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Sleep, Dreaming, and Virtual Reality for Mental Health

RecruitingEARLY Phase 1Ages 18 Years - anyAllNorthwestern University
NCT07408206 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

People spend approximately one-third of their lives asleep, yet sleep is often underused as an opportunity to support psychological well-being. Contemplative traditions, including Tibetan Dream Yoga, have developed practices that use waking imagination and lucid dreaming to explore perception, awareness, and habitual patterns of thinking. Recent advances in sleep monitoring, dream communication, and lucid dream induction now make it possible to study these practices using scientific methods. This study is a randomized controlled trial designed to examine the feasibility and effects of a Dream-Yoga-inspired intervention compared with an active control condition. The intervention combines waking and dreaming practices that are adapted for individuals without prior experience and delivered using virtual reality-based training and home sleep technology. The program is designed to be scalabl

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals interested in participating will be screened for eligibility through a Qualtrics survey, a Score between 5-21 points in GAD-7. Healthy, English-speaking adults (at least 18 years old) with high dream recall (at least 1/week). Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude people who self-report any of the following: 1. history of an established meditative practice 2. psychological or psychiatric disorders (other than mild anxiety) 3. sleep disorders, nightshift work in the past month, extreme chronotype or irregular sleeping pattern 4. use of recreational drugs in the past month 5. history of asthma, seizures or heart problems 6. unwillingness to wear headband during sleep
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What it tests

  • Dream Yoga Inspired Intervention
  • Sleep Health Enhancement Program (SHEP)
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Where

2 sites
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Contemplative Sciences Center
Charlottesville, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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