The Best Sleep Posture for Lucid Dreaming:A Revised Experiment Testing a Method of Tibetan Dream Yoga
The Best Sleep Posture for Lucid Dreaming: A Revised Experiment Testing a Method of Tibetan Dream Yoga
Information found on www.lucidity.com
Sleep Posture, the Nasal Cycle, and Lucidity
For over 1,000 years, the Tibetan Buddhists have been practicing lucid
dreaming as a means of approaching enlightenment. In this pursuit, they
have developed elaborate techniques for inducing lucidity. Some of these
are esoteric beyond the capacity of the uninitiated Western mind to
conceive, let alone practice. However, others bear a striking resemblance
to the techniques now employed by Western oneironauts, for example,
frequent reflection throughout the day on the dreamlike nature of reality.We are very grateful to the Fetzer Institute, which has provided us
with funding to investigate the value of ancient Tibetan lucid dreaming
induction techniques in the West. One such avenue which has been little
explored to date is that of posture during sleep. Some Tibetan lore
suggests that men and women should sleep on opposite sides, "because their
energy channels are reversed." We would like to find out to what extent
this is so. Previous Lucidity Institute studies on sleep posture, nasal
laterality, and lucid dreaming have in fact yielded certain unexpected
differences for men and women, but we need more participants to know
whether those results were random variations or reproducible.Awhile back, we offered a different version of this experiment
investigating sleep posture and nasal laterality (an ancient Yogic
technique for influencing states of mind) requiring a series of early
morning naps. Although the nap version of the experiment (LR3060.pdf) was
designed to yield the highest rate of lucid dreaming, it evidently was too
difficult for most people to schedule into their busy lives. Thus, we have
modified the experiment, making it much easier to collect data in the
course of one's usual sleeping schedule. We welcome your participation
in this new version of the experiment even if you have already completed
a previous variation.If you would like to participate, just enter your email address and
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You may also download the file through the following link: nosex2.pdf
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and follow the instructions, do the experiment, and return when finished.
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from Adobe.Please return experiment reports by June 30, 2008.
The more data we have the better we'll be able to reach reliable
conclusions, so please contribute. We are especially in need of
left-handed subjects but if you are right-handed, don't let that prevent
you from participating!