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Lucid Dreaming

Lucid dreaming is knowing that you are dreaming. 

This realization occurs during a dream while you are asleep and can sometimes influence the dream’s direction. The awareness of the dream state opens up possibilities for exploration, problem‑solving, and self‑discovery in a safe, imaginative space.

Potential benefits of lucid dreaming include:

  • Enhanced Creativity: Lucid dreams can spark new ideas, artistic inspiration, and innovative problem‑solving by allowing you to explore limitless scenarios.


  • Reduced Anxiety & Nightmares: Many people use lucid dreaming to confront and transform recurring nightmares, turning frightening experiences into empowering ones.


  • Emotional Healing: Lucid dreaming can provide a safe environment to process emotions, rehearse difficult conversations, or explore unresolved feelings.


  • Improved Mood & Well‑Being: Studies suggest lucid dreaming can positively influence mood the following day, supporting mental health and resilience.


  • Skill Rehearsal & Performance: Some research shows lucid dreaming can help practice physical skills or mental tasks, reinforcing learning and confidence.


  • Self‑Discovery & Growth: By exploring dreamscapes consciously, you gain deeper insight into your subconscious, fostering self‑awareness and personal transformation.


  • Insight into the nature of the mind: Lucid dreaming provides the ideal situation in which explore the nature of the mind, given that the dreamworld is made up of nothing but the mind. Exploring the limits of this dream reality often leads to insight onto one’s own mind, as well as the nature of the mind, in general.

New In-Person Course with Amy Pletsch

at Enlightened Soul Center and Shop

2711 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor MI, 48108

This course will be a 6-class series, with every class being different and somewhat building on the previous one, but each day's class could be taken individually. Participants who sign up for the entire series will be able to listen to audio recordings of missed sessions.

See the "In-Person Courses" page for a full listing of all in-person classes.


Class will not start on January 14th because of weather.  
We will start the following week on January 21st.

Both courses will be held on 
6 Wednesday evenings, starting January 21st, 2026 (new dates)

(January 21 - February 25)

7:45-8:45pm - Introduction to Lucid Dreaming:

Awaken within the dream.

Cost: Sliding scale $15-30/class; $108 for the entire session


Discover how to recognize that you are dreaming and explore the nature of dream reality.


Learn to fly, walk through walls, befriend dream figures, and more. Lucid dreaming can reduce nightmares and anxiety by allowing greater control within the dream. It can also enhance problem-solving and creativity by unlocking the subconscious, potentially improve motor skills through dream practice, and provide profound insights into the nature of the mind. We’ll explore techniques for remembering dreams, as well as both daytime and nighttime practices for becoming lucid and navigating the dream world.

(The registration page at the Enlightened Soul Center will open in a new tab.)

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