Clare R. Johnson - Llewellyns Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming: A Comprehensive Guide to Promote Creativity, Overcome Sleep Disturbances & Enhance Health and Wellness (Llewellyns Complete Book Series (10))

About the Author

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British lucid dream researcher Clare R. Johnson, PhD, is Board Director and current Vice President of the worlds biggest dream organisation, the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). A lifelong, frequent lucid dreamer, she did undergraduate work on lucid dreams in 1995 and later became the first person in the world to do a PhD on lucid dreaming as a creative tool. She has researched lucid dreaming for twenty-two years, and for the past twelve years she has taught practical courses on how to access the deep creative and healing potential of the unconscious. Her work on lucid dreaming has been featured in documentaries, magazines, anthologies, radio shows, and television. Clare regularly speaks at international venues on topics as diverse as lucid dreams for the dying, sleep disorders, and how to overcome nightmares.

A novelist, prize-winning short story writer, and poet, Clare is the author of two lucid dreaminspired novels (as Clare Jay). Breathing in Colour looks at how lucid dreaming can heal trauma, and Dreamrunner explores lucidity as a potential cure for violent moving nightmares. Her nonfiction book, Dream Therapy: Dream Your Way to Health and Happiness , explores the transformative effect that dreamwork can have on our lives. One of Clares greatest joys in recent years has been empowering her young daughter to have a happier dream life and helping her to recreate her dreams artistically. To inspire others to do the same, she co-edited a book on childrens dreams and nightmares, Sleep Monsters and Superheroes: Empowering Children through Creative Dreamplay .

Clare is the creator of www.DeepLucidDreaming.com, where she can be contacted for advice on lucid dreams and nightmares.

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Names: Johnson, Clare R., author.

Title: Llewellyns complete book of lucid dreaming : a comprehensive guide to

promote creativity, overcome sleep disturbances & enhance health and

wellness / by Clare R. Johnson, PhD.

Other titles: Complete book of lucid dreaming

Description: First edition. | Woodbury : Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., 2017. |

Series: Llewellyns Complete Book Series ; #10 | Includes bibliographical

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Acknowledgments

M y biggest thanks goes to all those of you who generouslyand bravely!shared your worst nightmares and most awesome lucid dreams for this book. Likewise, many thanks to my colleagues in the field for your stimulating conversations on topics ranging from how lucid dream healings might work to the ethics of lucid dream violence. I am indebted to Dr. Keith Hearne, whose pioneering 1975 experiment provided the first scientific evidence of lucid dreaming. Keith was kind enough to write a foreword for this book.

I feel very lucky to be part of a global family of dreamers: the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) has always encouraged and inspired my work. I am grateful for every dream and every conversation that has led me deeper into the mysteries of lucid dreaming.

During the final creative phase of this book, Angela Wix, Andrea Neff, and the rest of the team at Llewellyn were lovely to work with. My thanks also goes to my US agent, Jeff Herman, for finding me a great book deal so fast.

Id like to thank my wonderful family and friends for all their support and encouragement. My husband, Markus, was the one who first suggested that I do PhD research into lucid dreaming, and he has accompanied me through twenty-one years of lucid dream exploration. One of my greatest pleasures has been teaching our little daughter, Yasmin, about lucid dreaming and empowering her to create a happier dream life. Her early war cry still echoes in my ears:

This is MY dream! I am STRONG!

Yes!

Dedication

For intrepid lucid dreamers everywhere

Contents

List of

by Dr. Keith Hearne, BSc, MSc, PhD

Wake Up: Three Golden Tools for a Lucid Mindset

How to Trigger Lucid Dreaming

Your Gateway to Lucid Dreams: Sensations While Falling into and Waking from Sleep

Stay Lucid: The CLEAR Stabilisation Technique

Should We Control Our Dreams? Going with the Flow

Using Magic in Dreams: Active Ways of Guiding Dreams

Understanding Your Dream Body and Lucid Dream Physics

The People Youll Meet: Lucid Dream Mentors, Puppets, and Psychological Projections

Creativity Elixirs: Lucid Writing, Creative Trances, and Lucid Dreaming While Awake

Improve Physical Skills: Lucid Kickboxing, Guitar Riffs, and Scuba Diving

Promote Creative Skill: Meet Your Inner Artist and Problem Solver

Sex in Lucid Dreams: From Orgasms to Ethics

Nightmares as Creative Gifts: Lucidity and Nightmare Solutions

Kids and Bad Dreams: How Lucid Dreaming Can Help

Could Lucid Dreaming Be a Remedy for Sleep Disorders?

Psychological Healing and Overcoming Phobias

Physical Healing of Pain and Illness

Healing Others in Lucid Dreams

Lucid Dream Telepathy: Coincidence or a Natural Human Potential?

Out-of-Body Experiences and the Rainbow of Conscious Experience