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I actually read about singing in 'Lucid Dreaming:Gateway to the Inner Self" by Robert Waggoner. I've also heared him speak about this in some talks of his. It was the first time I've tried it in a LD, but I'd definiitely say it helped. I tried it during a dream a day or 2 later and it helped me out with stabilizing. Plus it made the dream way more fun/funny for that period.

I never thought about humming, but I suppose this would work because of the vibrations! Awesome!

Yes, you could say say he practices Tibetan Dream Yoga following the Dzogchen lineage. In this practice we are considering the yoga as a set of mental disciplines and practices aimed toward the states of dream and sleep. Typically, in the west we refer to yoga as purely physical, but you could refer to this branch as "asana" yoga (yoga based around poses). So basically, there's a whole lot of different branches of yoga - in order to practice awareness and 'connection to all' all day long!

I love sivason's Dream Yoga course since it breaks down the practice into so many steps which can be practiced for long stretches of time. It's interesting doing the techniques as he makes the course a sort of puzzle that you need to solve; you practice the techniques for a period of time, and when you feel like you've figured out the purpose/how it may aid lucid dreaming you suggest it in your workbook. Since I got a few more dream yoga books lately, and have begin to do the meditations more, a lot of the ancient practices are starting to make more sense for me.
In Namkhai Norbu's book, he talks about how we may receive certain important teachings, even from our teachers in real life. In this case, he was separated from his teacher for many years over a great distance. He described a clear light dream (one with great clarity and purpose essentially) in which while lucid he encountered his teacher who asked about his practice. He went on to state that it was good, but he did not begin the next practices in his lineage. His master urged him that this was the proper time and to visit another master in the dream. He ascended the mountain, and the face was covered with letters from an ancient text. He reached the top, and the teacher was there just as his master had said. He received a lot of information apparently related to the texts he needed to begin on in waking life. Upon studying some of the information he didn't understand/have access to, he realized all the information from the dream lined up with obscure texts he had never heard of, yet he needed to begin on.

Oh okay. I use to be in a yoga class so it might be nice to try it in a dream or check out the part of the forum that involves sivason's dream yoga course. That dream the guy had sounds cool too.:3 But what was he practicing again? Dream yoga?

I love sivason's Dream Yoga course since it breaks down the practice into so many steps which can be practiced for long stretches of time. It's interesting doing the techniques as he makes the course a sort of puzzle that you need to solve; you practice the techniques for a period of time, and when you feel like you've figured out the purpose/how it may aid lucid dreaming you suggest it in your workbook. Since I got a few more dream yoga books lately, and have begin to do the meditations more, a lot of the ancient practices are starting to make more sense for me.
In Namkhai Norbu's book, he talks about how we may receive certain important teachings, even from our teachers in real life. In this case, he was separated from his teacher for many years over a great distance. He described a clear light dream (one with great clarity and purpose essentially) in which while lucid he encountered his teacher who asked about his practice. He went on to state that it was good, but he did not begin the next practices in his lineage. His master urged him that this was the proper time and to visit another master in the dream. He ascended the mountain, and the face was covered with letters from an ancient text. He reached the top, and the teacher was there just as his master had said. He received a lot of information apparently related to the texts he needed to begin on in waking life. Upon studying some of the information he didn't understand/have access to, he realized all the information from the dream lined up with obscure texts he had never heard of, yet he needed to begin on.

Oh,thats interesting. Whats it like doing dream yoga and what happened in his dream?

Good question. I went with this approach as in the past I've asked for dream guides, and gotten a mix of different responses from the dream. Up until a couple weeks ago I never had an interesting conversation with a 'Dream Guide' which appeared after asking. I went with the spiritual teacher approach as I felt it might encourage more of a growth both in waking and dreaming life. It's really inspired by reading a lot of dream yoga books recently, and hearing about the tibetan approach to receiving teachings within dreams. For example, I read an excerpt from Namkhai Norbu's 'Dream Yoga' the other day, and one of his 'teaching dreams' was really amazing.

Whats the difference between your dream guide and the spirit teacher you believe in? Are they not the same for you?:3