Thread: Best method for lucidity for naps

About naps - If I would have unlimited nap time I would do the following:

1. wake up after 5-6 hours of sleep
2. do a huge wbtb of 1-2 hours (feel free to eat, talk, work, do whatever - as long as it already bright outside, or if it's dark stay away from artificial light)
3. go back to sleep for up to 2 hours (you can do more, shorter, wbtbs during the nap)

The three times I done this in the past 3 months I had 3-4 lucid dreams and several more NLDs on each of the occasions.
But it could be that it will work differently for you - no way knowing for sure...
Overall, I advise to still get your normal amount of sleep (7-8 hours for me) - e.g. in my example it's 6 hours before the large WBTB + 2 hours after ("morning nap"). Getting too much sleep might be counterproductive (it is for me at least).

I wish I could do this more often though, but life.

Originally Posted by ZorlzZz

If you don't mind also could you give a few tips to make lucidity come more smoothly and easier.

Could you be more specific?

It's a very wide question... In general, for beginners I would suggests to focus on DILDs (recall + awareness / mindfulness + mantras + RCs). WBTBs are always beneficial too, even if for only a couple of minutes. Learning to notice micro-awakenings at night is also important. After that, maybe start trying out and experiment with WILDs (like the regular, or DEILD, or SSILD, etc) - these take more practice for most people and usually much more useful in combination with DILDs.

I think that the best method for lucidity for naps is not the same for everybody. I personally have a very high success rate with simply doing some positive affirmations after a 2-4 hour WBTB, such as, "I am going to have lucid dreams!"

I really like what Spock said about it - start with DILDs, WBTB's are great, and noticing your micro-awakenings is very helpful. I think that what you should do is start experimenting to find what works best for you! Just make sure that you don't try to take a nap after being awake for too long or you might have a deep sleep instead of a ton of high awareness dreams.

Originally Posted by AnotherDreamer

noticing your micro-awakenings is very helpful. I think that what you should do is start experimenting to find what works best for you!

I've been having a lot of micro-awakenings lately after dreams. Would a mantra during these micro-awakenings work in your opinion, or should I be more focused on entering right into a dream scene? (I'm seem to have pretty good luck with mantras).

Originally Posted by Oneirin

I've been having a lot of micro-awakenings lately after dreams. Would a mantra during these micro-awakenings work in your opinion, or should I be more focused on entering right into a dream scene? (I'm seem to have pretty good luck with mantras).

You can do both or just one at a time, depending on how it feels like, how much sleep you had, etc... I think this level of fine-tuning is something that everyone should experiment with himself. But I tend to focus more on entering right away after waking up from a lucid or a vivid dream (and do DEILD) or if I'm very sleepy and let's say had only 3 - 5 hours of sleep. Or if I only had 3 - 5 hours of sleep I sometimes do only mantras (if I know I'm too sleepy). Mantras in combination with maintaining awareness I use after more sleep, like 5 - 7 hours, and especially after long WBTB and before naps. After more sleep or a long time of being awake I'm awake enough to do mantras without falling asleep and losing awareness by accident, and from the mantras I transition gradually to the WILD (falling asleep while aware).