Thread: Naiya's Simple MILD Technique

Excellent guide, thanks alot for putting this up
Can't wait to try it out, I've MILDed every single night since I started lucid dreaming, but only just found this guide. Hopefully it will improve my skills.

Yeah, I am sticking with it still, but not as much. Everything else I have tried has fallen through but MILD or SAT or ADA hasn't even gotten to the point where it would fail or not lol.

So I'm going to stick with MILD, and right now I am sick of every other technique failing I'm going to do MILD solo.
I can't deal with everything failing all the time.

Originally Posted by Avalanche

Yeah, I am sticking with it still, but not as much. Everything else I have tried has fallen through but MILD or SAT or ADA hasn't even gotten to the point where it would fail or not lol.

So I'm going to stick with MILD, and right now I am sick of every other technique failing I'm going to do MILD solo.
I can't deal with everything failing all the time.

I understand that it can be really frustrating to find the right technique for you. Just hang in there and you'll do fine.

Originally Posted by Naiya

I understand that it can be really frustrating to find the right technique for you. Just hang in there and you'll do fine.

I will. I'm going to stick with MILD and SAT. All this "ooh look, new technique" stuff has worn me out. I'm going to lay low and let my recall resurface, 4 nights without and dreams is horrible for me.
Plus WBTB takes it's toll on the body, no one enjoys having to stay up in the middle of the night, every night.

Thank you for the great tutorial, Naiya.

The part about persistence was something I had not considered before, but it makes perfect sense. I started this technique last night and will try my best to repeat a mantra right before bed for at least a few months.

I've had some past success with WILD (I think?) in the past. Basically I would day dream while going to bed without previous sleep and eventually I would force myself to enter SP and somehow it would become a lucid dream. Unfortunately most of these LD's were cut short; and since I doubt I can find enough quiet in my college dorm, I'm hoping your MILD technique will be less demanding and produce better results in the long run.

I'll post again if anything interesting happens.

Thanks for this tutorial, is has a very simple way of explaining the entire process, and the fact is that you make it sound simple enough that it isn't even a burden to try.

Btw, is it common having WILDS when you're trying to MILD after long WBTBs (1.5-2hours)?
Happened to me a few times, I was wondering if I shouldn't just clean WILD out of my head and only focus on falling asleep while repeating my mantra. Because I think I'm falling asleep repeating my mantra WHILE waiting for SP

Thanks great tutorial! Gonna have to try this tonight. the only LDs iv had were DILDs so id like to try something new that seems a bit easier. Would it help if i repeat the Mantra throughout the day?

Originally Posted by ryan9983

Thanks great tutorial! Gonna have to try this tonight. the only LDs iv had were DILDs so id like to try something new that seems a bit easier. Would it help if i repeat the Mantra throughout the day?

Yes, I think it would definitely help to repeat the mantra during the day--although you might want to couple it with RCing, too.

Of all the subjective techniques I have read on various forums over the years, Nayia's is the closest to how I approach a deliberate LD. I believe visualization is the key to LD's as the same area of our brain that is active during dreaming is also active during conscious visualization. This is not my personal theory but a widely known scientific fact. I urge all who want to attempt a lucid dream to try visualization.

Thanks for posting this, I'm defiantly going to try it. I find it very easy to imagine things.

I wanted to ask though, can I do this but imagine being some one else?. I have this game I made up and there's these characters I'd love to be, I have a main character I want to be.

I started lucid dreaming cause of this reason. Would this work or do I have to be me?. Even if I do everything properly cept it won't be me I'm seeing in the dream.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by TahliaK

Thanks for posting this, I'm defiantly going to try it. I find it very easy to imagine things.

I wanted to ask though, can I do this but imagine being some one else?. I have this game I made up and there's these characters I'd love to be, I have a main character I want to be.

I started lucid dreaming cause of this reason. Would this work or do I have to be me?. Even if I do everything properly cept it won't be me I'm seeing in the dream.

Thanks.

Of course you can be someone else! As long as you identify with them in some way...I mean, if you can imagine being them without a lot of trouble, then you can dream yourself being them. Go for it.

I've been doing WILD with WBTB the last about two weeks, and I tried MILD last night an got my first ever lucid! You were a character, actually, which makes sense.

Originally Posted by Moondreamer

I've been doing WILD with WBTB the last about two weeks, and I tried MILD last night an got my first ever lucid! You were a character, actually, which makes sense.

That's awesome! Is it in your dream journal? I want to read!

Hi Naiya,

I have been practising your MILD technique for a few weeks now quite religiously but I'm having trouble with the visualisation stage. Firstly, should I be repeating the mnemonic whilst visualising or should it be before/after that step. Secondly the visualisation itself I'm struggling with. I don't think I'm naturally gifted at it and I can't seem to find any good sources to help me learn. I was wondering if you know of any?

Any advice will be much appreciated

Cheers,

Lucas

This is pretty cool. My first time doing it last night and i was doing autosuggestion, while visualizing my last dream. After like 5 mins of visualazation i did a rc and it turned out i was dreaming. then i became lucid and did whatever i wanted.

Originally Posted by glucose

Hi Naiya,

I have been practising your MILD technique for a few weeks now quite religiously but I'm having trouble with the visualisation stage. Firstly, should I be repeating the mnemonic whilst visualising or should it be before/after that step. Secondly the visualisation itself I'm struggling with. I don't think I'm naturally gifted at it and I can't seem to find any good sources to help me learn. I was wondering if you know of any?

Any advice will be much appreciated

Cheers,

Lucas

PMed you.

Originally Posted by 19nnn

This is pretty cool. My first time doing it last night and i was doing autosuggestion, while visualizing my last dream. After like 5 mins of visualazation i did a rc and it turned out i was dreaming. then i became lucid and did whatever i wanted.

Woot! Congrats to you! It sounds like MILD is definitely your technique.

Thanks a lot Naiya, I like your MILD technique. I have always done something similar when napping during the day. No results then, but it's a nice and fun training.

- About your tutorial, what you say is that what matters is to do the MILD before sleeping, even if it is a few minutes, as soon as it becomes a habit right ? I am asking that as I prefer to visualize while laying on my back but I can't sleep in this position so I have to roll over after my visu is finished. So when on my side, I don't visualize anymore but wait for sleep to happen which can take some time.

- I guess there are only advantages doing MILD before sleeping and in the morning WBTB ?

Originally Posted by faxman

Thanks a lot Naiya, I like your MILD technique. I have always done something similar when napping during the day. No results then, but it's a nice and fun training.

- About your tutorial, what you say is that what matters is to do the MILD before sleeping, even if it is a few minutes, as soon as it becomes a habit right ? I am asking that as I prefer to visualize while laying on my back but I can't sleep in this position so I have to roll over after my visu is finished. So when on my side, I don't visualize anymore but wait for sleep to happen which can take some time.

- I guess there are only advantages doing MILD before sleeping and in the morning WBTB ?

Not just before sleep and WBTB, I integrate MILD into my RCs and it really strengthens the lucid dream incubation.

Originally Posted by faxman

Thanks a lot Naiya, I like your MILD technique. I have always done something similar when napping during the day. No results then, but it's a nice and fun training.

- About your tutorial, what you say is that what matters is to do the MILD before sleeping, even if it is a few minutes, as soon as it becomes a habit right ? I am asking that as I prefer to visualize while laying on my back but I can't sleep in this position so I have to roll over after my visu is finished. So when on my side, I don't visualize anymore but wait for sleep to happen which can take some time.

- I guess there are only advantages doing MILD before sleeping and in the morning WBTB ?

It should be fine to roll over after you visualize. Just as long as you don't completely forget your intent to LD before you sleep, it should still remain in the back of your mind which is what you want.

MILD generally is best done right before sleeping and during WBTB, but you can do it in the middle of the day if you want to strengthen it. I wouldn't recommend doing it during the day instead of before bed, but as an add-on thing.

That's great

thank you.

Thank you Naiya for this great guide, out of all the guides I've read on here this has helped me the most. I started doing MILD about 2 weeks ago, and I'm beginning to have a lot more awareness in my dreams. I think it'll be a matter of time before I start having Lucid Dreams on a daily basis.

What would you advise for improving visualization skills when they are poor or not as vivid as we would wish them to be ?

This is awesome. Combining WBTB and MILD gives me pretty much a 100% rate of lucidity.

Originally Posted by faxman

What would you advise for improving visualization skills when they are poor or not as vivid as we would wish them to be ?

Hmm, there are a lot of good visualization meditations out there. But really, when it comes to visualization, you don't have to be so focused on how you "see" it and how realistic the visuals are. Basically, you're just imagining it, just like with a daydream. It doesn't have to be a realistic perfect visual to work--it's really the intent that matters, because your mind is going to fill in all those blanks when you sleep anyway.

Originally Posted by Naiya

Hmm, there are a lot of good visualization meditations out there. But really, when it comes to visualization, you don't have to be so focused on how you "see" it and how realistic the visuals are. Basically, you're just imagining it, just like with a daydream. It doesn't have to be a realistic perfect visual to work--it's really the intent that matters, because your mind is going to fill in all those blanks when you sleep anyway.

thanks this is what I did so things are fine. is there a better scenario to do when practicing before sleeping, a visualization that induces LD better ?