6 Things You Can Do to Remember Your Dreams

Every night we go to sleep. And when we sleep we dream. Most of us have 4 to 5 dreams every night. But how many of us remember them? 

If you want to begin working with your dreams, the first step is to remember them!  Here’s a list of six things you can do to encourage dream recall.

1.      1. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep. You won’t remember your dreams if you’re over-tired. Albert Einstein was a prolific dream who slept ten hours a night!

2.      2. Avoid using sleeping pills and alcohol. Recent research shows that prescription sleeping medications don’t work nearly as well as people believe. Not only do they come with serious side effects like heart problems and weight gain, chemical sleeping aids tend to result in amnesia for nighttime awakening. So if you're taking sleeping pills you’re probably not getting the quality sleep you need and your ability to recall your dreams will be inhibited.

Explore natural alternatives with good track records such as melatonin and Valerian root. Valerian increases both deep sleep and REM sleep.

Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland in the brain. Over time, it becomes less and less efficient so melatonin supplementation can not only improve the quality of your sleep, but many other body functions. It has been shown to lower blood pressure in men and used to treat macular degeneration, migraines, and depression.

And high levels of melatonin are associated with dreaming.

3.      3. Keep your sleeping room dark.  When the lights go out the body starts producing melatonin. Unfortunately, we city-dwellers are over-exposed to light at night and light shuts down melatonin production in the brain. Even a bedroom night light can halt melatonin production and disrupt both sleep onset and the duration of sleep.

4.      4. Find a way to relax before bed. Throughout the day we build up a lot of excess energies and stress. So before bed, do some light physical exercise like yoga, practice mindfulness meditation, or take a nice relaxing warm bath with mineral salts in it.

5.    5. Avoid the evening news! Whatever you focus on before bed is what your mind is going to be going over and over and over again – right when you want to sleep. Read something inspiring before sleep instead and look forward to pleasant dreams.

6.     6.  Record your dreams immediately upon waking. Don’t make the mistake of assuming you’ll remember and write them down later. Dream material fades very quickly. Meanwhile the thinking mind has a tendency to edit content in order to make sense of it.  Dreams are cryptic for a reason! They’re what your subconscious mind is working on while your conscious mind is out of the way.

So if you think you know what a dream is telling you – you’re very likely mistaken!

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