Have you ever felt like you were flying while you were sleeping? This feeling is a sensation you feel as your body moves around while you astral travel on the astral plane. All you have to do to make this happen is concentrate on where you want to be and what you want to do while you are there, before you ever go to sleep. Your astral body and subconscious mind work together while you are sleeping to help you achieve that which you want the most.

A lot of people confuse astral travel with dreaming. When we dream, what happens is that our minds try to process the happenings of the day that could not be resolved in our waking lives. This is a normal process which is essential to maintaining our mental health. However, we don?t usually remember these dreams, except in disjointed fragments.

However, those dreams that we wake up from, remembering every detail vividly are actually experiences of astral travel! You should keep a notepad and paper by your bed in order to be able to keep a dream journal of these dreams. As soon as you wake, write down everything which you can remember of the experience. At first, you may not be able to make a lot of sense of what you write down; just keep taking your notes, it will all come together later on.

Astral travel is something which is beneficial, just as are those dream which you can?t remember. This makes it important to keep a diary of your astral travel. The benefits will vary from individual to individual, since no two people have the same astral travel experiences.

Astral travel, when practiced regularly will lead to a deeper sense of your connection to the larger universe. This in turn will fill you with inner peace and a sense of well being. You will also find that astral travel can improve your memory and make you more creative. Why does astral travel produce these results? It is because astral travel uses parts of your brain which are not often used while you are awake ? astral travel can help you to reach your full mental potential.

Astral travel can also sharpen your psychic abilities and even make latent psychic abilities surface. Many who astral travel regularly say that it has increased their capacities for telepathy, precognition and sensing the presence of spirits.

The reason for this is that when you start to astral project and astral travel you begin tapping into your higher spiritual energies that perhaps you have forgotten.

There are just about as many skeptics and non-believers of astral projection and astral travel who report that they, themselves have developed an ability to see the aura of other people and the ability to read auras, when they never could do this before practicing astral projection.

And it shouldn?t be forgotten that astral travel is a thrilling experience ? it?s very empowering to know that while astral traveling that you can go anywhere and do anything that you like.

Many who are convinced of the benefits of astral travel wonder why more people do not practice it since there are so many benefits from doing so. The answer is quite simple, since many do not realize that everyone can do it, not just those who are already gifted by its power of realization. Quite the opposite is true, anyone anywhere has this natural ability and can astral travel.

It is very probable that you have experienced astral travel since it is a natural capability, however you may not have recognized it for what it actually was. Remember the flying sensation while sleeping; it is this sensation of flying that keys you in on knowing the experience as an astral travel episode.

However, in order to get the most from the benefits of your astral travel experience, you must consciously recognize that you are actually doing it while you sleep. Then you must learn and practice how to control your astral body while you are actually astral projecting. Doing so offers you the very best benefits.

Many creative individuals have created different media types such as books and videos that you can learn from while you practice astral projection. Astral travel is a natural born ability; most often, many have just simply forgotten that they can astral project. However, you can re-learn and fine-tune your ability to astral travel.