LUCID DREAMINGB Y - A K S H I T A P I L L A I

OVERVIEW

• What is a lucid dream?

• Characteristics

• Is it real?

• Lucid Dream – Not a recent discovery

• Use of lucid dreams

• How to induce lucid dreams

• Summary

WHAT IS LUCID DREAM?

• Lucid dream is any dream in which a person is aware that he/she is dreaming during an ongoing dream.

• Also called conscious dream.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Dream environment and dream experiences can be controlled to some extent.

• Dreamers can experience all five senses, ie , touch, smell, sight, sound and taste

• Lucid dreams seem very real and are vivid.

• Usually occurs during the REM sleep cycle.

IS IT REAL?YES!

• The first scientific proof of lucid dreaming emerged in 1975 from the British parapsychologist Dr Keith Hearne.

• Researchers have monitored brainwave, blood flow and eye movement to prove the existence of higher levels of consciousness during lucid dreaming.

• Modern research- Stephen LaBerge and Lynn Nagel of Stanford University

LUCID DREAM – NOT A RECENT DISCOVERY

• Foundation of Tibetan dream yoga for more than 1000 years.

• Sigmund Freud wrote about it in his famous book “ The Interpretation of Dreams”

• Term coined by Dutch psychiatrist in 1913.

USES OF LUCID DREAMS

Deal with Nightmare

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Adventure /Fantasy

Practice important

tasks

HOW TO INDUCE LUCID DREAMS

1) Dream Awareness Methods

Dream journal - record your dreams.

learn to recognize personal dream signs.

Using reality checks.

2) Wake-Back –to- Bed (WBTB) Method

The goal of this method is to wake up during a REM phase, concentrate on the dream you had and then fall back asleep imagining yourself continuing the dream.

3) Android and iOS apps - “ Awoken” and “Lucid Dreaming App”

4) Galantamine – know to induce lucid dreams.

SUMMARY

• Lucid dreaming is a real phenomenon.

• First scientific proof presented in 1975

• Usually occurs during REM cycle.

• Can be used to deal with nightmares or experience adventures.

• Many methods and apps available which can help induce lucid dreams.

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