About the Book
What Kind of Sleeper Are You?
Take Dr. Clare R. Johnson's Quiz and Revolutionize Your Relationship with Sleep
Sleep better, tap into your inner genius, and wake up energized with the help of world-leading lucid dreaming expert Dr. Clare R. Johnson. Through her comprehensive quiz, you will discover your specific sleeper and dreamer type, fast-tracking you to a list of practices tailored to your needs.
Dr. Johnson presents sixty-four activities that can work for anyone, whether you’re a nap lover or just plain tired. She encourages you to:
Give Your Bedroom a Makeover • Create a Yoga Nidra Nest • Build a Sacred Sleep Altar • Ritualize Your Bath • Meet Your Dream Guide • Breathe through Alternate Nostrils • Invite Erotic Dreams
This book will help you create healthy sleep habits and overcome insomnia and nightmares. As you embark on this creative and spiritual journey, you’ll fall in love with sleep.
Table of Contents:
Contents
List of Practices & Sleep Solution Programmes xvii
Disclaimer xx
Introduction 1
Part One: Embrace Blissful Sleep
Chapter 1: Who Are You When You Sleep? 11
Chapter 2: The Gifts of Sleep 25
Chapter 3: The Power of Dreams 35
Chapter 4: Breathwork, Bodywork 51
Chapter 5: The Sleep Quiz 61
Part Two: Portals to Sleep
Chapter 6: The Magic of Sound 89
Chapter 7: The Wild and Wondrous Hypnagogic Portal 101
Chapter 8: Naps and the Ancient Art of Yoga Nidra 111
Chapter 9: Dream Guides and Power Animals 123
Chapter 10: Sexy Sleep 135
Part Three: Heal Insomnia, Nightmares, and Scary Experiences
Chapter 11: Insomnia 151
Chapter 12: Nightmares 169
Chapter 13: Scary Sleep Experiences 183
Part Four: The Potential of Sleep
Chapter 14: Creative Sleep 197
Chapter 15: Healing Sleep 217
Chapter 16: Lucid Dreaming 229
Chapter 17: Spiritual Sleep 243
Conclusion 257
Appendix: Unique Sleep Solution Programme Template 261
Go Deeper with Dr. Clare R. Johnson, PhD 263
Bibliography 265
About the Author :
Clare R. Johnson, PhD, is past president and CEO of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). In 2007 she became the first person in the world to do a PhD on lucid dreaming as a creative writing tool (University of Leeds, UK). A global lucidity teacher, Dr. Clare Johnson has developed hundreds of original techniques to help people access their unconscious intelligence via the inner world of dreams and sleep. A lifelong, frequent lucid dreamer, she has actively investigated the world of sleep for nearly fifty years.
Clare is the author of the acclaimed book Llewellyn's Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming, which combines psychology with cutting-edge science. Clare's work in the field of sleep and dreams has been featured in documentaries, anthologies, radio shows, magazines, podcasts, and television. She speaks at international venues on topics as diverse as sleep intelligence, creativity, conscious dying, and healing dreams. Her book The Art of Transforming Nightmares proposes lucid dreaming as the world's most innovative insomnia solution and offers techniques to resolve nightmares. Elixir of Sleep offers a unique take on sleep as both a biological necessity and a spiritual journey.
A novelist, prize-winning short story writer, and poet, Clare is the author of two lucid dream–inspired novels (as Clare Jay). Breathing in Colour was written as part of her doctorate and looks at how lucid dreaming can heal trauma. Dreamrunner explores lucidity as a potential cure for violent moving nightmares. A passionate advocate of dreamwork as a way to empower children, Clare coedited a book on children's dreams and nightmares, Sleep Monsters and Superheroes. Her book The Art of Lucid Dreaming is a highly practical, how-to guide with a popular lucidity quiz. Dream Therapy (US title is Mindful Dreaming) explores the transformative effects of dreamwork and offers techniques to unwrap the meaning of dreams.
You may feel inspired to join Clare on her lucid dreaming retreats. These usually have a beautiful ocean setting, and the creative, healing, and spiritual aspects of sleep and dreams are explored. For more information, see www.DeepLucidDreaming.com/retreats or contact deepluciddreaming@gmail.com.
Clare is the founder of an online school, Deep Lucid Dreaming Video Courses. These on-demand classes and live workshops are enjoyed by thousands of people and include downloadable meditations for lucid dreaming and blissful sleep (www.DeepLucidDreaming.com/classes). Clare offers live workshops, a specialised Lucid Star mentoring programme, and one-to-one client sessions on sleep, dreams, nightmares, and lucidity (www.DeepLucidDreaming.com/private-mentoring-sessions).
Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming is a new podcast with Dr. Clare Johnson. It offers two free audio classes, "Tips for Deep Sleep" and "How to Lucid Dream," as well as conversations to inspire you to tap into your inner genius and fall in love with sleep. Tune in on your favourite podcast platform or visit www.DeepLucidDreaming.com/podcast.
On Clare's website, DeepLucidDreaming.com, you are welcome to subscribe to receive e-books and a free guided meditation for blissful sleep.
Review :
"I have never seen this level of practical specificity and expertise in my fifty years of working with dreams!"
—Dr. Gayle Delaney, author of All About Dreams, founding President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams
"The new quintessential read on what it truly means to sleep and how to maximize those sacred hours every night."
—Mike Dooley, New York Times bestselling author of Infinite Possibilities
"A treasure trove filled with profound practices for not only your best sleep but your best life!"
—Kimberly Mascaro, PhD, author of Dream Medicine
"Both practical and profound."
—Theresa Cheung, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dream Dictionary from A to Z
"Celebrates the joy of rest, renewal, and rapture."
—Robert Moss, author of Growing Big Dreams
"The most eye-opening and thorough book I have ever come across on all dimensions of sleep and dreams."
—Bob Hoss, director of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, director of the DreamScience Foundation
"An enlightening guide that demonstrates the profound power and potential of sleep."
—Deirdre Barrett, PhD, Harvard psychologist, author of The Committee of Sleep
"A love letter to the shifting and creative forms of consciousness we encounter during sleep."
—Dr. Leslie Ellis, dream and nightmare therapy educator, author of A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy
"Engaging from page one....A must-read."
—Dr. Penny Sartori, author of The Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences
"A treasure trove of powerful techniques, life-changing ideas, soothing meditations, and relaxing rituals."
—David Jay Brown, author of Dreaming Wide Awake
"As a dream therapist, I recommend this book to anyone wishing to improve their sleep."
—Anna-Karin Björklund, LMFT, past board chair of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, author of Dream and Believe
"The wisdom in these pages is like a warm bubble bath that will tuck you into sleep while simultaneously waking you up to the treasures of the nocturnal mind."
—Andrew Holecek, author of Dream Yoga
"A gem of a resource."
—Bhaskar Banerji, PhD in mind-body medicine
"A brilliant and extraordinarily useful book."
—Jean Campbell, board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, editor of DreamTime magazine
"There is plenty in this gem to inform and delight every serious student of sleep."
—Dr. Jaan Reitav, clinical psychologist, diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, author of Putting Trauma to Sleep
"Johnson has mixed her expertise with lucid dreaming, transforming nightmares, and mind-body-spiritual depth into a potent elixir."
—Angel Morgan, PhD, director of Sofia University's Dream Studies Certificate program, author of Dreamer's Powerful Tiger
"A beacon of hope for people suffering with insomnia and other sleep-related issues."
—Kiran Anumalasetty, board director of the International Association for the Study of Dreams
"This accessible guidebook spans the breadth and depth of how we can transform the way we engage with our sleep (and dreams!) in a refreshingly empowered way."
—Linda H. Mastrangelo, LMFT, psychotherapist, director of the Institute for Dream Studies
