 Alright guys in this video we're going to talk about how to practice lucid dreaming and What techniques and things you need to actually practice on a daily basis in order to have regular natural lucid dreams? So this is a bit different to my normal videos in a sense that this is more what you can do every single day This isn't like a specific technique. This is I guess you could say habits to build things that you should practice every day This is for anybody who wants to lucid dream reliably and regularly So even if you're gonna watch another video even if you're gonna do something else Just this is the most important video I've probably ever made for this channel for how to lucid.com and so hit let's just get right into it So the first thing you need to practice every single day is you need to write your dreams down in the morning I know this sounds basic and I know that you're probably thinking I already know this I'm gonna get into some other ones, which you probably didn't know But so the first one is every single morning you write your dreams down in a journal I do actually have a custom lucid dreaming journal, which I'll show you now So I just wanted to quickly mention my custom lucid dreaming journal that I had designed Because this actually contains detailed instructions about how to use the journal It also contains specific places for you to draw your dreams on one side and then write about them on the other side it also He gives you the chance to write whether you were lucid which technique you used the date and also a title of the dream So that when you're flicking through at speed you can quickly see which dreams you had You'll also find beautiful lucid dreaming quotes about every 10 pages Just to keep you inspired and motivated as you go through this journal and then at the back There's also a section explaining how to lucid dream and also various reality checks and things you can use to help you along the journey So if you want to get this go to how to lucid.com forward slash lucid journal all one word Okay, back to the video But you don't have to use that you can use you know a notepad or even just notes on your phone What I actually do is I use notes on my phone Because now I can transfer it to the computer and I can search through it later for things like dream signs and all that Exciting stuff. All right, so number two is you need to be doing reality checks every single day about 30 to 40 times a day But if you can't manage with that at least try at least do it for 10 times a day Okay So a reality check is where you test whether you are dreaming or not It's where you test whether you are awake or whether you're dreaming and here's a very quick reality check You can do just hold out your hand like this and try and push this finger through the palm of this hand What you'll notice is that you'll always feel the same Resistance it will always feel the same it will feel like you can't push through your finger through your palm because of course You can't in normal waking life if you do it in the dream Then the finger will go right through your hand and you'll be able to confirm that you're dreaming This is a basic reality check, but it's a really effective one. It's actually the one that I use as well You could also use something like a dream totem And I'll show you a very quick totem that you can use now I just wanted to say really quickly a powerful way of remembering to do reality checks And also just making sure they show up in your dreams is to use a totem So this is actually a beautifully designed talisman coin that says various things on it says are you awake? Are you dreaming? So if you want to get this you can go to how to lucid.com forward slash coin And you'll be able to get this beautiful lucid talisman. Okay back with the video But as I said you you don't have to use that you can just use your Reality checks involving your body, you know, for example pinching your nose trying to breathe You could push your finger through your palm you could try you know looking at your hands to see if something seems strange and Also, just one thing that I want to mention very briefly I got some comments. I guess in the last week or in the last month or so you're asking if I could use Tattoos tattoos as a reality check now as you've probably seen I do have many tattoos However, I don't use them as reality checks and the reason for that is that You often especially if you have tattoos for a while You get very used to the idea of them being on your skin. They become part of your skin And so you don't really notice anything strange when you look down in a dream I mean I might see my tattoos in a dream. Sometimes they're not there, which is weird But it's never an easy way of reality checking because you're so used to them that you don't notice anything strange However, if you get a new tattoo then within that first month when you're getting used to it being on your body That's when you can start using it to reality check That's when it might show up in your dreams and you think oh, I've just got that tattoo So this is new, you know, I must be dreaming but for the most part no I do not use tattoos as reality checks because it's just not that effective. It doesn't work that well All right, so going back into it number three is you need to be trying various techniques I've said this many times before but just try different techniques out and see which one resonates with you every single person is going to have Different varying degrees of luck with different techniques So maybe the wake back to bed works well for you Maybe it works well for others or maybe the wild doesn't work so well for you Just you need to sort of find which one works best for you and which one is going to give you the results that you're after So number four This is a I guess like a daily habit that you should build up and that is to do a reality check The first thing you do when you wake up first thing in the morning. The reason for that is that There's something called false awakenings when you have a false awakening It's when you have a dream about waking up. It feels very vivid very real and If you don't do a reality check first thing you can get stuck in what's called false awakening loops Which is where you keep on having the same experience you wake up Or at least you think you've woken up and then you go about your day You do your morning routine you maybe even commute to work and then you'll suddenly snapped back to being woken up again And suddenly you think hold on a second. So none of that was real and it can be confusing It can be difficult to know When you've actually woken up and it can be disorientating annoying However, if you do a reality check first thing every time you wake up Then you will never have a false awakening because you always have a lucid dream or at least that's a theory It's worked very well for me And I know a few other people it's worked well for as well So first thing you do do a reality check number five number five is a guess a way of practicing lucid dreaming But it's more of using triggers to do reality checks. So here's how it works every single time you see something strange unusual or slightly weird Slightly different to what you normally experience in waking life Use that as a reminder to do a reality check So let's say for example, you're walking down the road and some weird mascot comes up to you Or there's a weird noise and you can't work out where the noise is coming from or something strange happens That is exactly the moment when you should do a reality check Because it's to strange things that often we dream about that night So if you can attach a reality check to those memories to those strange experiences You're much more likely to lucid dream and number six, which I feel is the most important And especially if you've stayed on this far in the video or in the podcast or whatever this is I guess the most important thing that I want to share with you this year for This channel and for going forward number six is to practice lucid living So not just lucid dreaming but actually being aware of what you're doing throughout the entire day not just in your dreams Here's a few ways of practicing lucid living Firstly just be more conscious and aware of what you're actually doing on a day-to-day basis Where do you spend your time every single day? Like for example, do you I don't know Maybe you watch Netflix for five hours a day Maybe you browse social media for two hours a day Maybe you I don't know whatever the case may be the chances are that you're spending your time in ways that If you really broke it down and thought about it carefully you wouldn't want to spend your time doing those things But what happens is we end up just going into routines autopilot mode and we do these things without really considering like Do these fit in with my long-term goal and my long-term vision of what I want my life to be in many cases The things we're doing every day, you know watching Netflix or browsing social media They're not really things that will get us to our long-term happiness and our long-term goal It might give you a bit of instant gratification Meaning you scroll through social media. You see a few funny memes or pictures or whatever And it's it feels fun and good in the moment But if you compound that over say five years ten years twenty years The effect that that has is you end up just wasting your time like you don't achieve the things that you want to do in twenty years time and It's hard to think about it now because you're so focused on right now I just want to scroll through this meme or right now I just want to finish this series on Netflix, but in twenty years time You won't care about that series on Netflix, but you will care about the lost time the lost opportunities And if you compare, you know two two different paths that you could take one path You could watch Netflix five hours a day the other path you focus maybe Let's say two or three hours a day on self-improvement and growth or growing a business or whatever it is Getting stronger exercising learning things And then you do two hours of Netflix the difference that has is enormous because at the end of the the end of the journey You know in five years or ten years time You will have done so much more than if you had just watched Netflix and done nothing to work on yourself So it's about lucid living and being conscious of the choices you're making every single day The other element of that and this is something that's going to probably be very polarizing and it's going to divide many people I'm sure there'll be an arguments thread in the comments section below But that is to be conscious about the way you're treating your body and the way you're treating your mind your soul Your spirit whatever you want to call it all of that stuff going on The way you're treating that and so what I mean by that is are you getting enough sleep eight to nine hours a day of high-quality sleep? Are you exercising every day for 30 minutes or more and I can be doing things like yoga you could take a walk You could do some push-ups whatever it is and are you eating the right foods? Are you eating a whole foods plant-based diet now? I don't want to say vegan because the vegan the word vegan has so many negative connotations I feel like in this in especially with amongst young people. They just feel like it's an extremist way of living What I would say is that studies Time and time again have shown that a plant-based diet with whole foods is by far the best diet in terms of health benefits in terms of the environment in terms of sustainability and Also, if you care about animals, it's also a way of avoiding all of the animal cruelty As some of you will have guessed I am now vegan I have been plant-based for a while now and I feel like it's the best way to go And I've been seeing some incredible benefits since I went even just since I went vegetarian You know several years ago, but also since I've went completely vegan I have seen incredible benefits in both energy strength and also things like sleep and dreams as well So I'm not going to spend too long talking about this but I would just advise you to and by the way if you are interested in that and if you want to hear a Detailed explanation with logical reasons explaining exactly why and how the vegan and plant-based diet is the best and how How it affects your body chemistry your brain chemistry and the way your whole system operates I do have a very long video on my other channel, which I'll link in the description. It's just transcend your limits It's about 25 minutes. I go very into detail logically and I convinced in a very calm way Exactly how and why it works. So that's one part of it Another part of lucid living is just being conscious and aware and being aware of Kindness to others and what you're doing on this planet your purpose. Okay, your mission You know, whatever you would label that as and just fulfilling that raising your vibrations raising your consciousness and just becoming a more Aware sentient high energy high vibration human being Because ultimately that's what we're here to do. We're here to raise the vibrations of the planet and ourselves And also share and spread that positive energy love unconditional love There are many different terms for what I'm talking about here But hopefully you can understand what I'm saying by the way if you have been following along with my social media channels You will notice that I do post roughly every day I try and post every day on every single channel including tick tock Instagram or whatever So just search for how to lucid I do have a podcast as well, which you can find on Spotify now It's even on SoundCloud Spotify iTunes if you have watched this far and you're one of my I guess loyal fans And you watch all of my videos all the way through Please make sure you're subscribed or you're following all of my social media profiles Or at least as many of them as you can because I'm going to be doing a monthly giveaways where I select someone at random But obviously the more you comment and interact with my channels and whatever The more likely I'm gonna notice you or the more likely I'm gonna scroll through and you're gonna appear there in In a recent comment or whatever So I'm going to pick a random person every month to get a lucid dreaming product or coaching call from me Completely for free just as a way of saying thank you for you know interacting with my social media profiles and channels and all of that stuff So yes, if you would like to be entered into that if you'd like to have a chance Just make sure you're following as many of them as you can don't worry too much if you you know Don't have Twitter or don't whatever Just search on whatever platforms you do use for how to lucid and look for my either my face Or the logo with you know the black white and gray logo with the eye by the way for those of you who are Still here I thought I'd explain my logo. So the loathe what The reason that I chose that logo and designed it in that way is actually if you look at the logo the eye So it's obviously to represent awareness and consciousness within dreams Hence the eye being open, but the two sides of the eye form sort of a yin yang Symbol which I believe is like representing balance in the university unity and all of that stuff But they are also synapses. They're neurons so it's a clever way of sort of reminding you that lucid dreaming happens within the brain and within the neurochemical Network that is within our brain, which is such such an incredible thing such an unbelievably complicated piece of machinery and we still know so little about it and how it works So that's a reminder to me That's why that logo is designed the way that it has been anyway leave a comment letting me know what you think of this technique And I see you next time