Experience Lucid Dreaming through Virtual Reality
Lucid dreaming (LD) is an exciting experience with many advantages. However, not everyone experiences it as often as they would like. To help matters, a group of scientists from Canada…
What to Eat to Experience Lucid Dreams?
The effects of various substances (B vitamins, antidepressants, galantamine) on the frequency of lucid dreams (LD) have been studied more than once by researchers. The German author Josua Biehl went…
What are Your Chances of Experiencing Sleep Paralysis?
Scientists have repeatedly collected statistics about sleep paralysis (SP), trying to understand how many people on average are affected by this phenomenon and what influences its occurrence. Researchers from the…
Overcoming Phobias Through Lucid Dreams
In a lucid dream (LD), people not only understand that they are dreaming, but can also influence the scenario. Compared to the physical world, LD has an important advantage: it…
Is Pregabalin a New Way to Get into Lucid Dreams?
Galantamine is one of the most well-known drugs for stimulating lucid dreams (LD). Quite a large number of studies have been devoted to it. However, recently, medical practitioners from the…
Sleep Paralysis as a Result of Psychological Trauma
Bereavement often leads to sleep disorders, and the stronger the grief, the more significant the problem. In a recent article, researchers from the USA—Cybele Blood and Joanne Cacciatore—have suggested that…
What Came First: Sleep Paralysis or Belief in the Paranormal?
About 80% of all cases of sleep paralysis (SP) are accompanied by hallucinations: visual, auditory, and tactile. Often a paralyzed person sees an incubus or a demon. But what comes…
Sports in a Lucid Dream as Mental Training
Sports practice in a lucid dream (LD) is the deliberate training of physical skills in LD. It can be used to practice any sport from skiing to gymnastics. One springboard…
Does Belief in the Significance of Dreams Affect Lucidity?
There are a huge number of scientific papers on the topic of lucid dreams (LD). However, as noted by Palestinian authors, Firas H. Bazzari and Amjad H. Bazzari, the subject…
Causes of Sleep Paralysis Include Anxiety, Coffee, Alcohol, Nicotine, and… Sports?
Approximately every third student experiences sleep paralysis (SP). The reasons for the high prevalence of SP specifically among students are not entirely clear. A group of scientists from Poland (Wróbel-Knybel,…
“I Love You”: First Phrase Detected in Lucid Dream
Is it possible to look into someone else’s dream and communicate with the dreamer in real time? Until now, in attempting such communication, scientists have used only “yes/no” questions which…
The “Aura” of Phase States
There are several ways to have an out-of-body experience (OBE). Most of them are similar to lucid dream induction. The main method is the conscious recollection of bodily sensations (sounds,…
Lucid Dreams Train Vestibular Apparatus
Flying is one of the frequent hobbies of lucid dreamers. Engagement in this activity seems to be motivated by pure pleasure—the opportunity to experience something that is not available in…
Are Lucid Dreamers Sensitive and Selfish Extroverts?
Every second person has had a lucid dream at least once, but the regularity of this experience varies from never to several nights a week. A group of German scientists…
Earlier Sleep Interruption Reduces the Chances of Lucidity
Lucid dreaming (LD) is a platform that presents a huge number of opportunities: from personal growth and healing to entertainment and traveling. Dialogue with dreamers in real time opens up…
Is Lucid Dreaming a Source of Pleasure or Problems?
Lucid dreams (LD) are most often a pleasant experience, saturated with vivid emotions. Surveys show that practitioners usually strive for mindfulness in dream for pleasure (flight, sex, etc.). Scientists from…
Lucid Dreamers Have Fun Alone
A lucid dream (LD) is one in which the person in question realizes they are dreaming. If a dreamer can control their actions in a dream, they usually choose to…
Regular Sleeping Schedule as Prevention of Sleep Paralysis
Although people of all ages may experience sleep paralysis (SP), adolescents and young people are more likely to suffer from this disorder. Episodes can be triggered by daytime stress, fatigue,…
Through Mindfulness and Meditation to Lucid Dreams
Nightmares are closely related to stress and poor health. Buddhist mindfulness practices can reduce stress, improve sleep, and promote mental health. One of the techniques to improve mindfulness is meditation.…
Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Lucid Dreaming Scale
In 2013, a group of scientists led by Ursula Voss created the Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams Scale (LuCID). As various researchers have repeatedly noted, mindfulness in a dream is…
