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Healing in Lucid Dreams and other States of Consciousness
We have amazing powers of self-healing. Dreams have a natural healing function, whether we’re lucidly aware within them or not, as they help us to release and process emotions that are too strong. This natural release enables us to free ourselves…
Lucid Sleep for a Blissful Life
You know how deep down, we are all light and oneness? Funny how it doesn’t always feel that way. As we navigate through the turbulent waters of life, it can feel as if there are too many waves to handle, as if we are all alone. That’s why it’s vital to be able to...
Lucid Dream Sex and Symbolism
Sexual dreams can be complex, as they can cover such a wide range of emotions and situations. They can make us wake up shuddering with pleasure or disgust. They can bring to light happy memories or traumas. They can reveal to us the state of our relationships with...
Lucid Living and Enlightenment
How can we awaken to the dream of life and live consciously in the precious and wonderful present moment? Why are we alive, and how can we wake up fully and grasp our own marvellous potential? The meaning of life is to have an immersive experience of being alive in a...
Lucid dream books – best journey
It can be hard to know which lucid dream book is right for you, depending on where you are on your path into dreaming. People often ask me which of my seven books to start on, and the best journey through them, hence this post. In short, from absolute beginner to...
The Secret Language of Dreams
Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling sad or anxious? Chances are you had a bad dream. And perhaps you sometimes wake up smiling or feeling wonderful? Dreams speak in a rich mixture of images, metaphors, and emotions, and they can powerfully influence our...
Yoga nidra, the ancient art of conscious sleep
Have you ever tried yoga nidra to get lucid in your dreams? Yoga nidra is an excellent practice for wake-induced lucid dreaming, or WILD. In yoga nidra, the body sleeps (rests in deep relaxation) while the mind remains effortlessly lucid; effortlessly aware. An...
Dreams of death, dying, and deceased loved ones
People can get pretty scared when they dream of death. Maybe they die in the dream, or they see a dead body, or witness a murder. They wake up asking “why did I dream such a terrible thing?” It’s helpful to work with this kind of dream to unwrap its meaning. Death is...
Seven ways to optimise your dream recall
Do you wish you could remember more dreams? You're all set up with a dream journal on your bedside table, you're keen and excited... but nothing happens? Dream recall can be capricious - one day you may remember three or four dreams, the next day nothing at all. It...
How to handle sleep paralysis and invite lucid dreams
Sleep paralysis and nightmares are common nocturnal experiences. Desperate people write to me saying they are too frightened to sleep because they get pinned down by demons or attacked by brutal nightmares. Their fearful nocturnal experience dominates their lives to...
Superpower! Amazing new documentary on lucid dreams, intuition and reality
I'm honoured to be featured in this powerful 10 episode documentary with many luminaries and great thinkers, this goes really deep and is fascinating for anyone interested in the nature of the self and reality... and the "superpower" of lucid dreaming. SUPERPOWER, the...
Andrew Holecek and Dr Clare Johnson Get Lucid
This is a beautiful, luminous, and deep conversation between the author of Dream Yoga, Andrew Holecek, and myself. He has decades of experience with lucidity and it was a joy to talk with him. Here’s what Andrew wrote about our conversation: This wide-ranging...
