Thread: Questions regarding WILD

Originally Posted by TuroAzai

Hi there, I was wondering:

Does it matter when going back to sleep after WBTB, what position you're sleeping in for performing WILD? I've heard that laying on your back is the best for going into a dream with a lucid attitude, but I've never really slept in this position, mostly only on my side.

Thank you

No it doesnt matter, I would say choose the position you fall asleep fastast in.

Yeah, I agree with JoshMcNaught... Falling asleep is the hardest part in WILD for most people, so the more comfortable the better.

To comment on the other side of this, everyone knows how to fall asleep in the normal way. if you are comfortable and fall asleep fast you may not have kept any awareness into sleep. You then must instantly enter a dream or you fail. By staying on your back you will have trouble drifting off. That is good. You would then calm your mind and do your "anchor" so you do not stay mentally active, but do stay mentally aware. If you do not fall truly asleep in that position you will encounter a need to roll on our side. It will seem urgent, 'must roll over!' Do not give in the first couple times, keep trying to enter sleep aware. Then if your body refuses to sleep, but has been begging to roll over after around the third time you think you must roll over, do it. Done correctly your body will plummet into instant sleep when you go to your side, hopefully faster than you loose awareness (keep up the anchor). With practice and luck you will have tricked your body into sleep with your awareness intact.

This method is not the only way to do it, but honestly the easiest path (no discomfort or real effort) rarely is the right way to reach a goal.

Thank you all very much for your replies! Sivason, that is a very neat idea. I'm definitely going to try that tonight after WBTB. I've been sleeping on my back recently, hoping to get used to it and I've gotten a lot better with it; now being able to fall asleep on my back.

I'm completely new to WILD so it's definitely hard to get used to. I've been experimenting with things, such as waking up after 4-5 hours of sleep and going jogging for a mile, come back and go to sleep hoping that my body will be even more tired than before so that it'll fall asleep faster. Overall, I've been looking for ways to make my WILD experiences more and more likely to end with lucidity.