It's incredible ability, and I'll give you a better understanding of what it is if you're not sure in this video

I'll also be giving you some tips on how to achieve a lucid dream and

Talking about something many people do not know about

lucid nightmares

Here are five things. You need to know about this mind-blowing experience

So as always sit back and enjoy

What is lucid dreaming

Lucid dreaming is the proven scientific ability to become self-aware in your dreams

Meaning, you know you're dreaming so have the ability to control. What is going on inside your dream in

a typical dream you're not aware of what is going on you have no control over some of the bizarre things that appear and

The chances are you won't remember all or any of the dream when you wake up

But when you have a lucid dream, you can guide the dream in whatever direction you wanted to go

So in effect you can dream out whatever crazy scenario you want

You can fly meet your hero ride around on a bird run or whatever the thing you crave

Usually the dreamer is enjoying the experience and has no strong desire to wake up or end the dream

Although some people who have had a lucid dream sometimes wake up feeling exhausted or frustrated in

Their lifetime almost 60% of people will have a lucid dream and 20% of them will have more than one per month

But if you've never had one then do not worry this video will guide you through achieving the experience

What is a lucid nightmare if

You've ever had a nightmare then you won't know what makes them

So scary as you seem to have no control over the outcome

And it's not until the terror and stress wakes you up that you realize you're not in any danger at all

Yet with lucid dreaming as you know your mind can willfully guide the dream and make you aware that you are dreaming

however, there is such a thing as a lucid nightmare a

Lucid dream that can take a darker turn and although you are aware of the ominous shift. It is still terrifying

Anyone who's had a lucid nightmare will know that because you are so conscious of what is going on

It will seem more vivid and more real than an ordinary nightmare and although a lucid dream. Can be controlled

Usually in a lucid nightmare that ability is lost as the nightmare and faults

but not all is bad others believe that leisured nightmares can sometimes be our bodies trying to tell us something or

Help us to confront our fears

So do not discount lucid nightmares as although. They are terrifying. They may have a purpose

Similar to any nightmare they are more likely to pop up during times of stress or anxiety or when things are playing on our minds

It's interesting to know that Stephen King is a famous lucid dreamer

And it makes you wonder if some of his memorable characters such as penny wise and Jack Torrance came to him, and he lucid nightmare

Something it seems he's never been asked

Lucid dreaming does not influence real life

for many of us and enjoyable or terrifying experience in our life can sometimes get replicated in our dreams, but

Is the other way around possible do our dreams affect our reality similar to the way reality affects our dreams?

While despite the claimed in numerous articles and portrayals in movies such as Inception and waking life

there is no proof that lucid dreaming has any influence on your life or anyone else's and

there are in fact no proven benefits of lucid dreaming in fact experts have warned against reading too much into the phenomenon and

Blurring the line between dream life and real life

Some people have become convinced that they all get tramped or die in a lucid dream

And this will mean they are going to die in real life

Likewise the dreams are so convincing they believe that they can act them out in real life so although

There is no evidence that lucid dreams can affect our reality

If we have a bad or good dream or the kind of fact is our mood for the rest of the day

The brain during the lucid dream

we all know the brain is a powerful thing and

It's the brain that is responsible for making our dreams lucid because despite the fact that we are fast asleep

Our brain is working at levels resembling full waking consciousness in

An ordinary dream the area of the brain responsible for self-awareness and memory the dorsal atrás prefrontal cortex is usually

deactivated during REM sleep

Which is why we do not always remember our dreams

However during a lucid dream the dreamer treads a fine line between staying asleep

Yet remaining alert enough to remember and control their dreams in effect lucid dreaming is a separate state of consciousness

Scientists from Germany believe they have discovered the neurological key to this ability

after scanning the brains of regular dreamers

And those who are typically lucid they concluded that the region of the brain that facilitates self-reflection

anterior prefrontal cortexes is

larger among lucid dreamers

It's also believed. However that like anything in life these self-awareness skills can be taught

Three steps that can help trigger your first lucid dream if

You've never experienced a lucid dream. Then the good news is you can learn how to?

Let's look at three steps that could trigger a lucid dream

It may not work the first time, but with work everyone has the ability to learn this extraordinary skill

First of all everybody dreams even if they only remember one or two a year

so the first step to lucid dreaming is to keep a dream journal as

Soon as you wake up write down at least one of the dreams you remember

secondly throughout the day you must perform at least ten reality checks a

Reality check is when you remind yourself of the state of things in real life

An example of this would be the realization that despite your moaning you actually have a very good life of

Course the opposite could also apply

Thirdly Dooley's ten minutes of mindful meditation a day it's Thorne's the mindfulness goes hand in hand with lucid dreaming

by improving mind skills such as

visualization and self-awareness

even a simple breathing meditation practice daily will help you achieve profound relaxation and

Enhance your chances of having lucid dreams

these are of course just the basic steps to encourage lucid dreaming and

Are aimed at training your mind to recognize the difference between the real world and a dream world?

So there's five things you need to know about lucid dreams

I hope you've enjoyed and if you need more information on these three basic steps

There is plenty out there on the Internet

I would love to hear how you get on and if you've ever had a lucid dream that I would love to hear your experience

Thanks for watching and as always. I'll see you in the next video