Meet Lana Sackwild

Today we’d like to introduce you to Lana Sackwild.

Lana, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
Deep inside a dark forest surrounded by monsters with nowhere to run. Frantic and desperate for an escape, my four-year-old self wisely determined that animated villains would be undoubtedly less frightening. I conjured up a big, yellow escape button, not dissimilar from the 90’s CITV British kids channel logo. To my delight, upon pressing down, I watched on and giggled as all my nightmares began shapeshifting into cartoon characters. Unbeknownst to me, this was my first lucid dream, the death of my childhood nightmares, and the birth of my journey as a oneirologist (explorer of dream realms).

Lucid dreaming opened up many doors for me. I started with small obstacles such as learning to ride a bike or improving my musical skills. Through my early teenage years, I utilized my lucid dream time to work through a very dark depression and take myself off prescription medication. This led me to spend 5 years in Tokyo where I spent most of my lucidity mastering Japanese and competing against my flabberghasted Chinese classmates. Upon returning to my home country (England, UK), I was able to find a university that allowed me to dive scientifically into researching lucid dreaming and its potential for healing & transformations.

I started my research project with a small advertisement that was put up on social media. Within 1 week, I had received over 100 emails from 27 different countries around the world describing the physical, mental, emotional, creative, and spiritual journeys of healing and transformations that were being experienced through lucid dreams. I couldn’t fathom how something so accessible and powerful was still so unheard of. I wanted to not only share the stories of others’ journeys but allow people to embark on their own lucid dreaming and lucid living adventures, and Get Lucid With Lana was born!

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The road is definitely not smooth. Just as scientific publications are now making a case for the potentials of psychedelics to be used as medicines, myself & several others in the field are working on more scientific studies being conducted on the potential therapeutic & transformation effects of lucid dreaming for mental health, including the therapeutic benefits for treating PTSD, depression, and anxiety. ⁣

It’s only been just over 40 years since the validity of lucid dreaming was first even scientifically proven, so we still have a long way to go… but seeing more published articles, research, and individual experiences being shared on the ways lucid dreams are able to really improve the quality of life, magnify our conscious waking experience, as well as help us connect to our true / higher selves and simultaneously deepen the relationships we build with others, makes for an exciting road ahead!

Please tell us more about your work, what you are currently focused on and most proud of.
I am the creator/owner of Get Lucid With Lana & I am known for the research I conduct on lucid dreaming with a particular focus on mitigating depression and alleviating anxiety. As far as I know, there is no one else coaching in this particular area in connection to mental health – so that definitely sets me apart from other lucid dreamers / lucid dream coaches.

I am most proud of the clients I work with who decide to TAKE ACTION and truly work on becoming the best versions of themselves. Lucid dreaming & lucid living work is all based on an active practice. Much like a sport, if you don’t dedicate time or energy into the practice, you will not see the results. Therefore, I am constantly inspired by my clients who are taking back control over their mental health conditions and making their dreams a reality.

Pricing:

• Dreaming Wide Awake Retreat: April 2020, Boulder, CO ($795 – $995)
• 1:1 Lucid Dreaming & Lucid Living Coaching Session ($120/h)

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.lanasackwild.com/
• Phone: 7202716148
• Email: admin@lanasackwild.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lanasackwild/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/getlucidwithlana/

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