https://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jessa_gamble_how_to_sleep.html
Would be interesting to try this combined with lucid dreaming methods like WILD.
What do you guys think about it + lucid dreaming?
Hey morepurple,
I enjoyed the talk.
When it comes to lucid dreaming, who ever we are and what ever kind of life style we are in, we can adjust. We all have different sleeping cycles. lucid dreaming is just taking advantage of it, no matter what kind of cycle it is.
I agree that everyone will have better success at lucid dreaming if they really get to know their unique sleep cycle. And for people who have odd sleep cycles because of work or other circumstances… they just have to learn to master their sleep and dreams. -in fact, we all just need to do this.
Well, getting to know sleep cycles is great, because WILD is supposed to be done as you’re entering REM sleep (which is why we always suggest having an alarm set for 5-6 hours after you fall asleep).
What they’re talking about in TED is our (as a species) natural sleep cycle as if there were not outside factors whatsoever, such as sunlight, artificial light, work, school etc. The three parts of sleep they talk about do correlate to dreaming. 1, First going to sleep for about 4 hours; this would be during the deep sleep process, with nothing much other than pure sleep. 2, The quiet, medatative state; these two hours you are aren’t fully awake or aware, but it would be perfect to try to use mantras or autosuggestion. 3, Sleeping again; this would be REM and other light sleep cycles, perfect for dreaming. With deep sleep out of the way and up to two hours of being slightly awake, it is a great time for LD’s and probably raises your chances quite a bit.
The question is if this is doable with your schedule. For me, waking up at sunrise if fine, excpet I’ll often work until 10, which gives me about 7 hours of sleep until sunrise. That means no time for waking up between the two main cycles. Granted, I usually sleep past sunrise but that has nothing to do with my natural cycle, it’s based on how late I stay up and when my alarm is set.
The other thing they specifically mentioned was the lack of artificial light, and assuming that we’re on the equator with 12 hours daylight, 12 hours night. With no lights around, it is your natural instinct to go to sleep. We keep ourselves up later by adding lights, whether they are candles, light bulbs, TV’s or anything that generates light.