> > And I can run in my dreams, but I have never, ever flown. I really wanna have one of these
> > dreams, they sound incredible.
>
> Try and cultivate real-life experiences that are similar to flying, so that your mind has something to work with.
>
> Case in point:
> When I fly in dreams, it's always reminiscent of the many times I've swum underwater.
>
> Paul

Good point. I've done some research and what I do isn't flying, it's floating. I am a horrible swimmer (movement made by dream-flyers are usually like swimming, I imagine), so I spend a lot of time floating on floaty toys. When I was a little kid, all air-maneuvering in dreams was done with a kickboard. In one dream (after I had learned to float on cue) I was asked to show some people in the dream how I float (I'm always the only one in my dreams who can do any sort of air maneuvering without a machine), and it was very much as if I was standing at the bottom of a pool and I want to surface. I give a little push and kick with my feet and the float at a level in the sky (similar to floating at the surface of the water).

It makes a lot of sense that swimming would be the connection most people make to flying, as water-movement is the closest thing to weightlessness and free movement most of us ever experience. I bet it is different for individuals who hang glide (but then, they don't have to dream).

Any others flyers with theories on their methods or associations?

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