Website: http://beverly.durso.org

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As combination mystic and scientist, I, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart) D'Urso, have been called the world’s most prolific “lucid dreamer.” I developed the ability to “know I am dreaming while I dream” when I faced up to terrifying witches in my childhood dream. In my twenties, the renown pioneer of Lucid Dreaming, Dr. Stephen Laberge, chose me as his primary subject for decades of research at the Stanford Sleep Laboratory. Numerous major magazines, such as LIFE, Smithsonian, OMNI, and Parade, television specials, books, and radio talk shows have featured my life and my dreams. Using my practical philosophy called lucid living, with a related web site, I have taught my own workshops since 1991, and have presented at conferences for decades, where authors constantly tell me “You HAVE to write a book,” and I say, “Are you dreaming now?” Working with Stanford University Professors, I completed my Masters degree in 1980, involving Cognitive Psychology, and my Ph.D. in 1983, focussing on Artificial Intelligence. Prior to being a researcher, consultant, and a college professor, I created several startup companies, and over sixty publications, on my computer work and on my dream work. To allow for the greatest flexibility, I currently combine my writing and presenting with being a wife and mother, and I contribute the wonderful balance of work and family in my life to lucid living!

Dream Papers, Publications, and Documentaries

SEE ONLINE VERSIONS OF THE FOLLOWING AT: http://beverly.durso.org/Index_of_Papers.html

"Beyond Space and Time: Personal Experiences with Psi Dreaming," D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Presentation at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) Conference, June, 2006.

"Interactive Dream Healing for Ourselves and Others," D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Presentation at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD), Conference, June, 2006.

"The Art of Dream Healing", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Presentation at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) PsiberDreaming Conference, September, 2005.

"Extreme Dreaming: First Hand Reports from Lucid X-Dreamers ", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Presentation at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) Conference, June 2005.

"The Ethics of Dream Sex," D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Presentation at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) Conference, June, 2005.

"Over the Waterfall and Gently Down the Stream: Surrendering to the Lucid Dream", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Presentation at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) PsiberDreaming Conference, September 2004..

"Oneironauts: Explorers of the Lucid Dream World", A Documentary by Richard Hilton, including D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), September 2004.

"Illuminating Insights from Lucid Dreaming", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Panel at the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) Conference 2004, Copenhagen, June, 2004.

"Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Living", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Symposium at the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) Conference 2004, Copenhagen, June, 2004.

We Dream NOW: From Lucid Dreaming to Conscious Lucid Living; Including how I made my dreams of career and family come true, D’Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Book in Progress, 2003.

"Dream Speak: An Interview with Beverly (Kedzierski Heart) D’Urso: A Lucid Dreamer - Part One, Two and Three", The Lucid Dream Exchange, Numbers 29, 30, and 31, 2003 - 2004.

"From Lucid Dreaming to Lucid Living", D’Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart,) Paper at the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) Second Annual Online PsiberDreaming Conference, September 21 to October 5, 2003.

"Witches, the House, and Grief: Developing and Avoiding Lucid Dreaming", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart,) Paper at the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) Conference 2003, Berkeley, CA, June, 2003 (Available as an audio tape from ASD.)

"Lessons in Lucidity: Explorations in Lucid Dreaming", Waggoner, R., Webb, C., and D'Urso, B. (Kedzierski Heart,) Panel at the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) conference, Santa Cruz, CA , July 12, 2001.

"A Mom/Child Dialog on 'Lucid Dreaming,' " D’Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart,) Article in the Preschool Family Newsletter, Palo Alto, CA., January, 2000.

Hidden Assets, Bryant, Mark, [Chapter 3: Reality and Lucid Dreamers ( includes D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart)], New Leaders Press, 1998.

"Living Life as a Lucid Dream", D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Bay Area Dream Workers (BADG) Presentation, Palo Alto, CA , March 21, 1998.

"The Dreamer and the Dreamtribe", Halonen, Arto, (writer and director), Documentary [includes D'Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart)], A Mandrake Productions/Art Films Production, 1997.

"Living Life as a Lucid Dream", D'Urso Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Workshop presented at the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) Conference 1997, Asheville, NC., June, 18, 1997 (Available as an audio tape from ASD.)

Lucid Dreaming Meeting, hosted by: D'Urso Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) Conference 1996, Berkeley, CA, July, 1996.

"I learned to use my dreams to improve my life", about D’Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart), First for Women Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 26, June 24, 1996.

"Lucid Dreaming", (including D’Urso, Beverly (Kedzierski Heart,) NBC's Next Step, May, 1996.

"A Lucid Dreamer: Beverly (Kedzierski Heart) D'Urso", ABC TV: WLS Chicago 10 O'Clock News, May 11, 1995.

"Lucid Dreaming and Dolphin Swimming", Workshop, given by Heart, Beverly (Kedzierski D’Urso),aboard a sailboat in the Bahamas, June 1993.

"What I ultimately learned from Lucid Dreaming is Lucid Living", Heart, Beverly (Kedzierski D'Urso), Presented at the Association for the Study of Dreams - Lucidity Association Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, June, 1992.

"Facing the Witches", Heart, Beverly (Kedzierski D'Urso), Autobiography Paper, February, 1992.

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, LaBerge, Stephen, including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso,) Ballantine Books, New York, 1990.

Dream Life, Wake Life, The Human Condition through Dreams, Globus, Gordon, Page 60 [Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)], State University of New York Press, Albany New York, 1987.

The Three Pound Universe, Hooper, Judith and Teresi, Dick, Chapter 11 - Chuang-tzu and the Butterfly: Dreams and Reality [Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)], Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1986.

"Stephen LaBerge: The Doctor of Dreams", (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), LIFE, October, 1986.

"Personal Exploration of Lucid Dreaming", Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso), Lucidity Letter, Proceedings from the Lucid Dreaming Symposium (ASD 1986 Panel), Volume 5, Number 1, June, 1986.

"The Representation of Death in my Dreams", Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso), Lucidity Letter, Dream Lucidity and Death, Volume 4 Number 2, December, 1985.

"Lucid Dreaming", New Age Journal, (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), November, 1985.

Lucid Dreaming: The power of being awake and aware in your dreams, LaBerge, Stephen, (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), Ballantine Books, New York, 1985.

"You can direct your dreams", (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), Parade Magazine, February ,1984.

"Physiological Responses to Dreamed Sexual Activity during Lucid REM Sleep", LaBerge, S.P. , Greenleaf, W. , and Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso), Psychophysiology, 20 (1983): 454-55, Presented at Asilomar Conference, Fall, 1983.

"You're dreaming, but do you know it?", (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), Smithsonian, August, 1982

"Design your own dreams", (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), Omni, March, 1982 .

"Discover the World of Science: Lucid Dreaming", (including Kedzierski, Beverly (Heart D’Urso)), Television Special, 1982.

"Two on the Town, A Day in the Life of Beverly Kedzierski (Heart D’Urso): Lucid Dreamer", Television Show, 1982.