Get ready, oneironautswere about to take off the training wheels.
Welcome to Week Three of LifehackersLucid Dream Workshop.
For starters, youneedto ensure youre getting enough sleep for lucid dreaming to be a possibility.
In fact, the likelihood of you having a lucid dream increases more with each successive REM period.
Food and non-alcoholic drinks can play a major role in dreams too.
Ive personally had success with pickles, apple juice, peanut butter, and spicy foods as helpful elements.
Also,reducing screen time before bedis always a good idea.
Lastly, you oughta fall asleep with theintentionof having a lucid dream.
If you find yourself so drowsy that you are drifting back to sleep, do something to arouse yourself.
Tell yourself: Next time Im dreaming, I want to remember Im dreaming.
Really make a run at feel that you mean it.
Narrow your thoughts to this idea alone.
Repeat:
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until your intention is set, then let yourself fall asleep.
Remember, those last two hours are prime lucid dreaming time, so why not boost your odds?
How to Tell Youre Having a Dream
Okay, so youre dreaming.
But how do you realize youre in a dream so you’re able to wake up within it?
There are two popular methods: spotting dream signs, and critical state testing.
Or maybe youll notice the layout of a familiar place is nothing like it was before.
Whatever they may be for you, start writing down your dream signs in your dream journal.
Critical state testing, on the other hand, is something you must practice in the waking world.
Its very effective if you do it right.
Thats why establishing a personal critical state test is going to be your next assignment.
Assignment: Establish a Routine Am I Dreaming?
Check
Critical state tests can be something as simple as asking yourself, Am I dreaming?
or as complicated as going over a dream state checklist.
If anything seems slightly amiss, I tell myself to hover or fly.
When you conduct your test is important, though.
Create a rule set for yourself and follow it.
Once you get into the practice of it, about five times a day may be good enough.
Eventually, youll go to perform your routine check, and lo and behold, you actuallywillbe dreaming.
Excitement and wonder will wash over you as you become intentionally lucid for the first time.
Okay, oneironauts: sleep tight and dream on.
