One of the biggest benefits of lucid dreaming is the time recovered from sleeping. Life is short and limited! Most humans sleep an average of 8 hours per day over a lifetime. If you lived to be 90, you will have spent 30 years of your life unconscious! Lucid dreaming can help you spend a good amount of that time doing what you want to do, experiencing life the way you’ve always dreamed of – literally.

Live by Your Rules

Break the bonds of reality. We live in a world full of rules. What’s acceptable and proper, what’s allowed or forbidden. Lucid dreaming lets you live in a world run by your rules, so let your imagination run wild.

Emotional Benefits

Dreams can carry over feelings into the waking world – just as a nightmare can induce stress into your daily life, an inspirational dream can keep you happy and motivated throughout the day. Many people use lucid dreaming techniques to give themselves that needed kick to jumpstart their day.

Beyond Entertainment

Lucid dreaming isn’t just a form of mindful entertainment; it’s also an excellent skill that can be used to learn just about anything. Use it to reinforce your education, recall old memories, or prepare yourself for important tasks ahead.

Problem Solving

Fears and nightmares can devastate people to the point that sleep becomes a painful association. With lucid dreaming, you can face these fears and nightmares knowing that you are safe and cannot be injured. Imagine also being able to change elements of your dream in order to help you defeat those nightmares.

Aside from bad dreams, it’s possible to use lucid dreaming techniques in order to help you solve difficult problems that challenge you in the waking world. Look for solutions to your most pressing problems and you can really honestly say “the answer came to me in a dream.”

Prerequisites for Lucid Dreaming

While most anyone is capable of lucid dreaming, there are certain factors that will affect how successful you are in becoming proficient. Like any skill, lucid dreaming requires time and effort. If you are unwilling to commit the time to practicing the techniques, you will unlikely be able to have willful lucid dreams. Diligence is key!

Other than motivation, you will also need to have a sufficient amount of sleep each night. Unlike a day dream, you can’t lucid dream while you are awake, so adequate sleep is absolutely vital. Another important thing to note is that you experience REM sleep (where dreaming occurs) longer as the night progresses, so you must be able to commit around 8 hours to sleeping.