StevePavlina.com Podcast #010 - Lucid Dreaming
January 29th, 2006 by Steve Pavlina
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StevePavlina.com Personal Development for Smart People podcast #10
Guest podcaster: Erin Pavlina
This podcast addresses the fascinating subject of lucid dreaming, which is the ability to retain full conscious awareness while you dream. And best of all, this one is conducted by my wife Erin, who first taught me how to have lucid dreams when we met in 1994.
If you’ve never had a lucid dream before, simply listening to this podcast may help trigger you to have your very first one. And the reason is that the mere intention to have a lucid dream is often enough to invite a lucid dream experience shortly thereafter.
Enjoy the podcast…
Pavlina-010-Lucid-Dreaming.mp3
(Time = 11:38, Size = 5.3MB)
Visit the audio section to play this podcast directly through your web browser and to view the entire podcast collection.
To learn more about lucid dreaming, be sure to browse the lucid dreaming category on this blog, especially Learning to Fly, Dream Food, and Lucid Dreaming - Studying a Maple Tree.
Pleasant dreams. 
P.S. If you enjoyed this podcast on lucid dreaming from Erin, go check out her brand new web site, ErinPavlina.com. She has lots more free content there for you to enjoy.
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