How many hours do you sleep ?

[paulherrin]

I've found that Autogenic Suggestion allowed me to :
+) fall in a deep sleep within 1 to 2 minutes.
+) have dreams where I fly
+) need less sleep to feel refreshed
+) get into lucid dreaming (where you wake up in yours dreams, and can be über creative)

I love the honesty of dreams, and their lateral inspiratons; I at usually set my alarm 1 hour earlier than I need so that I can wakeup, drink water, fall asleep for another eternity (of 8 minutes) over and over again...

AJ

i've never ventured into any formal relaxation techniques myself, but that's cool. the best feeling i've ever had was flying in a dream.

you may want to check out this essay, i found it pretty interesting:

From OBE to Lucid to Nonlucid

A 26 month dream diary (30,000+ words) was content analyzed using qualitative methods by three groups of graduate students in the mental health field under the guidance of the first author. Three phases characterized the diarist growth starting with an obsessive pursuit of OBE's which turned to a similar pursuit of lucid dreams. When the diarist was able to let go of the mechanics and the theory of "how to" he embraced the poetic, metaphoric aspects of his "ordinary" dream life and found a measure of self-awareness and understanding.

also, this is a cool project out of kentucky collecting sleep stories... here's one i shared that got published:
http://sleeprockthybrain.com/sacred-space/