Thread: before, after or during?

Originally Posted by james_jlc

yeah spartiate? thanks for the answer (though this may sound silly) but have you had any success with this timing?

maybe any other successful WBTB practicers could share some thoughts please, as its a pretty big part of perfecting a technique for myself

Yes, well I wake up naturally after a dream period (this from training myself with MILD and such), so I always wake up right after the end of REM sleep. I can pretty much set a time in my mind to wake up to before falling asleep (only if I`m well rested though), I usually wake up 5-10 minutes past the desired time.

i would aim to wake up before rem sleep because that way you can enter a dream directly

but what do i kno?

I actually don't think it matters? The idea is to WILD into a REM sleep, so your dreams are more vivid and conscious. I think that waking up during would make you the most sleepy... but before and after are the same thing . After one REM is before the next... so your options are during or in between. I think both would work, depending on the person.