Many creative individuals have used lucid dreaming as way to experiment and come up with inventions, including great inventors like Thomas Edison who was known to take naps as he worked on inventions.
Still, other people find ways to make dreaming more useful and creative, such as through learning lucid dreaming techniques.
Many practitioners suggest practicing prior to traditional sleep, not only for the restorative benefits, but also for the potential of lucid dreaming and heightened awareness even while the mind and body are in a state of rest.
