ENCORE - Sleep Paralysis: A Disorder You Can Fix with Lee Adams & Ryan Hurd

OVERVIEW

Sleep paralysis is your state when you are conscious but you cannot move your body. This is very common when you are dreaming. What if this happens to you very often and it becomes a disorder?

In this encore episode, you will learn the causes of sleep paralysis and how you can use your imagination to fight your nightmares. We’ll analyze your physiology while you’re on REM paralysis and talk over the lifestyle changes you can make to avoid bad dreams.

We have stitched together two of our best episodes on sleep paralysis. We’ll be hearing again from Lee Adams and Ryan Hurd.

Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is also the host of Cosmic Echo, a lucid dreaming podcast, and the creator of taileaters.com, an online community of lucid dreamers and psychonauts.

Ryan is a dream researcher and holistic educator. He authored several books including Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Immersion Guidebook. He is also the founder of DreamStudies.org, a site designed to teach dream education and consciousness studies. Currently, Ryan is serving as a lecturer of Holistic Studies and Psychology at John F. Kennedy University.

In today's episode, I am joined by Dr. Rosie Gibson PhD, RPSGT, she has a background in both psychology and clinical sleep medicine and will share with us her research among patients and families dealing with dementia. She will also give tips to promote the Circadian system that can help improve our overall sleep health.

Tune in and learn how understanding yourself can help you triumph sleep paralysis.

WHAT WILL WE LEARN

01:30 What is sleep paralysis and hypnagogia?
05:01 Reasons why there are more people in Asia who are experiencing sleep paralysis
11:45 What influenced Lee Adams to study sleep paralysis
18:39 Treat your nightmares through Imagery Rehearsal Therapy
21:30 Using your imagination to work with your dreams and fight nightmare
28:57 The role of beliefs in sleep paralysis
33:00 Lifestyle changes you can make to avoid sleep paralysis
35:00 Your physiology when you are experiencing sleep paralysis
38:45 How to deal with your REM paralysis