Thread: I have a question

Hi newbie here!

I have a question..
Do you have to be lying flat, on your back to have lucid dreams?

I usually lie curled up, in a foetus position when I sleep and I'm starting to suspect this might be the reason why I never have lucid dreams...
Whenever I try to sleep lying on my back, I tend to have nightmares and not to mention bad back aches. Whenever I have these nightmares, they are more vivid than my normal dreams. And after reading about lucid dreams, I'm convinced that one of my nightmares had been something close to lucid dream. It felt so vivid and real.

I'll quickly describe that dream:
It is dark at night and the curtains are withdrawn. The sky is pit black.
I get out from my bed and hear a noise coming from the living room.
I go out to the livingroom to see what's making the noise and see that the TV has been left on.
The TV switches to a news channel by itself.
The news lady reports a death of a woman. (lol it was a celebrity but can't remember who is was) The screen flickers and there is that woman, sitting on a chair, crying her hearts out.
I freak out and turn off the TV.
I quickly get distracted by bags of biscuits on the couch.
I grab one and try to open it but it just wouldn't open!
Then I realize it's a dream. At that instant, I can feel myself slowly waking up.
As I do, I can sort of visualize myself lying flat on my back. I get a sensation that I'm floating up the surface of the water. I hear drum noises and the tempo becomes faster and faster. I cannot move and I panic. I force my body to roll on its side and I'm awake.

That was from last year.
So back to the question:
Do you have to be lying flat, on your back to have lucid dreams?

It doesn't matter even if you were upside down. As long as you can enter your R.E.M period of sleep,
you can dream. Lucid dreams can happen in ANY dream...

Hey there,

There's lots of speculation about sleep position and lucidity, though most of it is either contradictory, or highly questionable. As far as I know most lucid dreamers will have lucid dreams regardless of what sleeping position they are in. I know for myself it makes no difference whether I'm lying on my back, on my right side, or my left side (I can't sleep on my stomach ).

However, do not underestimate the effect of superstition and belief on your ability to have lucid dreams. If you 'think' that you will be more likely to have lucid dreams on your back, you will be more likely to have lucid dreams lying on your back. When it comes to dreaming, beliefs and expectations have a HUGE effect.

Perhaps as an interesting side-note, in traditional Tibetan Dream-Yoga, it is claimed that you're more likely to have lucid dreams when sleeping on your right side. This has to do with the energy flow in your body. Personally though I can't say I've ever seen any confirmation of this in my own personal experiences.

Hope that helps,

-Redrivertears-

Originally Posted by kimmie

Hi newbie here!

I have a question..
Do you have to be lying flat, on your back to have lucid dreams?

I usually lie curled up, in a foetus position when I sleep and I'm starting to suspect this might be the reason why I never have lucid dreams...
Whenever I try to sleep lying on my back, I tend to have nightmares and not to mention bad back aches. Whenever I have these nightmares, they are more vivid than my normal dreams. And after reading about lucid dreams, I'm convinced that one of my nightmares had been something close to lucid dream. It felt so vivid and real.

I'll quickly describe that dream:
It is dark at night and the curtains are withdrawn. The sky is pit black.
I get out from my bed and hear a noise coming from the living room.
I go out to the livingroom to see what's making the noise and see that the TV has been left on.
The TV switches to a news channel by itself.
The news lady reports a death of a woman. (lol it was a celebrity but can't remember who is was) The screen flickers and there is that woman, sitting on a chair, crying her hearts out.
I freak out and turn off the TV.
I quickly get distracted by bags of biscuits on the couch.
I grab one and try to open it but it just wouldn't open!
Then I realize it's a dream. At that instant, I can feel myself slowly waking up.
As I do, I can sort of visualize myself lying flat on my back. I get a sensation that I'm floating up the surface of the water. I hear drum noises and the tempo becomes faster and faster. I cannot move and I panic. I force my body to roll on its side and I'm awake.

That was from last year.
So back to the question:
Do you have to be lying flat, on your back to have lucid dreams?

Maybe yess, maybe not. BUt when you are lying in uncomfortable position, you are more awake, and chances are, that also more aware. I think {and maybe I am not alone}, that vividness is directly connected to awareness. And thats it.