Lucid Dreams

Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Researcher LaBerge discusses techniques for inducing lucid dreams as well as some practical applications. These include anxiety reduction, practicing various skills, creative problem solving and exploring decision scenarios. Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., is a research associate at Stanford University's sleep and dream laboratory. He is founder of the Lucidity Institute in Palo Alto, California, and is author of Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreams.

We all dream every night, for an average of 100 minutes, separated into chunks of increasing length throughout the night. But to catch a dream in progress - that's the tricky part. This is the challenge of the lucid dreamer. And being able to achieve this with an intelligence device means we can trigger lucidity with a much higher success rate. To induce lucidity, the Aurora first emits configurable dreams lights from the headband. As you can see from the promo image, it achieves this without actually covering your eyes like traditional lucid dream masks. To further increase your chances of becoming lucid, the Aurora also plays dream sounds from your smartphone by your bedside. These come from your music library or personal recordings ("Hey Becky! You're dreaming!") You already associate specific notification tones with your phone. Now you can associate specific dream tones too. Between light and sound cues, you can decide how you're brought to lucidity. You can create more daring dream signs with fast, loud flashes for a shock-me-into-lucidity effect, or softer, subtler tones to subtly modulate your dreamscape. Here's another way to use the Aurora headband: select an audio of ocean waves and shape your dreamscape into a tropical beach scene. Or curl up to a cozy fire with crackling wood sound effects and orange/red light hues. The possibilities are pretty exciting.

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  1. llhengenJuly 24, 2021 at 1:36 PM

    It is in the last few hours that my dreams come on, in full colour and with great stories.

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    1. The MysteryJuly 24, 2021 at 3:25 PM

      If you keep a Dream Journal you will find that you are dreaming more than once a night.

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