Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep

I am blown away by this book (& also by the audio of the same title). I look forward to putting it in use & savoring it for the long haul. Thank you Andrew Holecek. You are a treasure & a gift. Over a decade ago, I had a regular dreamwork practice & reaped considerable benefit from it. Since then I’ve ventured from it, exploring a number of different (yet related) paths which have proven to be beneficial as well. Recently I felt a strong impetus to return to my dreamwork practice. Feeling the need for guidance & curious what's available now, I checked around on-line. It turns out the options seem considerably expanded now (or maybe I'm better able to receive them given more life experience). Andrew’s work stood out. After visiting his website, I feel this is the direction to go. I love yoga, meditation, samyama, non-duality, quieting the thought machine, unzipping my persona & essentially welcoming/appreciating/acknowledging infinite intelligence as much as possible. Andrew's work seems to coalesce & crystallize much of what I’ve learned thus far & take it to new level. I’m so thankful for this book. Even my first visit to his website left me with new understandings to put into practice right away. I’ve been able to recall about 4 dreams a night since then & will venture further as I feel ready. Andrew holds many qualities I aspire toward & deem essential in a teacher—integrity (he clearly loves & practices what he teaches), kindness, patience, humor & an over-ride knowing that the Universe is a friendly place. He emphasizes the well-being, radiance & harmony that rests in the essence of all that is—yet at the same time gives us accessible tools to handle fear, distortions, perceived danger & the temptation to polarize. His message feels aware, clean, loving, wise, distilled, accessible & well, pure (I hesitate to use that word, but it feels right here). Anyway with my inner impetus & now resources (thank you!), I feel good to go (the sky's the limit :-) I am in a *radical non-rush* about this, meaning I will progress only as I get an inner green light. (Andrew mentions an inner “pacemaker” & ally which rhymes with this.) It’s intense stuff—fun yet intense. It goes hand-in-hand nicely with my meditation, yoga & movement practices. I look forward in the future to checking out his “Preparing to Die” book. (Dream Yoga does include this subject as well—so I’m going to start here). It turns out that Andrew lives not far from where I do, so I may check out one of his workshops down the road. For the time being, I have PLENTY to keep me occupied with Dream Yoga. There’s so much to learn from the inner teacher. Andrew gives a very workable framework to access this inner knowing. I was not familiar with “dream yoga” per se before coming across his work. I orginally explored the topic of lucid dreaming. Andrew explains the distinction between lucid dreaming & dream yoga well on his website. If you’re at all compelled by this topic, check it out--good video clips there as well. As I said this is blowing *me* away (lol) & creating space for what’s referred to as “clear-light mind,” “basic goodness” & the awakened state. “Patience grasshopper” I keep telling myself ;-) My intent is strong & I’m delighted to receive such extraordinary guidance on the subject. Thanks again Andrew & best wishes to all on your chosen path.

This book was purchased for a dream yoga class. The information was useful, informative, and walked you through the stages of dreaming. It is well written and you can easily grasp the ideas of dreaming, especially lucid dreaming. It gives to steps for peaceful dreaming at night which are very helpful. Even if you aren't using the book for a class, it is a great addition to your yoga library.

I have been interested in lucid dreams for about five years. Over that time span I have had many short, exciting, and fun lucid dreams, but with little real control/stability. After reading the first several pages of Dream Yoga, I had my longest and most fulfilling lucid dream to date. This book is the real deal and has elevated my understanding and outlook of dream yoga. I am now on to the next Holecek book, Dreams of Light. Patience y'all. If I can dream lucidly, anyone can. Peace.

Fantastic book. It is separated into Eastern and Western lucid dream teachings. So it covers a lot of Laberge's stuff from Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming. It also covers a lot of the stuff from Wangyal's Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. I will say it leans Eastern even in the Western sections, but not heavily. Holecek is a great writer and I learned a lot. It lost one star because he gives horrible advice on movies to watch. He suggests, for example, that you watch Jacob's Ladder. That is one of the most horrific movies ever made. It is NOT something you should watch when you're trying to have good dreams! What a truly bizarre recommendation! The only explanation I can come up with is that Holecek must be super Zen and movies don't bother him or give him bad dreams, so he didn't consider that they would be disturbing to many, many other people. Other than that, it's a wonderful book, and I recommend it. Just steer away from his more questionable movie recommendations unless you are utterly unmoved and fearless when it comes to movies.

When I first bought this book I read it on and off (I was very busy with normal day to day stuff). However, when the COVID-19 quarantine event started unfolding, I started to self-isolate pretty early. I started to cycle off all these old habits, including frequent substance usage. When my REM cycle returned to normal I began to start having dreams again. Reading this book (now that I have all the time in the world) has shown me soooo many things I wish I knew earlier. I've only had 2 lucid dreams since I started reading this book roughly last week, and I'm so excited to see what else I will be able to do. If you're not interested in this book for Lucid Dreaming, there is a lot of science-based information on sleep and how to get the most out of it for optimal health. You really cannot go wrong with this book.

I read this book for inspiration. Just as I had hoped, the author pointed to another area of living where there is not two. I find this author expresses topics I've long read about in a way that makes them fresh and understood in a deeper sense. I love that he presents topics in a way to meet whatever stage of interest that one might have.

As an occasional lucid dreamer since childhood, I've read several books on the subject, most referenced in this extraordinary book. Fascinating and beautifully written, "Dream Yoga" not only covers lucid dreaming, but goes into realms far beyond. The author writes with compassion, humility, and clarity. I read the book cover to cover, slowly, with the intention of deeply absorbing whatever I could, and found myself using many suggestions in both waking life and semi-lucid dreams. Also light was shed on experiences and questions I had, and I feel gratitude for Andrew Holecek's generous sharing. .

The west is very fortunate to have Andrew. With degrees in music and biology, then onto dental school. he practiced dentistry for many years. then co-started what amounts to dentists without borders. his group travels to Nepal and India to provide free dental care to the needy. All along he immersed himself in Buddhist studies, a three(3) year retreat. Andrew combines his high powered intellect with deep understanding of Buddhism. This book on Dream Yoga is a must read. It has helped me further my understanding of not just Dream Yoga, but also of difficult to understand Buddhist concepts. Some of the material in the book is based on private teachings the author received from teachers in the India, Nepal and the US. I also learned a lot from his numerous most excellent YouTube videos. All the best in your Journey

I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to dive deep into dream/sleep yoga. The amount of information and details is more than satisfactory and for me personally the best part is the style of writing which I just feel very close to myself. I will definitely check some other titles from the same author :)

Un libro scritto con il cuore, molto accessibile, ti prende per mano e ti conduce ad esplorare la realtà dei sogni e del sonno, qualcosa che (come dice l'autore) tutti gli esseri umani condividono. Propone molte pratiche e molte riflessioni, la visione buddhista ed esperienze vissute. Consigliatissimo.

A wonderful book, not only contains it the important techniques around lucid dreaming but also cross-references to many important spriritual ideas especially from buddhism. It is very clear and applicable, this is a must-read for everybody who is trying to get closer to lucid dreaming and further.

Produto muito bom.

One of the best book on dream yoga/lucid dreaming. A very good summary of techniques and you can learn a lot from it. A must to have if you are into it.