Into the Dream: A Half-Day Lucid Dreaming Retreat

Into the Dream - An Introduction to Lucid Dreaming

10 October 2026 · 1:00pm – 5:00pm · Elephant Rooms, Draycott, Derby

What if tonight, you could wake up inside your dream?

We spend a third of our lives asleep. That is not empty time, it is a world rich with meaning, sensation and possibility. Most of us pass through it unconscious, catching only fragments at the edges of waking. Lucid dreaming changes that entirely. It is the art of becoming aware inside your dream while the dream continues around you.

Into the Dream is a half-day introductory retreat that opens the door to this extraordinary state. Through teaching, experiential practice and guided hypnotic journeys, you will begin to understand your dreaming mind in a different way.

What You Will Explore

This retreat covers the essential foundations of lucid dreaming practice as lived experience.

We begin with the why: what dreaming actually is, what your subconscious mind is doing while you sleep, and how lucid dreaming differs from ordinary dreaming. We then move into the heart of the practice , intention. Setting a clear, personal intention is the single most important step in any lucid dreaming practice, and we take time to find yours and imprint it deeply.

You will also learn the daily habits that make lucidity possible: dream recall, the dream diary, reality checks and the bedtime affirmation practice. These are the foundations every lucid dreamer builds on, and by the end of the retreat you will have yours in place.

The Hypnotic Journeys

Hypnosis is a natural doorway into the deeper levels of the mind, and one of the most powerful tools available for working with the dreaming state. This retreat includes guided hypnotic journeys designed to help you access a receptive, dream-like awareness and begin speaking the language of your subconscious.

You remain fully aware and in control throughout. Many people describe the experience as one of the most deeply restful they have ever had, a sense of being simultaneously relaxed and vividly present. You do not need any prior experience with hypnosis. All you need is the willingness to close your eyes and follow.

What You Will Leave With

By the end of the afternoon you will have a personal dream intention, a dream diary practice, and a framework to begin your lucid dreaming journey that very night. You will also have experienced the quality of awareness that lucid dreaming cultivates: awake, clear, and at home in the dreaming mind. This retreat is the beginning. For those who wish to go deeper, further work is available through one-to-one sessions and future retreats.

Facilitated by Giorgia Bettili, certified clinical hypnotherapist, dream coach and founder of Lucid Mind Hypnotherapy. Giorgia has trained in lucid dreaming under some of the most respected practitioners in the field and brings a rare combination of clinical depth, personal practice and genuine warmth to everything she teaches.

📅 10 October 2026 · 1:00pm – 5:00pm 📍 Elephant Rooms, Draycott, Derby 💷 £55 · Spaces are limited