Dream Control Techniques

Twinkling your nose like Samantha in Bewitched might not work, so try these dream control techniques to make things happen in your dreams instead.

I always wanted to be Samantha.  She really had things all figured out.  No magic wand necessary to make her wishes come true.  A simple twitch-twitch and she was good to go.

To have that same kind of control in your dreams is as close as you can get.   Even better, the experience feels much more life-like than simply daydreaming that you could have that kind of control.

The following dream techniques should be practiced during the day to help you improve your control while you sleep.


Visualization
Use visualization to get what you want in your dreams.  To practice this technique, find a few times a day where there are no distractions and think of something you wish you could do or someplace you'd like to be.  Close your eyes and actually picture your goal taking place.  Keep your eyes closed the entire time but expand the detail of your vision as much as possible.  Are you inside or outside?  What's the weather, who is with you, what are you wearing, how do you feel, what do you see?  Try to put colors to the picture.  Just completely focus on your vision for several minutes.

This is a great trick that works well for meeting your real life goals.  If you can picture it, psychologists suggest you are more likely to make that thing happen.  The same works for your dreams.