5 Myths About Lucid Dreaming 5

MYTH #5. Only advanced yogis can have lucid dreams.

While meditation is proven to prime your brain for lucidity, you don't need to be an Eastern yogi to attain this mental state.

I learned how to meditate when I got into lucid dreaming, because the two go hand-in-hand. Meditating simply means focusing your attention on your own train of consciousness (without your internal dialogue running).

This serves to heighten your self awareness while awake, and has a knock-on effect while you're dreaming too. It becomes much easier to have that "Aha!" moment when you're dreaming... and become lucid.

Of course, many children can lucid dream naturally and they are unlikely to be meditators. But they do tend to daydream more and visualize dreams as they go to sleep, which is how they master the art. So it's a very valuable skill to have; to simply meditate and visualize as you go to sleep.

Experts agree that everyone has the ability to lucid dream. You already dream. And you already access consciousness every waking day. Lucid dreaming is a case of combining these two mental states, which really isn't that difficult once you make it a regular mental habit.

Don't believe the myth that lucid dreaming belongs to an elite club of people with special mental skills who are dedicated to years of training. It simply isn't true. Lucid dreamers come from all walks of life, among a range of age groups, and they have a range of IQs.

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