Lucid Dreaming

 "The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will contain
With ease, and you beside."
- Emily Dickinson 

Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life.  By Stephen La Berge, Ph.D.  Sounds True, 2004, 2009, 75 pages, audio CD.  FVRL.

As soon as you awaken, stay very still, and try to recall your dream.

Record your dreams in a dream journal, or audio recording.

Before you go to sleep: Resolve to remember your dreams; Set an intention to remember your dreams; Look forward to remembering your dreams.

Try to distinguish, clarify, understand, differentiate between when you are awake and when you are asleep.

There may be times when you think you are awake but you are dreaming. 

Make sure you get enough sleep.

Dreams occur in 90 minute intervals.  

My Fitbit wrist watch records: Total time asleep, Time awake during nighttime when you suppose you are sleeping, REM sleep time, Light sleep time and Deep sleep time.  Acknowledge that there are different phases and dimensions of sleep.

When dreaming, try to acknowledge to yourself that you are dreaming.

Don't use recreational drugs three hours before sleeping.

Make sure you are hydrated with adequate amounts of water.

Make sure your bed and room temperature is comfortable.