You know that magical moment when you wake up within a dream and know you’re dreaming? That’s lucid dreaming. It’s a skill you can develop and a beneficial meditation practice you can do.

A nonlucid dream is a distracted dream, a mindless dream, a forgotten dream—you forget that you’re dreaming. A lucid dream is a nondistracted dream, a mindful dream, a remembered dream—you realize you’re dreaming and can control much of the experience.

Studies have shown that meditators have more lucid dreams, and for a true meditation master, all their dreams are lucid. We’re nonlucid to the contents of our mind at night to the extent we’re nonlucid to the contents of our mind during the day. Become lucid to your thoughts during the day by practicing mindfulness meditation and you’ll naturally become lucid to your dreams at night.