We have all had those incredible dreams where we are flying ? it?s an amazing feeling of complete freedom. What if you could experience this feeling anytime you wanted? Astral travel is just like these dreams. Astral travel is how your astral body makes its way around the astral plane; it does this by flying, just as in your dreams. When you astral travel, all you need to do is to think of what you want to do or where you?d like to go and your astral body will fly there at the speed of thought.

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.

But those dreams which you awake from being able to recall each and every detail as it were still happening ? these are astral travel experiences. It is a good idea to keep a dream journal by your bed so that you can write down everything you remember of these experiences as soon as you awake. While it not all make sense at first, keep your journal ? it will all make more sense later on.

Just like those dream which you don?t remember so well, astral travel is beneficial to you. This is why it?s important to keep track of everything you can remember about these dreams. Since no two people have the same astral travel experiences, the benefits you?ll see will vary from person to person.

Commonly, recording your astral travel experiences aid you in making a deeper connection with your inner being as well as the world you live. This is an experience of deepening your spirituality. It will encourage the feeling of wellbeing and promote a feeling of inner tranquility. Memory and creativity increase, which is a great benefit of astral travel. This happens because there is brain activity stimulated by astral travel is not normally stimulated during the hours we are awake.

Your senses, which pertain to your natural psychic abilities, are another benefit of astral travel. Scores of people who do practice astral travel report an increase of such abilities as precognition, telepathy as well as being able to sense spiritual being from beyond the veil of this world.

This is why when you are astral projecting and astral traveling you can tap into the higher energies of your spiritual self and the universe, for many individuals these gifts have been forgotten by the way side as they mature into adults.

Even die-hard skeptics who didn?t have any belief in astral travel or psychic abilities have reported being able to read auras after having some experience with astral travel.

This can also be a thrilling, fun experience which can give you a new found sense of empowerment. When you astral travel, you have the ability to go anywhere you want and do things far beyond the limitations imposed by your physical body.

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.

Since this is an absolute natural ability, it is possible that you may have already experienced astral travel and did not realize that you had done so. Remember at the beginning we asked you if you remembered the sensation of flying while you lay sleeping. It is this very sensation of flying while you are sleeping that is the experience of astral travel.

To unlock all of the benefits of astral travel, the secret is to learn to do so consciously. If you know that you are astral traveling, you will then have full control over where your astral body goes and what it does.

You will find that many individuals have introduced some interesting and creative books and videos that can guide you while you learn to practice astral projection. Although this is a natural ability that anyone can do on their own, many have forgotten how to astral project as they moved on from childhood. Do not be discouraged, however since you can relearn and fine-tune your astral travel abilities.