Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Luci...
Finally, some people worry that lucid dreams are so exciting and pleasurable that they will become addicted and "sleep their life away." There is a biological obstacle to living in lucid dreams: we have a limited amount of REM sleep. More importantly, lucid dreams can be inspirations for how to act and improve in reality. Your behavior strongly influences your experience in both worlds. Lucid dreams can be signposts for how you can make your waking reality more exciting and enjoyable.
Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Luci...
The Lucidity Institute offers several electronic devices that help people have lucid dreams. They were developed through laboratory research at Stanford University by LaBerge, Levitan, and others. The basic principle behind all of these devices is as follows: the primary task confronting someone who wishes to have a lucid dream is to remember that intention while in a dream. One of the best ways to increase a person's chances of having a lucid dream is to give a reminder to the person during REM sleep. In the lab, we found that flashing light cues worked well in that they tended to incorporate into ongoing dreams without causing awakening. You may have noticed that occasional bits of sensory information are filtered into your dreams in disguised form, like a clock radio as supermarket music or a chain saw as the sound of a thunderstorm. This is the same principle used by our lucid dream induction devices: the lights or sounds from the device filter into the user's dreams. In cases of very deep sleepers, we found that it was sometimes necessary to use sound as well as light to get the cues into dreams. The dreamer's task is to notice the flashing lights in the dream and remember that they are cues to become lucid. Because we could not possibly accommodate everyone who wants to come into the sleep lab for a lucid dream induction session and most people would rather sleep at home anyway, we worked for several years to develop a comfortable, portable device that would detect REM sleep and deliver a cue tailored to the individual user's needs.
Lucidity Institute offers electronic devices that help people have lucid dreams. They were developed through laboratory research at Stanford University by LaBerge, Levitan, and others. The basic principle behind these devices is as follows: the primary task confronting someone who wishes to have a lucid dream is to remember that intention while in a dream. One of the best ways to increase a person's chances of having a lucid dream is to give a reminder to the person during REM sleep. In the lab, we found that flashing light cues worked well in that they tended to incorporate into ongoing dreams without causing awakening. You may have noticed that occasional bits of sensory information are filtered into your dreams in disguised form, like a clock radio as supermarket music or a chain saw as the sound of a thunderstorm. This is the same principle used by our lucid dream induction devices: the lights or sounds from the device filter into the user's dreams. In cases of very deep sleepers, we found that it was sometimes necessary to use sound as well as light to get the cues into dreams. The dreamer's task is to notice the flashing lights in the dream and remember that they are cues to become lucid. Because we could not possibly accommodate everyone who wants to come into the sleep lab for a lucid dream induction session and most people would rather sleep at home anyway, we worked for several years to develop a comfortable, portable device that would detect REM sleep and deliver a cue tailored to the individual user's needs.
Over the past thirty-five years, exercises, techniques and training materials have been developed and refined to the point where most anyone can learn to have lucid dreams if they are willing to devote time and effort. Lucidity Institute offers lucid dreaming training through several modalities. To start, most bookstores carry the book Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (EWLD) by LaBerge and Rheingold (Ballantine, 1990), or you can order it online from Amazon.com. It presents a step-by-step training program with exercises and an introduction to the various possible applications of lucid dreaming. Lucidity Institute's A Course in Lucid Dreaming (included with the NovaDreamer package) provides a more thorough training program with five units of exercises and a workbook for tracking your progress. EWLD is the textbook for the Course.
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF LUCID DREAMING By Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. and Howard Rheingold (Ballantine, 1990) A practical guide for lucid dreamers. The first half of the book establishes a basic understanding of sleep and dreams, followed by a progressive series of exercises for developing lucid dreaming skills. These include cataloging "dreamsigns," your personal landmarks that tell you when you are dreaming, the Reflection-Intention and MILD techniques for becoming lucid within the dream and methods of falling asleep consciously based on ancient Tibetan Yoga practices. Induction methods are followed by practical advice on maintaining and guiding lucid dreams. After presenting the lucid dream induction techniques, Dr. LaBerge explains his understanding of the origin of dreams, founded on current views in the sciences of consciousness and cognition. This provides a foundation for the methods of employing lucid dreams to enhance your life, which are detailed in the second half of the book. The applications considered are: adventures and explorations, rehearsal for living, creative problem solving, overcoming nightmares, healing, and discovery of expanded awareness and spiritual experience. Many delightful and illuminating anecdotes from lucid dreamers illustrate the use of lucid dreams for each application. See Annotated Table of Contents for more details. Available from Amazon.com.
I had the pleasure of meeting Clare when we visited England a few years ago shortly after her book came out. I have been a fan of her work for so long and finally getting to connect in person was a dream come true. This book is one of my very favorites and I have gifted it to every single gardener in my life. In addition to covering everything you need to know about growing and enjoying homegrown flowers all year long, the abundance of beautiful photos will keep you glued to the pages from beginning to end. This book is a must add to your flower library!
Great timing to come across this blog as I was just going through my favorite farming and gardening books on the shelf this afternoon while prepping for the Floret workshop! Home libraries are some of my favorite libraries, I love how they open conversations and give you clues about the interests and dreams of the people they belong to. What you find there might surprise you. My favorite book ever since I was a kid is The Black Stallion. The themes of freedom, resilience and victory seem to inspire me at any phase of my life.
Have you been able to visit our little town in Northern California? Had no idea she had a cook book but now I do! Looks like there is a lot of great reading material on your list and very excited to check some of them out. Just wanted to say thank you for being an inspiration for following my dreams and heading into my second year with my small flower farm that has brought much joy to my life and our small community.
I live in southern Utah and I love the desert flora & color against the red rock. I must admit though, we lived in the Seattle area while raising our family and I dearly miss the dahlias i so easily grew there. Oh how my heart aches for them. I do have your books and I look through them and dream of days gone by. Your books are displayed for all to see and enjoy.
Writers Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman are best friends and the hosts of the popular but now-defunct podcast Big Friendship. Their honest and hilarious 2020 book chronicles their first decade in one another's lives, from weathering life-threatening health scares and getting fired from their dream jobs to an unfortunate Thanksgiving dinner eaten in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of friendship, Sow and Friedman will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged and preserved.
Lady Viktoria is a visual artist working in acrylic paint. She makes her home along the shores of Lake Simcoe in Canada. She is often found in her studio, not just painting but sharing her creative world with her children. Her artwork is inspired by her regular sojourns in nature, the mythopoetic realm, motherhood and her dreams. A thread woven throughout her work is a deep love for magic. She believes it is inherent in all of life, and through her brush, she wishes to bring magic into each and every creation.
Jesy Nelson thought her dreams had come true when she won The X-Factor as part of Little Mix, but ever since she's been in the spotlight, she's been harassed and bullied by online trolls, to the extent that she's contemplated suicide. In this emotional documentary, Nelson opens up about her struggle with depression and anxiety in the face of so much online abuse, as she attempts to move on from what she describes as the darkest time of her life. A sobering and insightful look at how online bullying can ruin lives, regardless of your social status, Odd One Out is an important watch as society continues to fall deeper into the black mirror. Out now on BBC iPlayer. bbc.co.uk 041b061a72