1. Relax more throughout the day to generate and maintain energy for your dream work. Often times we can get caught up in downward spirals in our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs, choices and decisions. Be aware by observing what you are thinking, saying and doing? Are you caught up in worry? Do you feel stressed? Use some techniques such as meditation, Emotional Freedom Techniques (tapping) or experiment with this two minute exercise that stimulates your vagas nerve and gives you nervous system the message to switch from fight and flight to rest and digest. “Place your hand on your low belly / abdomen. Take a deep breath, breath in through your nose and send the breath to your hand making the inhalation last for three counts, hold the breath for three counts and exhale out your mouth for the count of three. Repeat for a least 3 rounds.
2. Give yourself a hypnotic suggestion as you drift off to sleep –  “I will remember one dream tonight, I will remember one dream tonight, I will remember one dream tonight”. If you already remember one dream give yourself the suggestion you will remember all your dreams. We have 3-4 dreams a night.
3. In the morning write your dream on a scribble pad and jot down as many fragments as possible. This will strength your recall muscle and before long you will be writing pages. Just like any physical exercise it takes practice and building up slowly. We may not be able to do push ups or lift heavy weights but we can do easier exercise and build up the degree of difficulty. If you are already remembering your dreams work with writing them out in as much detail as possible or you may be ready to take the next steps towards lucid dreaming.
4. Write your dream out in the first person, present tense. The subconscious and unconscious minds never sleep! As the conscious mind rests (unless you are in a lucid dreaming state) the subconscious mind continues its work and consciousness. The subconscious mind consciousness relates to the eternal now, everything is happening in the moment. It relates to I am statements (rather than I will and I was). It is the conscious mind that exists in the linear timeline, which is past and future orientated. By using I am statements you will have access to greater recall. For example, it is common upon waking to write or think, “I was being chase. There were two bad guys following me. I got stuck in a dead end alleyway. I tried to run but my legs were made of lead. I tried to fight but my punches didn’t land”. Experiment with, “ I am being chased. Two bad guys are following me. I am seeing the look on their faces. I am feeling scared and out of control. I am yelling no. I am getting stuck in a dead end alleyway. I am trying to run. My legs are feeling heavy.”
5. Sometimes writing can mean the dreams slip away. Working with a voice recorder app on your phone means you can keep your eyes closed. You can lie in the same position you sleep in and recall your dreams. Remember to state them in the first person.

Recalling your dreams is the first step in accessing the incredible power of your subconscious mind.  It is what we are unconscious of that creates repetition without illumination, repeated experiences of self-sabotage, feeling stuck and like a victim of life rather than a creator. We are either in a dysfunction pattern in which we are playing our false beliefs we decided were true during the first 21 years of life or we are in a success pattern where we are choosing what we want and experiencing it.