Dreams are successions of images, ideas, and sensations that occur involuntarily during sleep. Lucid dreaming involves becoming consciously aware that one is dreaming and taking control of the dream. Some techniques to induce lucid dreaming include dream recall, reality testing, and mnemonic induction of lucid dreaming. Benefits include overcoming nightmares, while risks include sleep problems and derealization. Lucid dreaming has been studied scientifically and has historical and cultural significance in many societies.

2. WHAT IS DREAM?
 A dream is a succession of
images, ideas, emotions, and
sensations that usually occur
involuntarily in the mind during
certain stages of sleep.
 The content and purpose of
dreams are not fully understood,
although they have been a topic of
scientific, philosophical and
religious interest throughout
recorded history.

3. What is lucid dreaming?
 Lucid dreaming is the ability to become
consciously aware while you are dreaming
and take active control of your dream.
 Lucid dream is the dream during which
the dreamer is aware that they are
dreaming.
 During a lucid dream, the dreamer may
gain some amount of control over the
dream characters, narrative and
environment.

4. Question?
If you could control your dream, what you
dream?
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DREAMING
AND LUCID DREAMING
•The greatest difference between a lucid and
non-lucid dream is having a degree of
control over that dream’s outcome.
•A regular dream is like watching a movie
play out in front of you.
• A lucid dream is like being an active
participant in that movie.

5. BACKGROUND OF LUCID DREAMS FROM
NOW TO THEN…
Dreams have been of paramount importance to cultures throughout
the ages.
•Native Americans viewed dreams as portals to the spirit world,
paths to prophecy and quests.
•The Aborigines refer to the stories of the world's very beginning as
their dreamings.
•Aristotle may have been the first to write about lucid dreaming,
although he didn't have a term for it.
•And some Tibetan Buddhists have been practicing something like
lucid dreaming for a very long time: dream yoga. [The objective of
dream yoga is to probe your consciousness and bring you to a
constant state of awareness.]

6. •A Dutch psychiatrist named Frederik van Eeden came
up with the term for lucid dreams in 1913.
Stephen Laberge,
• Nowadays, many people have heard of
lucid dreaming because of a man
named Stephen Laberge, a
psychophysiologist with a Stanford degree
who heads up the Lucidity Institute, which is
dedicated to the study of lucid dreams and
their application to daily life.
• LaBerge calls himself a dream sailor. He
runs workshops that aren't cheap (upward of
a few grand) to teach people how to have
lucid dreams.
• He claims that lucid dreams can do
everything from making you more creative
to helping with grief.

7. •British parapsychologist Keith
Hearne was the first to discover
scientific evidence of lucid dreaming
in 1975.
•In his research he caught the pre-
determined conscious eye
movements of a lucid dreaming
volunteer.

8. Who are all the people experience
lucid dreams?
A 2017 study published in the
journal Imagination, Cognition and Personality:
Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical
Practice referred that
people are more likely to experience
spontaneous lucid dreams in their childhood,
starting at about 3 and 4 years old.
However, the likelihood of lucid dreaming
begins to decline in early adolescence.
“After the age of 25, spontaneous onset of
lucid dreaming appears to be very infrequent,”
the study authors write.

9. Personality and lucid dreams
The researchers — who hail from the Universities
of Mannheim and Heidelberg, both in Germany
— investigated whether or not personality traits
could help predict a person’s likelihood of
experiencing lucid dreams.
 The study found that openness to an
experience correlates positively with lucid
dreaming frequency. However, agreeableness —
a personality trait that often indicates a
person’s level of friendliness and tact in
interpersonal relationships — does not.
 The study also identified
that neuroticism — a personality factor that
often presents as strong moods, anxiety,
and depression — had associations with a
higher frequency of lucid dreams.

10. SCIENCE BEHIND LUCID DREAMING
•A group of scientists in Germany found that “self-
reflection in everyday life is more pronounced in
persons who can easily control their dreams.
• The area of the brain responsible for self reflection
(among others) is significantly larger among lucid
dreamers.”
•Human self-reflection is the capacity of humans to
exercise introspection and to attempt to learn more
about their fundamental nature and essence.
•Lucid dreaming is a safe and natural way to gain
more control over your mind and thought processes.
• Practicing the lucid dreaming techniques ,will make
you more aware of your surroundings and actions,
giving you a better grasp on reality.
• Lucid dreaming gives us the ability to “experience”
anything we can imagine without having to actually do
anything but sleep.

11. Techniques we can follow to
learn how to lucid dream
•DREAM RECALL :
Record after waking up from the dream.
It helps you to recall the dream of each day.
Once you attuned to your process of dreaming, you will become a best
observer of your dreams.
•MNEUMONIC INDUCTION OF LUCID DREAM (MILD):
One of the loBerg’s techniques.
When you wake up, try to remember it fully, when you go back to the sleep
tell you’re going to remember dreaming during next dream.
REALITY TESTING:
Remembering yourself throughout the day you’re conscious,
It also have connections to the Buddhist concept of mindfulness.
“the more you realize what consciousness is like when you’re conscious, the
more likely you will be to recognize when you are in dream state”.

12. Benefits
Overcome nightmares
It’s normal to have a nightmare every now and then. About 50 to 85
percent of adults have occasional nightmares.
Recurring nightmares, however, can cause stress and anxiety.
They’re often associated with:
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
depression
anxiety
stress
sleep disturbances, like insomnia
medication
substance abuse
Lucid dreaming is often used in imagery rehearsal therapy
(IRT).
 In IRT, a therapist helps you reimagine a recurring nightmare with
a different, more pleasant storyline.
When used with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), IRT with lucid
dreaming induction can help increase dream control.
control, which reduced nightmare-induced stress.

13. Cautions
Negative aspects might include:
Sleep problems. WBTB and MILD involve waking up in the middle
of the night. These interruptions can make it difficult to get
enough rest, especially if you have a sleep disorder or an irregular
sleep schedule.
Derealization. Sleep disturbances can lead to derealization, or the
feeling that people, things, and your environment aren’t real.
Depression. The sleep interruptions of induction techniques may
increase depressive symptoms.
Sleep paralysis. Lucid dreaming may occur with sleep paralysis,
which can be brief yet terrifying. Plus, sleep problems can
increase the risk of sleep paralysis.