Thread: Yogic Relaxation to aid WILD

Sounds like a really good take on a breathing/relaxation exercise, I'll definitely try that when I get a chance, thanks!

I'm definitely going to try this for my afternoon nap, Thanks!!

Exhale through your waste? I was thinking, WTF? Go to the bathroom?

Then I realized it was a word misusage. lol.

Originally Posted by innerspacecadet

Exhale through your waste? I was thinking, WTF? Go to the bathroom?

Then I realized it was a word misusage. lol.

LOL

Well whatever you call that space between your hips The important thing is that you understood.

Did anyone try yet?

This sounds very relaxing. A good meditation exercise, at any rate. I will try it tonight, during my second WBTB.

And it is believe me. Things that are "Fun" are a 100% easier to focus on. And I've found this technique to be profoundly effective.
It's like breathing all tention out of your body and when you're done you will be in an instant state of deep SP, Body completely numb and ready to move on to the next phases of WILD.

The IMPORTANT part of this Topic is the part where YOU people let me know how it went. So hurry up and give me some feedback or this Technique, like so many other good ideas and methods, will go to waste and be forgotten.

I will try this and get back to you on its effectivness

There is no hope for this forum -_- Thanx, whiteknight, for giving feedback anywayz.
You were the only 1 to report back. You might have actually been the only one that has actually TRIED this method. *Shakes head*

same here....i'm gonna try that right now....i'm not sleepy...but i just wanna see what it feels like...and i'm bored....it'll give me early practice.

okay...so I spent the past eh....50 or so minutes doing it...and so far from what i've gathered...my body gets easily relaxed from this...but not so in the face...it still feels like my face was a little tense during the process. could have been other factors like eating before trying this and not really being tired at all...but once i was able to relax my eyes and face i slipped into about two "mini dreams"...normally I do that right before going into SP with my WILD technique...well I'll try this again tonight when i'm tired...and again after a wbtb.

Okay...I tried the tech right before bed...and my dream was pretty vivid..didn't have problems with recall, and I tried my WBTB WILD with the dream yoga technique and I hit SP in what seemed to be like 5 minutes. The WILD was overall short, but it was very different. Normally my WILDs start out in my room...but this time I started out in an empty room and walked into a big class room...I sat there and observed what was going on until I woke up...its the last post in my DJ. Overall I would recommend trying this technique since it didn't take long to get into the dream fully lucid. I'm assuming that it was brief due to the fact that I feel wide awake for some reason...maybe I'm just not really sleepy.

I tried this technique when I first went to bed last night. I envisioned breathing in air through my nose and that air traveling down my body and out through my feet, etc. when I exhaled.

It took me a few minutes to get my imagination engaged for some reason but then I got into the flow of it. It seemed easier to imagine the air escaping from the bottom of my feet as opposed to my ankles or the other parts of my body.

I did get very relaxed but still had to talk myself into staying on my back (since I sleep on my side). I eventually gave in and rolled onto my side and must have fallen asleep immediately as the next thing I knew it was morning.

My recall is pretty hit or miss during the week but I did recall one dream until my dog's barking jarred it out of my head.

SKA, do you recommend doing this when you first go to bed or after a wbtb.. or both?

yeah i sleep on my side to clarity....initally I tried it on my back...and during the WBTB I was on my side...I should've mentioned that earlier...

Well Clairity I guess you could do this both in a WBTB-way and right after going to sleep at night. At night it will help you relax and fall into SP really quick, but the trick is to relax the mind somehwat first and then Totally Direct your full attention to your ankles, or bottom of your feet, and keep it there like a motionless laserbeam. So in the morning, when you're very sleepy and back asleep in a minute or 3, it will aslo help, because it brings you into a deep state of Concentration; which is desirable in order to stay conscious while falling back asleep.

Also I personally really feel alot of, what I can only describe as, tention-particle-clouds/charges being exhaled down through my lower legs out of my ankles. Really tactile. Like wind blowing downwards through your lower leg's tissue.
I guess it could be a personal thing, but if the Visual imagination of breathing out tention through your ankles/feet fails to make it feel real for you, then I recommend trying to Imagine he Tactile sense of Breathing out through your ankles/feet. Notice that there's still alot of involuntairy muscle tention in your lower legs. Imagine that, by breathing out through your ankles/feet, you will exhale this tention and be left yet a bit calmer after every breath.

For me this is most effective. And once you're relaxed and concentrated enough, you will find it gradually easier to ignore stimuli like rolling over, swallowing or even scratching an itch. This makes it easier to lay motionless on your back for long periods without hinder. Just find the discipline to relax, lay on your back for at least 5 minutes and you'll find that, all of a sudden, the urge to give in to these stimuli will be close to 0% and your Mindstate is suddenly quite calm, concentrated and clear.

I'm on a dry spell right now, and my motivation to keep my DJ is very close to zero but I'm definitely gonna try that now, because it sounds quite promising...
'till tomorrow

Unfortunately I just fell asleep. However very quickly, so it's a nice first step, I think... I'll try again tonight.

I did this technique again and was in SP in no time. Also I was awake and aware very deep into the breathing process. At a certain moment I no longer have to imagine breathing out tention; It will just be so without thought. It will just be a feeling. I continued only focussing on my breath as I couldn't feel my body anymore. I felt very close to dreamland.

I'm defenitely making progress with this technique. So I'm going to stick with this untill I reach succes. Also I have found this method to speed up the SP-process so it helps progress alot faster with other DV member's techniques.

This is so much easier and quicker than some 438 point technique.
Well done on a simple relaxation procedure.

I just thought of a possible addition for this technique, but then for Psychic/Cognitive-relaxation instead of physical relaxation. To calm the mind with this same technique with as much effectiveness as this technique has for me to relaxe the body.

There is consciousness and subconsciousness. And during the night our connscious thoughts slowly ground to a halt as our subconscious thoughts run wild flooding our Mind.
At least; This is how I experience sleep. Anyone who experiences this the same way? raise hand.

Maybe you can also imagine breathing your Mind empty of all Subconscious thoughts till, eventually, there will only be pure, thoughtless awareness in our Minds. Like a crystal clear lucidity brought uppon your mind by Breathing out all "Foggy thoughts". To do this for the body is a very practical excersize, but maybe it will work the same for relaxing the mind with a little imagination/visualisation.

You could imagine your Mind, which is an abstract, ungraspable thing, is a concrete space. Let's say a hollow spherical place(inside of your skull) for instance. Your Consciousness is a Crystal clear, Blue light inside the spherical space, like the "God" in the temple. There are also Subconscious thoughts that, when falling asleep will cloud your consciousness. You can imagine these foggy subconscious thoughts as a mystical, green, intoxicating vapor/fog. You could imagine that you can Breathe in Blue, clear light; Lucidity/Awareness and that you breath out a green, foggy vapor; distractive, Subconscious thoughts so that the Blue, Crystal Clear light of Lucidity increases in the empty space of your Mind and the Intoxicating Green Vapors disappear from it gradually as you breathe in and out.

I'first going to try doingv the physical excersize and when I'm in full SP and can't feel my body anymore I might continue doing this excersize on my Mind to increase awareness while falling asleep. well. first thing's first.

I tried this technique as I was going to sleep last night. I didn't get any HI, but I was so deeply relaxed, I couldn't focus on any of the meditations that I normally do just before I fall asleep. I just kept on dozing off. I'm sure this technique does work though.

Well physically this technique has been succesfull for me everytime I did it. Last night I made up a new addition to this technique, but I think I will make a Separate thread for it.