I've been trying this for a couple of weeks now. I'm just starting to have some success
I always wake up in the middle of the night (usually after 3-4 hrs sleep), however I only realise I've woken up as my body is stretching. My eyes stay closed, but my body has moved before I realise. This has been irritating me for a while. This morning, though, I woke up on my back (which was unusual) and realised I was awake before I moved.. I quickly went into SP and then my body felt like it was dragged diagonally downwards at about 70 mph (which was slightly unpleasant but I'd read that some people experience quite a violent transition) - finally I was starting to see dream images, they were slightly vague though they seemed to be getting more vivid, when I was woken up by some sound from the next room :(
After that, even laying there for 10 mins without moving a muscle didn't get me back to SP, let alone a dream, which was very frustrating.
Has anyone else had this issue? i.e. almost got into the dream, then lost it and not been able to chain into the next one? I'm hoping there's something I can do besides lying dead still that could get me back into SP then into a dream.
Any help would be much appreciated
Lucas