07-02-2011, 11:16 PM
This is off topic a bit but was brought up...lucid dreaming.
I found a couple things that seemed to help me. One was, napping during the day. I dont have time to do it much but I would look forward to knowing I could take a cat nap during the day because I had great success with being aware in a dream or dreams being very vivid, other worldly. The other was discovered with my love for the snooze button in the mornings. I would notice that if I went to bed late and had to set the alarm...when I would hit the snooze button and fall back asleep, I would rush right into a vivid dream. Not always aware I was dreaming, but both the naps and the awaking in the morning and going back to sleep (if I was lacking sleep) seemed to bring a huge difference to my dreaming experience.
It was so awesome that I still to this day, set my alarm for a hour early then when I need to get up and I will hit the snooze button every 10 mins. I notice on days when I go to bed early and I have gotten plenty of sleep that it doesn't really work because I cant just doze back off.
If you think about it, if I am falling asleep in between each snooze alarm, Im probably only getting to sleep for like 4-5 mins in between each alarm. That doesnt seem to matter much though and I have continued dreams this way too (returned to the same dream).
If I ever get the chance to nap, I do it in a kinda sitting up position. Its not really comfortable and of course napping is much easier if you have not had a full nights rest, but the sitting up seems to keep me more alert, more on the edge of being aware.
Just some thoughts
Lynette
I found a couple things that seemed to help me. One was, napping during the day. I dont have time to do it much but I would look forward to knowing I could take a cat nap during the day because I had great success with being aware in a dream or dreams being very vivid, other worldly. The other was discovered with my love for the snooze button in the mornings. I would notice that if I went to bed late and had to set the alarm...when I would hit the snooze button and fall back asleep, I would rush right into a vivid dream. Not always aware I was dreaming, but both the naps and the awaking in the morning and going back to sleep (if I was lacking sleep) seemed to bring a huge difference to my dreaming experience.
It was so awesome that I still to this day, set my alarm for a hour early then when I need to get up and I will hit the snooze button every 10 mins. I notice on days when I go to bed early and I have gotten plenty of sleep that it doesn't really work because I cant just doze back off.
If you think about it, if I am falling asleep in between each snooze alarm, Im probably only getting to sleep for like 4-5 mins in between each alarm. That doesnt seem to matter much though and I have continued dreams this way too (returned to the same dream).
If I ever get the chance to nap, I do it in a kinda sitting up position. Its not really comfortable and of course napping is much easier if you have not had a full nights rest, but the sitting up seems to keep me more alert, more on the edge of being aware.
Just some thoughts
Lynette