Lucid bedtime routine...Share yours...

[cyanidebaby]

I want to improve my bedtime routine for optimum lucidity, so I'm interested to know what works for you. What's your bedtime routine?

[Martijn0162]

Mine: 23:45 Go to sleep so I will be asleep at 00:00 04:45 Wake up and try FILD 06:30 Wake up and try MILD Then when I finally wake up I try DEILD No succes yet...

[RandomHaxor]

Here's mine: Maybe read a book Set alarm for 4 1/2 hours after when I think I'll fall asleep Turn my light off Lie still on my back (as if to do WILD, but that's not what I'm doing) ^doing 1 to 3 minutes gets me really ready to sleep Roll onto side and instantly fall asleep Wake up to aforementioned alarm and try FILD or WILD

[Wolfdog]

My routine: Sleep at 23:30 Natural wake up at 02:40 Natural wake up at 05:40 Natural wake up at 07:30 Natural and final wake up at 10:30 Tons of opportunities for WBTB.

[MrPriority]

For me it is: Before bed: Check my Dream goals. Meditate Prepare my DJ Lay still in bed Tell myself out loud that I will have fun dreams, that I will wake up after each dreams and that I will be aware of my dreams. Visualize my dream goals Sleep Then with every time I naturally awake: Lay still and remember my dream Fill in my list of questions about the dream and write down some tags Make sure I am awake enough Attempt WILD If it takes to long, go to sleep believing I will DILD That's about it. I am really bad at WILDing still though.

[LDman]

Mine: 23:45 Go to sleep so I will be asleep at 00:00 04:45 Wake up and try FILD 06:30 Wake up and try MILD Then when I finally wake up I try DEILD No succes yet... Wow, 15 minutes to fall asleep!? I usually need 1,5 hours just to get sleepy and that is me going to bed at midnight having been awake for whole day.

[Martijn0162]

Wow, 15 minutes to fall asleep!? I usually need 1,5 hours just to get sleepy and that is me going to bed at midnight having been awake for whole day. Yeah, I need an avarage of 15 minutes to fall asleep, I go to bed at like 23:30, relax a bit, and 'go to sleep' at 23:45

[martakartus]

Well, I don't have a really elaborate bedtime routine. Normally, I just prepare my DJ and lay in bed until I fall asleep, maybe thinking about lucid dreaming. I then naturally wake up between 4 and 5 am, depending on the time I go to sleep, and I take a while to write down the previous dreams, go to the toilet and do a WBTB. Then, I wake up naturally again before 7 am, but this time I don't spend so much time awake. From then on, it's all morning naps for a couple of hours. I find getting up in the early hours of the morning to be the easiest way for me to get a lucid now and then.

[FryingMan]

most common: make a "pre-bedtime" voice DJ entry put my feet up and relax, release tension set intention for dream content, dream recall, lucid dreaming make a "bedtime" voice DJ entry put in earplugs, put on sleep mask, maybe renee

[RavenOfShadow]

- pinch of hot sauce and full glass of water - lay in bed with lights off - meditate for ten to fifteen minutes, fully relaxed and feeling free-flowing energy - keeping eyes closed and in deep relaxation, imagine myself becoming lucid - tell myself what I will try to do in tonights lucid - wake from meditation and push lucid dreaming from my mind completely, sleep.

[Sageous]

There's supposed to be a bedtime routine??? Seriously, though, I never had a bedtime routine myself; I figure if I'm not ready to dream long before bedtime, there isn't much point in starting right when I fall asleep. Of course I say that as I sit here watching old movies while I stay up till about 3am so I'm at just the right spot in my sleep cycle when I do my WILD dive at 8 tomorrow...just like I do every Tuesday night... hmm, maybe there is some routine thing going on after all...

[DreamLord1]

There's supposed to be a bedtime routine??? Seriously, though, I never had a bedtime routine myself; I figure if I'm not ready to dream long before bedtime, there isn't much point in starting right when I fall asleep. Of course I say that as I sit here watching old movies while I stay up till about 3am so I'm at just the right spot in my sleep cycle when I do my WILD dive at 8 tomorrow...just like I do every Tuesday night... hmm, maybe there is some routine thing going on after all... 'Kay, sageous, i thought i was the only one who did this.

[MasterMind]

Fix my pillows and get excited by the fact that I am practising. Set my intent to become aware of my dreams. Relax and observe the mind and the process of relaxation and enjoy the moment.

[Ashikael]

I lie down in bed and then go to sleep. :p Then when I wake up in the morning, I get up and walk around a bit while my brain throws all last night's dreams at me. ...sorry, I'm kind of boring I guess