Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 4, issue 9 1 March 2020 | Page 36

1. Before going to bed and throughout the day, think about what you want to
practice in your dream. Focus on your intention to practice this skill
constantly.
2. Use an induction technique (explored in the previous section) to create a
lucid dream.
3. Once lucid, navigate your dream to the place or situation you desire to
practice in. Remember, you have complete control!
4. Practice your skill. Focus on each moment, and how it looks to master the
skill. Push the boundaries and see what you’re capable of. You risk no hurt or
judgment.
2. Lucid dreaming helps you to solve problems …
I discovered in  high school  that I was a lucid dreamer when I learned that I
could study complicated mathematical and geometry problems before going
to bed and discovered that I was able to solve the problems when I
awakened.  
–  R.V.  (South Carolina)
From solving intellectual problems to overcoming nightmares, lucid dreams
can greatly enhance your quality of life. It is widely accepted that lucid
dreams tap into deep stores of unconscious knowledge not usually available
while conscious. Take the following examples of this special kind of problem-
solving:
I’ve had problems to write for a class and before I write them on the
computer, I test my way of solving the program during a lucid dream. I’ve
found that many of my ideas wouldn’t work, or needed something additional.
–  L.H.  (Kansas)