24/04/2025
Interview with a Practitioner
Yair Lavi has been experiencing sleep paralysis for 30 years and is the author of Shadows of the Night: The Complete Guide to Sleep Paralysis – History, Coping and Research. He is also a psychotherapist, researcher, and lecturer specializing in this field. His work focuses on transforming sleep paralysis into positive experiences, including lucid dreams and out-of-body experiences. He has been practicing inducing sleep paralysis for 20 years. He achieves lucidity and out-of-body experiences through sleep paralysis 2–3 times a month.
– What is the best technique?
– My technique combines several elements, including sleeping position, fatigue level, visualization, acceptance, and identifying the vibration stage to induce an out-of-body experience. In my research, I found out that two key factors in transforming sleep paralysis into a positive experience are gaining control and observing the feelings of dread that occur during sleep paralysis without trying to wake up.
– What is your favorite activity to do in the phase state?
– I enjoy attempting to leave my body, passing through walls, exploring my immediate surroundings, and trying to lose my sense of self. I have the mind of a scientist, so I always try to find new methods. Recently, I found out that while I am in a lucid dream, when I am touching the objects around me, the dream becomes hyper-realistic, so I'm focusing on checking out this method these days.
– Is this astral projection for you, or is it something that happens in the brain?
– I view phase states as a wide spectrum of experiences. While lucid dreams and some out-of-body experiences occur within a person's internal world, there are also authentic out-of-body states. I've reached this conclusion both from personal experience and from dozens of testimonials from people who obtained information in this state that was later verified.
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