Description
Book Synopsis Lucid dreaming, the skill of recognizing that you''re dreaming within a dream, has a vast potential to not only improve the content of your dreams but also to quell anxiety and improve confidence during your waking life. Leveraging both scientific research and two decades of personal experimentation, this book provides everything readers need to know in order to begin lucid dreaming for the first time and to improve the frequency, control, and clarity of existing lucid dream experiences. Personal anecdotes and dream journal entries from the author help clarify points of confusion and motivate readers. This book focuses heavily on the connections between lucid dreaming, mindfulness, and anxiety, and on the myriad benefits lucid dreaming can have while you are awake.
Whether you have never had a lucid dream before, or you want to improve the quality and frequency of your lucid dreams, the techniques provided here will make the process simple. With the skill of lucid dreami
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Section One. How to Lucid Dream
- 1. Definitions and Misconceptions
- 2. Tips to Get Started
- 3. Increasing Dream Recall
- 4. Reality Checks
- 5. Induction Techniques
- 6. Prolonging a Lucid Dream
- 7. Common Mistakes
- Section Two. Why Learn to Lucid Dream?
- 8. Dealing with Nightmares and Anxiety
- 9. Activities to Try in a Lucid Dream
- 10. Long-Term Goal Setting
- 11. Dreaming's Influence on Creativity and Invention
- 12. Meditation
- 13. Teaching Children to Lucid Dream
- Section Three. Sleep Science and Philosophy
- 14. What We Know: Scientific Data
- 15. Demographic Trends in Lucid Dreaming
- 16. Dreams and Video Games
- 17. Out-of-Body Experiences and Astral Projection
- 18. Lucid Dreaming as an Altered State of Consciousness
- 19. Additional Perspectives
- 20. What We Don't Know: Questions for Further Inquiry
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
