Oh absolutely! There are two factors I attribute to gaining the ability to lucid dream a couple years ago: regular dream journaling and meditation. There's definitely a crossover there.

Are you on Discord at all? I've been trying to foster some more mindfulness-related discussions in the Thought Thinkers server if you're at all interested in joining! Just in these past few weeks I've come across a few other Medium writers who are pretty big on meditation. I'll send you an invite if you're interested at all!