Lucid dreaming can be a divisive topic among sleep and dream experts — like author and dream analysis expert Dr. Jean ...

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 ...

Dreams can be weird: sex dreams, stress dreams, dreams about your ex who you thought you were totally over. But have you ever had a dream so frustrating, upsetting, or bizarre that you wished you ...

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 ...

A way into lucid dreaming is to ‘really get obsessed with your dreams’, says Dr Ken Paller.Illustration: Carmen Casado/The Guardian Usually, we don’t have much say in what we dream about. Our brains ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Lucid dreaming is a mysterious state of consciousness in which a dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming. Many of us have experienced this at one time or another, but for some people, lucid ...

I routinely control my own dreams. During a recent episode, in my dream laboratory, my experience went like this: I was asleep on a twin mattress in the dark lab room, wrapped in a cozy duvet and a ...

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 ...