Lucid Dreaming: Harnessing Esoteric Techniques for Conscious Dream Control
January 27, 2024 | Miriam Slozberg
How can you become aware that you are in a dream state while sleeping and control how the dream goes? If that sounds like something you would love to do, then you are in for a treat because you will learn all about how to practice lucid dreaming.
Lucid dreaming is when you become aware that you are dreaming and can actively participate in shaping your dream experiences.
There are so many different esoteric techniques, such as reality checks and dream journaling, to enhance your lucid dreaming abilities and explore the realms of your subconscious mind.
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How Does Lucid Dreaming Work?
Everyone dreams, but not everyone dreams in a vivid state where they are aware they are dreaming and have the ability to control their dreams, which is lucid dreaming. Even though the phenomenon of lucid dreaming is being studied, there is still a lot unknown about it. However, the findings show lucid dreams develop in the brain’s prefrontal cortex.
When you have typical dreams, you will be aware of events, objects, and people, but you believe you are in a state of reality and are not aware that you are dreaming when those dreams are not lucid. However, lucid dreamers are aware that they are sleeping and dreaming, which gives them the advantage of controlling their surroundings in the dream. Researchers who observed lucid dreamers found that the activity in the prefrontal cortex when lucid dreaming is similar to being awake. Therefore, lucid dreaming may be known as the hybrid sleep-wake state.
Typical dreaming can happen at any stage of sleep, but lucid dreams happen during the REM state, which is the last part of the sleep cycle. Lucid dreams originate from typical dreams, so how can you be a consistent lucid dreamer? Let’s review some esoteric techniques to help you become a lucid dreamer.
The first thing you need to do if you want to start lucid dreaming is to ensure your sleep hygiene is clean, which means cutting out caffeine by 2 pm and staying away from adult beverages. Establish good bedtime routines that will help you maintain a healthy sleep schedule. That means doing a bedtime ritual to help you sleep well, such as bathing with Epsom salts and other sleep-inducing flower petals such as lavender or chamomile, and ensuring the water is lukewarm before bed. You can enhance the esoteric experience by dimming the lights and placing purple candles by the tub ledges.
You can also read a calming book before bed, and if you decide to take a bath, you can read as you soak in the tub. You can also adopt a sleeping ritual by meditating or doing yoga stretches before bed. However, you want to develop a bedtime ritual before you head to bed, which will heal your relationship with sleeping if you struggle.
You must also keep your room dark to help promote melatonin production and keep away from screens a half hour before you go to sleep. Developing a healthy relationship with sleep is essential before you even begin attempting lucid dreaming. Therefore, if your sleep hygiene is not clean, you must clean it. It is also important to note that you want a consistent sleep/wake schedule. Please don’t stay up late only because it is the weekend to sleep in. Keep it consistent no matter what.
It is essential to have a dream journal if you want to practice lucid dreaming because you need to begin recollecting your dreams. Keep the dream journal by your bedside to start writing them down after you wake up. Don’t worry about trying to make sense of them immediately, as you want to write down what you dreamed of immediately because you will quickly forget your dreams as the day progresses.
That means if you have a habit of scrolling on social media before waking up, you need to break that habit. First, write down what you dreamed in your dream journal to become a lucid dreamer. After that, you can start scrolling on your social media.
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If you prefer not to keep a dream journal, you can always take your smartphone and record your dream by voice. Either way, you must jot down whether you use a journal or record it on your smartphone.
Once you have your dreams written or recorded, you can analyze them. You can always go online and look for dream interpretations of the types of dreams you have if you need some help with processing your dreams to find meaning. As you get into the habit of recording and writing down your dreams, you will begin to see patterns and piece stories your subconscious tells you.
However, if you have distressing dreams or nightmares, find out what they are telling you, as those types of dreams are there because your subconscious is warning you that you have a serious imbalance that is creating more stress in your life. You will want to examine that and find out what you need to learn from them to work on those areas causing stress.
You do not want to focus on distressing dreams; you will want to cleanse your psyche if you have them by envisioning a protective light around you as you do that. You want to focus on the dreams that excite you and pique your curiosity. However, it is essential to work through the demons that are stressing you.
Begin to Explore and Process Your Emotions Subconsciously
If you want to begin ludic dreaming, you will need to face what demons are causing you to have distressing dreams. When lucid dreaming, you want to be in a pleasant landscape. Tap into your intuition as you work through your subconscious and process what you discover. You want to heal whatever is stressing you, and if you need to work with a healer or therapist, do that if you need help.
However, sometimes distressing dreams happen if you are balanced because they are warnings from your guides and loved ones that there may be a troublesome situation entering your life that they want to prepare you for. Use your intuition to tap into these situations so you can prepare yourself. Also, once you can heal from whatever stressors you are facing based on troublesome dreams, you will want to explore the landscape of the dreams you frequently have.
Begin Exploring Your Dream Landscapes
When you dream, you will have a common landscape or place where the dream takes place. Do you often dream of beaches and forests? Or specific buildings such as hotels and airports? Do you dream of mansions? Do you dream about a place or landscape significant to you? If you dream about a place or a landscape often but don’t know why, then take the time to explore it.
Do some research by searching online for dream interpretations of a specific place or place that keeps showing up in your dreams. You can find out what they symbolize for you. The more you become familiar with your dream place, the more you learn about it. Now, after doing some intuitive exploration, digging into your subconscious, and understanding your dreams, you will want to take some herbs and crystals to help you with lucid dreaming.
Harness the Power of Herbs and Crystals That Help With Lucid Dreaming
When you want to begin lucid dreaming, you will want some crystals and herbs to help you remember your dreams and dreams vividly and be in a place where you are in a dream state and know that you are while you control what happens. That is why you will want to harness the power of some crystals and herbs to help you as you begin lucid dreaming.
Crystals such as amethyst, moonstone, lapis lazuli, hematite, and tiger’s eye are great for helping you with having vivid dreams and recollections. You want to keep those crystals by your side on your nightstand or underneath your pillow when lucid dreaming, but there are others that you will want to help boost their energetic powers. The following stones are known to help with lucid dreaming:
Azurite – This stone supports astral travel and can help heighten your intuition, which opens the doors for lucid dreaming.
Lodolite – This shamanic dream stone has been used for lucid dreaming and heightening clairvoyance for centuries.
Rainbow moonstone – The general moonstone helps you to get into a relaxed state to help you dream. Still, the rainbow version enables you to get into a lucid dreaming state, keeps you protected from negativity as you do, and enables you to access past-life memories.
The herbs recommended for you to take to help you remember your dreams, such as mugwort, lemon balm, valerian, catnip, and yarrow, can also help you with lucid dreaming. That is if you also use them with the energetic support from crystals. You can also look for teas online that help enhance dreaming and support lucid dreaming if part of your nighttime ritual is enjoying a cup of tea before bed.
There is one more tip you can utilize to help you get into a lucid dreaming state and support you through it.
Use Binaural Beats To Induce Lucid Dreaming
In addition to using crystals and herbs to help support lucid dreaming, you can also use binaural beats, which are frequency sounds you can play in the background while sleeping. However, you must wear earbuds as you cannot hear it well without them. If you don’t like earbuds, you can use isochronic tones instead, as that is one beat, whereas binaural beats are two beats that play in each ear.
These beats work to get into a frequency, and they can help raise your vibration, which will help you remove fears and blockages. Not only do binaural beats help you sleep, but they can help induce a lucid dream as they activate your theta wave, which is from 4Hz to 8Hz frequency. You can find apps that provide binaural beats; YouTube has plenty of them. However, if this is a step you do not want to take, you do not need to, as the above steps should suffice.
Everyone dreams, and when you are in a place where you remember your dream, you do not know you are dreaming as you believe you are in a state of reality and you have no control over what happens in your dream. However, when it comes to lucid dreaming, not only are you aware that you are dreaming, but you can control how your dream pans out, which so many people want to experience.
The good news is everyone can experience it. However, if you do have a sleep disorder such as narcolepsy, you will want to talk to your sleep specialist about whether or not lucid dreaming is a good idea. However, you can try it if you are healthy with your sleep! Ensure you have good sleep hygiene and do some sleep rituals before bed. Be sure to explore your dreams and work on any challenges. Take advantage of the best crystals and herbs that can support you. If you choose, use binaural beats to help you induce a lucid dream. Then go and enjoy the experience.
