I'm a bad skier.....
The last several nights I've had really vivid singletrack mountain bike dreams. And damn those dreams were good...
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I'm a bad skier.....
The last several nights I've had really vivid singletrack mountain bike dreams. And damn those dreams were good...
My have lucid dreams where i control it every now and then(a couple nights ago most recently). I often have dreams where I am aware I am dreaming but wouldn't say they are fully lucid since I don't control them(or want to), just go with it and see what happens but know I am dreaming. Sometimes my dreams even contain a bit of clairvoyance and other weird things. Those I don't control.Quote:
Originally posted by PacRimRider1
Just read an article about this in playboy. Lucid dreams are dreams which can be controlled, but this control comes from the realization that you are dreaming while dreaming. Ever had a dream where you became conscious of the fact that this is not reality? Usually when this occurs we wake ourselves up as a reaction. But to have lucid dreams, one needs to force themselves to remain in the dream. There are a few techniques for doing this.
Mine do too. I have gotten lots of hints in my life through my dreams about when I'm going to move or get a new job. They are eerily on the money.Quote:
Originally posted by Ski Monkey
Sometimes my dreams even contain a bit of clairvoyance and other weird things. Those I don't control.
Sprite
While I do not usually have full recall of my dream for more than a few minutes after I wake up, I do remember the subject. Most of my dreams are closely related to what I am doing at work or which obsession I am currently wrapped up in. For example biking, triathlon, skiing, work, or some piece of gear (ski/bike/camera, etc) that I want. But during the winter, especially with a storm on the horizon I wil have vivid skiing dreams, and man are those the ones that I wish would be reality.
Is your friend a ninja. I hear they can do that kind of thing.Quote:
SandytheSkier wrote: My friend suddenly jumps the jap from a stand still with ice axes in hand.
I haven't had my first powder dream of the season yet. They usually start around November for me. Last one I had was of a nice and long 40 degree face. It was snowing like hell, but visability was like on a bluebird day. Powder was light and knee deep. In the dream I knew I was only dreaming and I didn't want to wake up.
Bwa!Quote:
Originally posted by snow_slider
Is your friend a ninja. I hear they can do that kind of thing.
Just saw this after I posted mine...weird- something must be getting triggered in the skiers' collective unconscious :D
speaking of dreams, lucid dreams, etc.
anyone ever experience sleep paralysis? http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Sleep_Paralysis
Basically, sleep paralysis is a normal thing. It's a natural mechanism that occurs during REM sleep that causes paralysis of your limbs, etc. However, it becomes really weird when your brain "wakes up" during REM and becomes aware of the paralysis. It's like your awake, but you can't freaking move. You just feel really tired, heavy, and like you're being "pulled" into sleep.
Hasn't happened to me quite some time, and can be pretty damn scary at first, but really cool if you learn to recognize it. It's thought to be a gateway to lucid dreaming.
It's weird that this gets brought up. I experienced this last night. Had a dream about skiing on a storm day at Kirkwood. I was hucking the big lip that develops on Thunder Saddle but it felt like my feet were in buckets of concrete. I was carrying a ton of speed (which is total dream-time considering the traverse) but upon launching and trying to lift my legs, I just plummeted like a rock. I woke up and realized I was trying to lift my legs in the real world but couldn't. Totally odd.Quote:
Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
Basically, sleep paralysis is a normal thing. It's a natural mechanism that occurs during REM sleep that causes paralysis of your limbs, etc. However, it becomes really weird when your brain "wakes up" during REM and becomes aware of the paralysis. It's like your awake, but you can't freaking move. You just feel really tired, heavy, and like you're being "pulled" into sleep.
I used to get sleep paralysis during my teens. It was a really odd sensation, like I wasn't really there. Afterwards, I sometimes worried if I would be able to get up if there was a fire.
Edit: As the wordiq entry points, it frequently arises in naps. Every experience I had happened during a nap (listening to Dark Side of the Moon, ....).
Its not the dreams that are driving me crazy, its the weather. The past two mornings have been cold as h-e-doublehockeysticks. Went for a bike ride yesterday and had to wear long sleeves, its kind of cool to think that its long-sleeve season until you realize that it's still August.:mad: Fer Christos sake they predicted snow flurries yesterday morning over 7000',teazer weather angers me I get crazy excited for nothing.
Soon enough, though, it won't be teazer weather but genuine cold weather, there is solace in that I guess.
Indeed eerily. Having them has made me reconsider the phrase "follow your dreams." I now break that into two meanings, follow what you want or think you want to do, and follow those dreams that you actually see yourself in while sleeping.Quote:
Originally posted by snowsprite
Mine do too. I have gotten lots of hints in my life through my dreams about when I'm going to move or get a new job. They are eerily on the money.
Sprite
This seems rather apropos: dreams have started.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and no longer biting my tongue),
d.
Fun read d. ... and waking up this morning +8C in montreal, crisp clear almost fall-like day.. skiing is on my mind.Quote:
Originally posted by gincognito
This seems rather apropos: dreams have started.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and no longer biting my tongue),
d.
...and always involve Silverton, five feet of fresh snow and the white room...I hear a voice, must be the guide, saying "you guys seem ok, I'll let you take this at your own pace." Down the gully we go, sometimes plunging into snow so deep it completely engulfs us, snow shooting over my face, wishing I had the helmet cam and simultaneously glad I'm not so I can save this dream like snow in the freezer and take it out when I'm sitting in my car waiting for baseball traffic to subside.
If you want really vivid & lucid dreams try vitamin b6. It really works and it's good for you. That is all.