PMILD- Phantom Movement Induced Lucid Dream

**ElizaLS** · 03-28-2011 01:39 AM

Yes, I made this up. It worked for me on the second night.

How to do PMILD:

Preparation:

At some point during the day, do a repetitive movement exercise for about 20-30 mins.
You probably are wondering what the heck a repetitive movement exercise is. Don't worry, it's not push-ups or something. Okay, so remember when you were younger and would play on the swings at a playground, and afterwards would feel like you were still swinging? Well, it's kind of like that. Except you don't need to swing. There are other examples:

1. Jump rope.
2. Swim
3: Run in place.
4: Just stand still and swing your arms around.

Now, set an alarm for about 3 hours after you go to sleep.

Action!

Any of these will work, as long as you do it long enough to feel like you're still doing it after you've stopped. Preferably do these exercises in the evening or before you go to bed.
Then, get into bed. Close your eyes and fall asleep as usual. If you feel the phantom movements, you're on the right track. When the alarm wakes you up, don't move. Hopefully you still feel the movements. Now, visualize as clearly as you can yourself doing these exercises. Wiggle your toes the slightest bit. This is to remind yourself when you're dreaming. Keep visualizing.
After a minute or so, do a nose RC. If it comes out positive, keep visualizing and doing the nose RC for about 15 seconds, and then slowly get out of bed.
If it comes out negative, relax for a few moments. Keep visualizing. Then try again.

Hope this works!
Eliza

**kookyinc** · 03-28-2011 03:47 AM

This is a type of WILD, and it sounds plausible. Will try most likely on Tuesday and report back for the next few days. This could be epic for combining exercise with lucid dreams.
I have a question though. "If you feel the phantom movements, you're on the right track." What do you mean by this?

**Raphael** · 03-28-2011 05:00 AM

It's more like a DEILD because you stay in bed and don't move. The whole phantom movement thing is just a form of a consciousness anchor, it's not what actually induces the dream. Good tutorial though, I can tell you put some work into it.

**LikesToTrip** · 03-28-2011 07:48 PM

I'd forgotten about that feeling. Sounds interesting, I wonder if a rocking chair would suffice; I may try it tonight. Raphael is right, it's just a different type of anchor, but since it's a tactile hallucination it might make the transition faster. When I start using good hypnagogic hallucinations as my anchor the dream normally forms pretty quickly; using a hallucination from the very beginning might work really well.