Lucid dreaming: How to control your dreams
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Describes lucid dreaming, the sleep cycle, parts of the brain that are activated during sleep, the differences between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming, and methods to induce lucid dreaming.
This video explains what lucid dreaming is by describing the parts of the sleep cycle, various parts of the brain that are activated, the differences between sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming, and finally methods that can induce lucid dreaming.
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