Lucid dreaming

Solve problems while you sleep.

Lucid dreaming is the ability to become aware that you are dreaming while still in the dream state. This awareness allows you to control and influence your dreams. Here are potential benefits:

• Improved performance: Practicing physical skills in lucid dreams can lead to improvements in real-life performance. Dreamers can rehearse activities, leading to improved muscle memory and coordination [1].

• Increased creativity: Lucid dreaming can translate to higher creativity levels. Dreamers can use the lucid state to explore creative solutions to problems and enhance artistic expression [2].

• Therapeutic potential: Lucid dreaming can alleviate anxiety and depression by providing a safe space for dreamers to resolve emotional conflicts [3].

Lucid dreaming is trackable. 

Lucid dreaming occurs during the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) cycle of sleep, and is characterized by an increase in the percentage of alpha band (8-12 Hz) in central brain regions [4], and decrease in delta band (1-4 Hz) in the fronto-central brain regions [5].

Here’s how to lucid dream.

See our preferred methods to induce lucid dreaming below:

• Wake Back to Bed (WBTB): Sleep for 5-6 hours, wake up and stay awake briefly, then go back to sleep with the intention of lucid dreaming. The fragmentation of sleep significantly increases the chances of entering REM sleep, inducing lucid dreaming [6].

• Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD): While lying in bed, repeatedly tell yourself ‘I realize that I am dreaming’. This repetition will plant the intention to recognize when you eventually start dreaming [7].

• Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD). This technique builds on the WBTB method. After 4-6 hours of sleep, wake up during the REM cycle. While awake, close your eyes and cycle through your senses — sight (the darkness behind your eyelids), sound (your breathing and the noise in your bedroom), and touch (physical sensations). Spend 10-15 seconds on each sense, repeat 4-5 times, then fall back asleep to enhance your chances of lucid dreaming.

MILD and SSILD techniques have shown the most promising results for initiating lucid dreaming [8]. All these techniques have a few common points to enhance the quality of lucid dreams; like maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, setting a relaxing environment 30 minutes before bed, and meditating regularly.

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