I have tried some of the Tibetan Dream Yoga techniques outlined in Chogyal Namkhai Norbu's book "Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light." I found the techniques led me to immediate results with remembering my dreams. Further practices in the book are outlined, but he suggests having a guide, or teacher to work with while practicing. The point of it is, as you suggest, to reduce attachments to results not only in the dream but in the waking state. Fascinating!

I practice Dream Yoga and have attended a dream camp with Dr. Laberge and friends.

Just before my visit to the camp I did art live on the internet.(They are now hosted on YouTube.com )

I would have dreams live in front a of a camera, wearing a special mask that would have a gently blinking light that would help me realize that I was dreaming, permitting me to achieve lucidity more often.

After my dream, I would wake up, note my dream so that in the morning I would make a short video detailing how I noticed I was dreaming and what I experience or tried to achieve.

That was over 5 years ago. Now that video sites such as YouTube.com I would hope that a group dreaming/sharing project would permit more people to learn, or at least be introduced to, the skill of lucid dreaming.

Does anyone want to collaborate of such videos?

There are traditionally three states of consciousness that the Yogi or Yogini explores so that those three can be transcended to experience the fourth state. The first three are waking (vaishvanara), dreaming (taijasa), and deep sleep (prajna), along with the fourth state (turiya), which is the level of atman, the individual Self. To explore the dreaming state it is also useful to try to consciously experience the deep sleep state, which is traditionally considered to be the domain of Yoga Nidra. Here is a link to an article on Yoga Nidra that describes each of those levels: http://www.swamij.com/yoga-nidra.htm Here is another link to an article on the levels of consciousness: http://www.swamij.com/levelsdimensions.htm Finally, here is a link to an article on Om mantra and the seven levels of consciousness that it represents (including waking and dreaming): http://www.swamij.com/om.htm I hope these are useful to the discussions and personal explorations.

Shanti....

Swami Jnaneshvara
http://www.swamij.com/

Lucid dreaming is a skill that require practice and patience just like yoga. So calling dream yoga does kind of make sense. I have been lucid dreaming since I was a child. I recommend by starting to ask yourself in a dream..."what is out of place here?" that often snaps me into a lucid state. Often I try to "find" friends or relatives that have passed on, or come across people that seem more "real" than other dream people. I have always just felt like it was just something very fun to do, not knowing it is used by Tibetians for a much more meaningful journey. I look forward to learning more.