brain to realize you’re dreaming—especially
when you’re in the suggestible pre-sleep phase—helps boost your odds of doing so.
Step 4.
Set your alarm half an hour earlier than normal.
When it rings, stay awake 30 to 60 minutes, then go back to sleep.
Because you likely interrupted dream-intense REM sleep, you’re now 20% to 50% more likely
to have a lucid dream.
So George Clooney is about to kiss you and you feel like you’re starting to wake up?
Pretend to spin around in circles.
This keeps the dream going 96% of the time.
Step 5.
Once you’re attuned to the fact that you’re dreaming, start altering the action.
Fly over mountains.
Tell off your mother-in-law.
Have a “dream” date.
You can also test problem-solving scenarios, practice sensitive confrontations, and speak
to loved ones who have passed.
Did you know Lewis Carroll was inspired to write _Alice in Wonderland_ after having a
lucid dream.