Hey guys what's up it's Charlie here and today we're going to look at how to
lucid dream in five minutes have you ever been having a great dream
and then you've woken up and wished you were back in that dream well now you can
have that great dream every night by controlling your own dreams
this is the concept of lucid dreaming where you can be conscious in your own
dreams but before we get into it why not subscribe and press the notification
bell to the first thing we're going to look at is the wake back to bed method
the wake back to bed method is one of the most popular methods to lucid dream
this technique will allow you to have awareness that you're dreaming from that
moment you can think about anything you want and it will happen like magic so to
do the wake back to bed method the first thing you have to know is when lucid
dreams mostly occur lucid dreams and normal dreams occur during different
stages of the REM stage of sleep REM stands for rapid eye movement this is
usually the final cycle of sleep where your brain becomes more active your body
is also relaxed and immobilized and you won't know this because your sleep but
your eyes are also moving around very rapidly many say the REM stage of sleep
is when you're half awake and half asleep which is why you have dreams
now the REM phase actually occurs twice in your sleep one of the phases is when
you're just about to wake up in the morning but the other one is around 90
minutes after you first fall asleep so the goal of this first method is to wake
up during an REM phase you'll then fall back to sleep and then have a lucid
dream so it's a good idea to set an alarm for 90 minutes after you first
fall asleep if this method doesn't work at first then you may not be getting
enough REM sleep but there are some ways to get more REM sleep one day is to
stick to a daily sleep schedule for example say to yourself every night I
will go to sleep at 10 or 11 p.m. and also make sure to wake up at the same
time every morning for example wake up every day at 6 a.m. or 7 a.m.
however it's good to make sure you get enough sleep to be well rested as you
have more REM sleep if you're not too tired but for most people they will be
getting enough REM sleep too this method work the first time but
don't use this method to have lucid dreams too much after all interrupting
your sleep every night after 90 minutes it's not always good for you so limit
your attempts at lucid dreaming using this method - once or twice a week
another good way to use the wake back to bed method is to set an alarm for the
middle of the night set an alarm to go off around four five
or six hours after you fall in the sleep most people will be going into the final
REM stage of their sleep at this time but it's also not enough time for you to
not be tired meaning you'll likely go back to sleep after waking up to the
salon this will make your REM face lost even longer and you'll be more vivid in
your lucid dream but there's another great method for lucid dreaming if the
wake back to bed method isn't working then try out the dream awareness
technique the dream awareness technique allows you to train your brain to
understand when you're dreaming one method is to keep a dream journal in
this you should write down your dream immediately after waking up write down
your experiences sensations and emotions doing this will train your brain to
remember more of your dreams and if you don't feel like writing you could also
record your dream using a recording device on your cell phone
when you wake up after a dream simply pull that out press record and say
exactly what happened you can also use reality checks during the day it may
sound silly but every few hours during the day ask yourself am I dreaming with
enough practice you will start following this habit in your dreams he can also do
things like pinching your nose or closing your mouth and testing if you
can still breathe you can also look at your hands and feet as if these often
distorted in your dreams another thing you can do is read some text all the
time and a clock then look away and then look back again in dreams at the time on
a clock or text will be blurry or not make any sense or it will be different
every time you look at it I had another thing you can do is try
and push your index finger straight through the palm of your hand doing all
of these things in real life will eventually carry into your dreams then
in your dreams these will serve out reality checks to know if you're
dreaming or not another dream awareness technique is to say something before you
fall asleep for example if you repeat the phrase I will be aware that I'm
dreaming each time you fall asleep you'll have much more lucid dream
this is known as mnemonic induction to lucid dreaming or mi LD you see if you
start to dream if this phrase will carry into your dreams you can then use that
as a reality check to know that you're dreaming and another good method is
purchasing a light alarm a light alarm is a light based alarm which instead
emits light instead of making a sound this light is actually designed to
induce lucid dreaming set the alarm for four five six or seven hours after you
fall asleep or you could set it to go off once every hour the reason why many
people dream when they're about to wake up is because light is likely coming
into your room as the Sun rises will this light won't wake you up but it will
trigger your senses to realize that the sun's coming up of course it's not the
Sun bar - your light alarm but your brain won't realize this this will make
your brain more conscious and may induce a lucid dream so those are two great
methods to get lucid dreams but are there some other techniques you can do
everyday to make more lucid dreams occur well one great technique is to meditate
just before going to sleep if you go into a quiet and dark room and meditate
just before going to sleep this will make your brain more comfortable studies
have found that if you're stressed out you have way less dreams including lucid
dreams so simply pull out a meditation app and get meditating but let's say you
get into a lucid dream and you realize it's beginning to fade you're in a lucid
dream and you're fully aware you're dreaming but then you start to wake up
are there any methods in your lucid dream you can use to prolong that dream
well yes there are if your lucid dream begins to feel unstable and you notice
sensations from the real world then try spinning your dream body around spin
around in your dream body or fall backwards the reason why is unknown but
many report that this helps them to keep dreaming another thing you can do in the
dream is to rub your hands together this will distract you from real world
sensations another great technique to lucid dream is to listen to the neural
beads banheiro beats are different sound frequencies going into each ear simply
put some airports or headphones on before you go to sleep and put some of
these beats on you can find many of these very soothing background sounds on
youtube or elsewhere the reason why this works is because your brain will
interpret the two sound waves overlapping pattern this will change the
brains electrical activity and although scientists don't fully understand it it
can cause more lucid dreaming also if you're a big video game player then good
for you a Canadian University recently published
a study saying that video gamers have much more lucid dreams compared to
people who don't play any video games gamers actually have a much higher rate
of lucid dreaming and there's also some medications you can take to have more
lucid dreams galantamine pills are the most effective pill to induce lucid
dreaming but make sure you speak to a doctor before taking any medications
like this glance I mean this actually a memory supplement which is supposed to
help your mind but it can cause more lucid dreaming and scarily sometimes
more sleep paralysis and another great supplement to take is a vitamin D
supplement vitamin b5 and b6 supplements can increase dream lucidity however you
may need to take a dose of a hundred milligrams for this to actually work
again make sure you speak to a doctor before doing this as it may have side
effects it is pretty rare to have a lucid dream without any preparation but
if you prepare into all of these tips and methods you can have them easily
some online have even reported having lucid dreams every night just imagine
that controlling your world exactly how you want every single night and in lucid
dreams you can do anything you want you can spend time with someone you know in
real life you just have to imagine him or her in your dream with you and of
course as it's the dream you can even fly in your lucid dreams things you
never thought were possible in real life can be achieved in your lucid dreams so
if you want to make every night and magical real-life experience then try
out these methods and tips and start lucid dreaming vote in the poll in the
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