The Art of Lucid Dreaming: Over 60 Powerful Practices to Help You Wake Up in Your Dreams

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Learn how to wake up in your dreams for creative insights and beautiful spiritual adventures

The Art of Lucid Dreaming is a quick and easy guide to help you get lucid fast. Dr. Clare Johnson, world-leading expert on lucid dreaming, shares her best practical tips and a unique Lucidity Quiz that identifies your personal sleeper-dreamer type so you can fast-track to the techniques that work best for you. When you are lucid in a dream, you can choose to ask your unconscious mind for guidance, perform healing magic, seek creative solutions to problems, and explore the dream realm more profoundly than ever before.

With over sixty practices and fifteen tailor-made lucidity programs to get you started, this hands-on guide helps you set up your own custom program for achieving lucidity as quickly as possible. Focusing on how to get lucid, stay lucid, and guide your dreams, this book shows how to transform your nightly slumber into an exciting spiritual adventure that fills your life with meaning.

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"Dr. Clare Johnson is a masterful guide to the exploration of this creative and cosmic state of consciousness known as lucid dreaming. A delightful must-read!"Robert Hoss, author/editor of Dreams that Change Our Lives

"There is no better lucid dreaming teacher than Dr. Clare R. Johnson. The information and exercises provided in this book will be life changing."Jean Campbell, editor of DreamTime

"Dr. Johnson hits it out-of-the-ballpark (again)! Her new book is the most creative lucid dreaming guide I have seen. There is nothing like The Art of Lucid Dreamingthe tools contained within, including the Lucidity Quiz, are creative and effective...If you've been praying to experience your first lucid dream, or desiring many more, this book will guide you toward your goal, with a dash of humor, in the most individualized way possible. The personalized tools along with Dr. Johnson's stories and experiences make this book a real gem."Kimberly R. Mascaro, PhD, author of Extraordinary Dreams and the blog Consciouschimera.com

"In this eloquent and luminous guide to lucid dreaming, Clare Johnson, PhD warmly shares her profound wisdom and research in the field as she guides readers along the majestic path of soul awakening within their dreams. With a panoramic collection of lucid dream techniques, The Art of Lucid Dreaming helps dreamers enter, enhance, and prolong their lucid dream states, and inspires those who wish to develop an even deeper practice of blissful dreaming. A highly recommended read for anyone seeking to explore the magnificent world of dreams."Anna-Karin Bjorklund, dream specialist and author of The Dream Alchemist

"...Dr. Clare Johnson shows herself to be one of the leading voices in the field of lucid dreaming. She provides a down-to-earth approach that addresses every conceivable facet of a lucidity-conducive lifestyle. Written in the same engaging, optimistic style that characterized her Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming, Johnson provides proven strategies that will help beginners to unlock their capacity to experience lucid dreams and assist advanced lucid dreamers in exploring new frontiers. Regardless of one's prior experience with lucid dreaming, this book should be on every dream explorer's bookshelf."Scott Sparrow, EdD, author of the 1976 classic, Lucid Dreaming

"Am I dreaming The book I was waiting for has finally been published!...Whether you want to get started on the subject or you are an experienced lucid dreamer, this book will gently accompany you so that you can design your own personalized strategy, guided by Dr. Johnson's experienced, clear and playful writing, her Lucidity Quiz, and unique lucidity programmes...All in all, a true gift."Jordi Borrs-Garca, psychologist and founder of www.mondesomnis.com

"Practical, streamlined, fun, and highly effective, [this] is the perfect introductory manual for those students of oneironautics who are eager to start lucid dreaming tonight, as well as those veteran lucid dreamers who could use some valuable new tipsBeautifully written and highly recommended!"David Jay Brown, author of Dreaming Wide Awake

"[A] bonanza of useful information that will save the aspiring lucid dreamer a huge amount of time in achieving their goal."Dr. Keith Hearne, pioneering scientist who provided the first proof of lucid dreaming and author of The Dream Machine.

"[This book] wins the award for the most practical guide to lucid dreaming ever! There's no fluff, just the practices and the mindsets that lead to a more conscious dream lifeHighly recommended for new and advanced lucid dreamers alike!"Ryan Hurd, author of Lucid Immersion Guidebook and founder of DreamStudies.org

Author Bio

Clare R. Johnson, PhD, is past president and CEO of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). In 2007 she became the first person in the world to do a PhD on lucid dreaming as a creative writing tool (University of Leeds, UK). A global lucidity teacher, Dr. Clare Johnson has developed hundreds of original techniques to help people access their unconscious intelligence via the inner world of dreams and sleep. A lifelong, frequent lucid dreamer, she has actively investigated the world of sleep for nearly fifty years.

Clare is the author of the acclaimed bookLlewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming, which combines psychology with cutting-edge science. Clare's work in the field of sleep and dreams has been featured in documentaries, anthologies, radio shows, magazines, podcasts, and television. She speaks at international venues on topics as diverse as sleep intelligence, creativity, conscious dying, and healing dreams. Her bookThe Art of Transforming Nightmaresproposes lucid dreaming as the world's most innovative insomnia solution and offers techniques to resolve nightmares.Elixir of Sleepoffers a unique take on sleep as both a biological necessity and a spiritual journey.

A novelist, prize-winning short story writer, and poet, Clare is the author of two lucid dreaminspired novels (as Clare Jay).Breathing in Colourwas written as part of her doctorate and looks at how lucid dreaming can heal trauma.Dreamrunnerexplores lucidity as a potential cure for violent moving nightmares. A passionate advocate of dreamwork as a way to empower children, Clare coedited a book on children's dreams and nightmares,Sleep Monsters and Superheroes. Her bookThe Art of Lucid Dreamingis a highly practical, how-to guide with a popular lucidity quiz.Dream Therapy(US title isMindful Dreaming) explores the transformative effects of dreamwork and offers techniques to unwrap the meaning of dreams.

You may feel inspired to join Clare on her lucid dreaming retreats. These usually have a beautiful ocean setting, and the creative, healing, and spiritual aspects of sleep and dreams are explored. For more information, seewww.DeepLucidDreaming.com/retreatsor contactdeepluciddreaming@gmail.com.

Clare is the founder of an online school, Deep Lucid Dreaming Video Courses. These on-demand classes and live workshops are enjoyed by thousands of people and include downloadable meditations for lucid dreaming and blissful sleep (www.DeepLucidDreaming.com/classes). Clare offers live workshops, a specialised Lucid Star mentoring programme, and one-to-one client sessions on sleep, dreams, nightmares, and lucidity (www.DeepLucidDreaming.com/private-mentoring-sessions).

Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreamingis a new podcast with Dr. Clare Johnson. It offers two free audio classes, "Tips for Deep Sleep" and "How to Lucid Dream," as well as conversations to inspire you to tap into your inner genius and fall in love with sleep. Tune in on your favourite podcast platform or visitwww.DeepLucidDreaming.com/podcast.

On Clare's website,DeepLucidDreaming.com, you are welcome to subscribe to receive e-books and a free guided meditation for blissful sleep.