Excerpts from a study by Stephen LaBerge – Lucidity Institute:
“Prolonging Lucid Dreams…
By Stephen LaBerge
Experiment
Lucidity Institute members were invited to compare each of the following…
A. SPINNING…
B. GOING WITH THE FLOW When subjects were in a lucid dream and the dream began to fade, they were to persist in doing whatever they were doing in the dream before it started to fade…
C. RUBBING HANDS TOGETHER…
Results
…Only 33% of the FLOW TECHNIQUE lucid dreams were prolonged, compared with 90% of the RUBBING and 96% of the SPINNING lucid dreams…
…Overall, the odds in favor of continuing the lucid dream were about 22 to 1 after SPINNING, 13 to 1 after RUBBING, and 1 to 2 after GOING WITH THE FLOW. That makes the relative odds FAVORING SPINNING over going with the flow 48 to 1, and for rubbing over going with the flow, 27 to 1…
Discussion
…both the spinning and rubbing techniques are effective means of prolonging lucid dreams. The fact that the rubbing technique worked as well as it was predicted to supports the theory behind the prediction: that interaction and sensory experience in the dream inconsistent with perception of the state of the body in bed will suppress awakening…
- By Stephen LaBerge – From NightLight 7(3-4), 1995. – Prolonging Lucid Dreams – Lucidity Institute – LINK TO THE STUDY: – http://www.lucidity.com/NL7.34.RU.SpinFlowRub.html
