Learn the art of lucid dreaming

Lucid dreaming is consciously realizing that you are dreaming while in the dreamworld. Once lucid, a dreamer can do anything: fly, visit a person or place, meditate, or practice a high-performance skill.

Throughout the night there are several opportunities to plant seeds of lucidity. Understanding how we sleep is foundational for developing a lucid dreaming practice.

Anyone can learn to lucid dream. Lucid dreaming requires commitment, curiosity, and access to the ideal techniques for the current stage in the learning process.

Lucid dreaming offers an array of benefits – both in the dreamworld and while awake. Some of these benefits are surprising and non-intuitive.

Wake Back to Bed, or WBTB, is perhaps the most reliable single technique for inducing lucid dreams.

Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (often referred to as MILD) is a prospective memory technique for triggering lucid dreams.

Lucid dreaming is fun, aids in learning and high-performance skill training, and fosters an open, flexible mind.

The best technique for learning to lucid dream and is to combine three efforts: keeping a dream journal, performing state tests, and practicing Wake-Back-to-Bed (WBTB).

A great lucid dreaming app will provide detailed instruction in the techniques of lucidity, on-device notifications for performing state tests, and a dream journal. It should be designed for nighttime, and it should be affordable.

The amount of sleep we require changes as we grow. At every age, our brains and bodies are undergoing change. During periods of intensive development we need even more sleep than during more stable periods in our lives.