I was sitting in my room when I asked myself, “Am I dreaming right now?” I looked around at my surroundings and immediately noticed a large elephant standing in the middle of my room, hardly fitting ...

In the depths of night, as consciousness fades and dreams take hold, some individuals possess a remarkable ability: they can recognize they’re dreaming and even direct the narrative of their nocturnal ...

Picture this: You’re flying through the clouds, swimming with dolphins, or strolling through a beach at sunset—all of it happening while you’re sound asleep. Now, imagine being fully aware of all of ...

In a health and wellness culture that reveres sleep, popular but under-researched topics are lucid dreaming and vivid dreaming. But what exactly do those terms mean? And how might they improve our ...

Lucid dreaming apps are gaining in popularity as interest grows in optimizing sleep for self-improvement and better health. If you ever experience a dream while knowing that you are dreaming—that's ...

When I was 7, I dreamt that my brother and I were being abducted. As the men were taking us away, I realised that I was dreaming, and I turned to my brother and said, “I’m going to kick him and break ...

After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly from both REM sleep and wakefulness. The awareness of dreaming during a lucid ...

Lucid dreaming takes regular dreams to a whole new level. Roughly one in two people have reported experiencing lucid dreaming at least once in their life, but only about 1/10 say they've had two or ...

New research suggests that a combination of therapy and sound-induced lucid dreaming can help people with narcolepsy have fewer nightmares. Reading time 2 minutes Vengeful, fire-breathing demons ...