Thread: Review my WILD technique, anything painfully wrong?

Hey guys, I've been really kicking up my LD efforts lately. Of all the techniques for lucid dreaming, the one that most appeals to me is WILDing. Anyways, please look over the technique I've been using the past few days and the results, and please give some input if you are an accomplished WILDer.

Basically, I sleep for about 6 to 8 hours.
When I wake up, I try move as little as possible. I basically get flat on my back (Any idea if position effects likelihood of hitting SP?), put my hands on my stomach, and become as still as I possibly can. I've gotten down not moving my eyes pretty well, sometimes they'll twitch a tiny bit but I think that effects my chances.

After being like this, I'll get to a point where my body feels kind of "heavyish", and my thoughts are becoming semi-random. Unfortunately, I've never gotten past this point. Whenever I snap out of this state and move, my limbs actually hurt a bit, I don't know if thats any indication of how close I was.

I've only had one real WILD before, it was over a year ago. I was in basically the same position, and I hit SP, flying through a multicolored tunnel. My dream developing into a blank landscape with pillars all over the place before it faded after a few seconds. Anyways, I feel like I am doing something wrong if I got SP than and not now.


I've been very dedicated to trying to WILD the past few days, recording any details from my attempts very precisely, what time I go to bed, what time I woke up, how long I tried to WILD.


Basically, I'm not sure if I am sleeping to wrong/in the wrong position, ect.
Please give me your input

Thanks in advance.

That's my goal too. I think WILDing is the holy grail of Lucid Dreaming.

It's hard to for me to tell you definitely what little tidbit it is that's keeping you out of SP but here's something that I think would help. It sounds like you get to the point where you are very relaxed which is good but I'd think about adjusting the amount of time I sleep for before I attempt a wild. If you sleep for too long your body is going want to stay awake, like most days I get about 8 hours before I get up. Try cutting it to like 3.5 or 4 so you wake in the middle of a REM cycle. The closer you are to a REM cycle the easier it should be for your body to slip into SP. Depending on what kind of sleeper/person you are you'll have to determine how long it is that you stay up. Try staying up for 10 or 15 minutes and get focused. Then go back to bed and try your technique. If you fall asleep try for longer and if you can't get passed feeling heavy or it takes to long try shorter.

Your position sounds like a good one for you to relax in and that's what's important. Other than that just relax, be patient, and keep your mind focused on your goal, otherwise you'll probably fall asleep. I hope that helps.