I just noticed there is no tutorial for the WILD-CAT technique so i'll outline it here for those who want to know:
For one week you get up 90 minutes earlier than normal (the actually amount of time you get up earier can be tailored to suit your own needs the 90 minutes is just a suggestion based on average sleep cycle period. If you do decide to change it, make sure you stick to this time for the other parts of the technique.)
This stage adjusts your sleep cycle so that your body "gears up" to awaken earlier than normal. The idea being that your brain chemistry will aid in lucid dreaming attempts in the following stages (ie. cortisol levels increasing earlier... cortisol being one of the brain chemicals required for awareness).
Following that first week you will then alternate getting up 90 minutes early on one day (and staying awake), then the next day sleeping in until your normal waking time*
You'll keep alternating this process from then on.
* Unlike the original CAT method, with WILD-CAT On the days where you sleep in till your normal waking time, you also get up 90 minutes early, but you do a short WBTB, I find about 5-10 minutes is enough.
We all know that WBTB is an effective technique on it's own, but used in WILD-CAT context, it becomes almost perfect, because your brainchemistry (cortisol increase etc.) is even more geared up for lucidity.
You also get the whole REM rebound effect too, so your dreams are longer and more stable.
If you're really bothered about loosing out on sleep, like i suggested in my earlier post, also adjust your sleep cycle so that you go to bed earlier too.
I did the maths and if you also go to bed 90 minutes earlier each night, you'll actually get four and a half hours extra sleep a week than you would do without the method. Come to think about it, if you do go to bed earlier too, you'll probably be increasing your cortisol levels even higher, so increasing your chances further.
It's kind of like galantamine without the galantamine.
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