This week I experienced a concept which features in the blockbuster movie Inception. Its the concept that we can have a dream within a dream. The dream started where I was trying to get my a girl away from her ex boyfriend. I ran and ran, dragging the girl along with me so the man [...]

This might sound rather bizarre to you, but when researching the power of our dreams. I came across a technique called Sleep-Learning. When we are asleep we access our subconscious mind. The reason people believe it is possible to learn in their sleep is because what you hear while sleeping could go into your mind [...]

Have you ever wondered exactly why we dream? What is the purpose of the dream? We know if makes us feel an emotion, which I highlighted in the previous blog post, but what is the purpose of our dreams? Are they to teach us, or make us aware of something? Are they used to give [...]

The power of a dream can really be quite interesting. We all go to sleep to rest our minds and prepare ourselves for the next day. However when some peoples head hits the below the mind does not fully go to sleep and decides to wander into dreamland. Some people ignore their dreams, some people [...]

Is it strange that as I have a keen interest in dreams I also like films involving dreams in them? One of my favourite films of all time is Vanilla Sky. It stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz. The film at some point becomes a dream. Many people question exactly when this is [...]

Have you ever had a dream where you’ve won a nice big wad of cash? To be honest, that’s a daydream that most people experience pretty regularly, but the majority of us don’t do anything about it. However, it is possible to make that sort of dream come true, provided you know how to give [...]

During the day through out the whole day our bodies works constantly to ensure that our body is operating correctly and scientifically this slowly breaks function of the cells. We recognise this as tiredness and by sleeping this activity gives the body a chance to recuperate and build and replace the cells. Lack of sleep [...]

There are certain conditions which help people fall asleep more than others. For example, after a heavy meal some people say they feel sleepy, if they are in a warm dry relaxing atmosphere then the chances of sleeping are greater. When we go to sleep our metabolic rate slows down as well as everything across [...]

Many of our dreams consist of activities, thoughts, actions which have been consciously or even unconsciously carried out by you. Your conscious thoughts access part of the brain and its this what the brain remembers and creates dreams from. Sometimes if you are thinking about something during the day the chances are that you are [...]

When sleeping many people are seen to be flickering there eyes as if moving them around but with the eyelids shut. This is called REM and stands for Rapid Eye Movement which occurs at a point in time when the person is dreaming. As we get older we require less sleep – for example teenagers [...]