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1.2. In what stage of sleep does Lucid Dreaming occur?




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This article is from the Lucid Dreaming FAQ, by "Lars Rune Foleide" larsrune@sf.telia.no .

1.2. In what stage of sleep does Lucid Dreaming occur?

Lucid Dreaming usually takes place in REM (Rapid Eye Movement)
sleep. There are five stages of sleep. Stage 1 being the one you first
enter, then followed by stage 2, 3 and 4. As you descend into deeper
sleep your brain frequency slows down. In stage 4 can it be slower
than one cycle per second (delta sleep). After some time spent in
stage 4, about 25 minutes, you return to stage 3 and 2, then straight
into REM sleep. About 90 minutes has passed now since you started
sleeping. 5-10 minutes is spent in this stage before you go all the
way down to stage 4 again (also called non-REM sleep). When
approximately 90 minutes have again passed, another REM-period
start. This time the REM sleep lasts longer. And as time progresses
less time in non-REM sleep is needed and more time is spent in REM
sleep. After 4-5 hours you don't go lower than stage 2. Vivid dreaming
takes place in REM sleep, so the more you sleep, the more time is
spent in REM and the more likely it is that you may have a Lucid
Dream.



 

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