Meditation and Lucid dreams

>Meditations relation to lucid dreams????

meditation is a TON more important than i thought (which is why i made an entire paste for it), it helps a ton with
dream recall, dream control, becoming lucid MUCH MUCH easier, and overall stability!
(source) https://www.reddit.com/r/LucidDreaming/comments/5flol4/meditation_for_lucid_dreaming_scientific_evidence/

some people have reported not even requiring reality checks or any other technique due to the power of meditation.

"I started lucid dreaming much more after I began a consistent meditation practice.
For me, there were no reality checks needed to trigger it. Instead, I found myself being more mindful and aware in the dream state, which made certain dream-state features much more obvious, often then triggering the thought "ahhh, this is a dream," which is all you need to become lucid" https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/comments/2untkp/mindfulness_is_causing_frequent_lucid_dreams/

"When I was 15, I began to mediate regularly every night before going to sleep, a way to clear my head and find some peace before hitting the hay. I wasn’t trying to induce lucid dreaming, but after several weeks, I found that the majority of my dreams were lucid"
https://www.inverse.com/article/6997-how-daily-meditation-helped-me-lucid-dream-every-night

>when, where, and how to meditate

when does not a big difference, But i would recommend right before bed because not only will you be
much more relaxed but you might sleep easier and that's always a good thing

Where is a bit more important because meditation should be in a calm quiet and undisturbed location
where no one will bother you or disturb you

though many people meditate differently this method seemed to work for most people and is pretty basic
 - Find a quiet place that no one will disrupt you in
 - stretch, you're going to be here a while so you need to be comfortable to not have your mind wander off
 - find a good position to meditate in whether it's sitting down, laying down, or in a chair
 - settle in and start to relax focus on your breathing for as long as you want, it's best to have your eyes closed
 - when finished open your eyes slowly but don't jolt or jump up. Bask in the affect meditation gave you

if you want to you can listen to a guided meditation which is when someone else is guiding
you through the meditation, i would recommend trying it at least once as it helps
you not have your mind wander it's also pretty helpful if your new.

	although many people say you should decide on how long you should meditate this is not
important as when the timer goes off it might ruin the mood and gradually getting up from
meditation is much more peaceful than the startle of an alarm going off, besides who knows
how long you might want to go on for time can fly when you get good