My new WBTB experiment

[allensig3654]

Hello, I have been slacking on my lucid dreaming. Needless to say I always come back full fledged and ready to go. I notice that my WBTB WILDS are really slacking normally fail. My method now is to set 2 alarms in the middle of the night, get up go pee, attempt to wild. These 100% of the time end up having me just fall back asleep. I want to try something new. I am sure this has already been posted and this is not new, but I want to share my experiment with you all anyway. I will post my technique and my lucid or near lucid dreams I get. The technqiue: Wake up after ~6 hours of sleep Get up, make breakfast Play with the dog, get an early start on work After about 1 or 2 hours get back into bed and read until super tired Relax in bed until you feel your body wanting to fall asleep Do whatever WILD technique you want Details: After my five or so years of lucid dreaming these little details are what have helped me in the past Don't try to not move your body. If you want to move then move. Your body will get into SP much faster when you are comfortable then when you are not Don't worry about falling asleep. This can cause stress and keep you up. Just relax and go with it. If you fall asleep great, if not that's ok too. I don't try any one technique. All these seem to make me focus too much. I just try to stay present enough to be conscious of the transition I will be doing this every day and am super excited to start lucid dreaming constantly again I hope you can all get something from this. If you have any questions please ask or even join in

[allensig3654]

1/24/2012 I woke around 7:40 and went back to bed around 9:30. I was laying down and relaxing. I kept having to change position but noticed SP almost a minute after every move. I lapsed into a mini projection and noticed heavy pressure on my back. It felt super good like a massage. I told whoever was doing it to not stop. My phone rang. I had to start over. 10 minutes of not really laying still but back in SP. I can see these images shooting at my that sort of remind me of DMT. My hard starts to vibrate super hard. I start seeing walls form around me as I touch them it gets stronger. It never gets strong enough. Similar things happen for an hour or so. I fall into VERY vivid false awakenings but don't get lucid in them. Great start for the first try

[Avalanche]

I'll join in I guess, I'm already sort of doing this anyway. I normally have to get up in the mornings at 8:30, but on saturday, sunday and tuesday I can get up as late at 10:30. Is this too irregular to try setting alarms and what not to wake myself up for a few hours earlier? Or should I just do this on those days when I can wake up normally, but then go back to bed a few hours later? If so, how about this- I wake up at 8:30, get up, then an hour and a half later go back to bed, at say 10am?

[Madnessdreamer91]

I will try this out also, been having the same trouble when trying to WILD. I'll try for 6:00am and let ya know how it worked.

[allensig3654]

I'll join in I guess, I'm already sort of doing this anyway. I normally have to get up in the mornings at 8:30, but on saturday, sunday and tuesday I can get up as late at 10:30. Is this too irregular to try setting alarms and what not to wake myself up for a few hours earlier? Or should I just do this on those days when I can wake up normally, but then go back to bed a few hours later? If so, how about this- I wake up at 8:30, get up, then an hour and a half later go back to bed, at say 10am? Thats pretty much how I am doing it. Awesome! I will try this out also, been having the same trouble when trying to WILD. I'll try for 6:00am and let ya know how it worked. Cool! let me know

[allensig3654]

1/27/02 I lay in bed to prepare for my wbtb wild. It doesn't take long. For me to get tired and I pass out too soon. I am with rain my yoga teacher and Kara. She is teaching some yoga and Kara and I are following. We do something's for a while and I end up near Safeway. I think about this and wonder how I get there so fast. Did I run? It hit me. I'm dreaming. I do a rc and look at my hands. I'm dreaming alright. I pull up my sleeves and take the sight in. Yep it's beautiful like usual. Everything is Glowing as the sun bursts through the open air. * Unfortunately I wake up.* The problem I am running into is that I fall asleep without remaining conscious. This is actually a good step for me because normally I just cant fall back asleep after staying up for so long. Goal for next time: Motion swinging. While I am laying there I will try to move my astral hands around until I either enter the dream or pass out.

[Avalanche]

1/27/02 For me to get tired and I pass out too soon. I am with rain my yoga teacher and Kara. Your yoga teacher's name is Rain? Anyhow, I get to sleep in tomorrow as no school, so I'll give this a go (by not sleeping in) tomorrow and I'll report back then.

[Madnessdreamer91]

First try, and I just pass out too quickly. Going to tweak the time and have another shot in the morning.

[Avalanche]

Yeah, I woke up earlier than usual alright but I couldn't get out of bed. I stayed awake as much as I could but I dozed off a few times into dreams. I was too tired to note anything down but I do remember having more dreams than usual last night. Going to try again tomorrow morning.

[allensig3654]

Nice try Ya my yoga teachers name is rain lol. I was up all night at a party so no sleep for me But I will have REM rebound tomorrow

[allensig3654]

1/29/02 I woke up late at 9:50. I already expected that I slept too long but I tried anyway. I experienced A LOT of hypnagogic imagery as I laid there comfortably. I turned about three times before a dream started forming. I was aware of my surroundings but was passive. It was like watching a movie. This movie never got fully vivid and it faded. Eventually I must have passed out because I woke an hour later with two VERY vivid dreams on my belt. So far I really love doing this. Sleeping less gives me more energy throughout the day and my dreams are drastically improving in quality and quantity.

[Avalanche]

I had a lucid dream this morning! I set my alarm for 7:30 and I just went back to sleep though, had a lucid and after that ended I woke up at 9:11. Not sure if it was because of this or something else I am doing.

[allensig3654]

Nice! it could be. Just keep doing it and see if it helps. I have a small cold which makes this really hard to do atm. I am getting better already and will continue tomorrow morning.

[Avalanche]

Been having some bad nights lately- going to bed late and not being able to sleep. Dreams have gone down a bit. I'll pick it up tonight though, I get a lie in tomorrow.