Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Feasibility of a Mental-Health Intervention Based on Contemplative Sleep Practices

Lead Sponsor:

Northwestern University

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Virginia

Tiny Blue Dot Foundation

Conditions:

Anxiety

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

This is a feasibility study to test whether it is possible to deliver a program inspired by Tibetan Dream Yoga in a modern, accessible way. Dream Yoga is a set of contemplative practices that combine ...

Detailed Description

Recent methodological advances enable novel scientific explorations of dreaming activities. Whereas the science of dreaming suffered historically from inadequate strategies, a new era has dawned drive...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy, English-speaking adults (at least 18 years old) with
  • High dream recall (at least 1/month).

Exclusion

  • a history of an established meditative practice
  • psychological or psychiatric disorders (other than mild anxiety)
  • sleep disorders, nightshift work in the past month, extreme chronotype or irregular sleeping pattern
  • use of recreational drugs in the past month
  • history of asthma, seizures or heart problems
  • unwillingness to wear headband during sleep.
  • Not having an address in the domestic United States, so residents of other countries would be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07217340

Start Date

October 1 2025

End Date

January 1 2026

Last Update

October 24 2025

Active Locations (2)

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1

Cresap Laboratory

Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60208

2

Contemplative Sciences Center

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908.

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