Thread: Question regarding REM cycles and how to find them?

I'm a bit of a newb, but the best way is to use alarms. Guess about 2-3 hour gaps and set alarms. What happens is that you start to anticipate the alarms and wake up after REM automatically. Sometimes alarms go off during REM which kind of sucks as it leaves you in a bad mode.

After using alarms for awhile, you'll notice you wake up automatically without the alarms. Best thing to do is see what time you wake up and note it in a journal.

I haven't mastered much about dreaming, but I have managed to find my cycles.

EDIT: if you have a mobile device, preferably a laptop, you can find free applications that allow you to set multiple alarms which is preferable to a single alarm clock.

This is my favorite for my laptop: Free Alarm Clock - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com

I usually set an alarm like 2-3am then another 4-5am, then a wake up alarm at 7am. If I go off the alarms, I'll wake up naturally. You can also change the alarm sounds, so if you want to wean yourself off the alarms you can go to a softer sound, say instead of a blasting alert you could have birds chirping.

Hope that helps.