Thread: Stabilization Techniques?

I have had the impression several times now - if I concentrate on touch of my dream-body - I come back in contact with the real one - like last night.
Patting myself down and trying to full-body-contact a wall.
Somehow this tends to excite me in not helpful ways as well - very low threshold there, when lucid..redface.gif
Next LD will be walking about and only looking at stuff - maybe vocalizing something on top - or even start singing it.

Originally Posted by StephL

I have had the impression several times now - if I concentrate on touch of my dream-body - I come back in contact with the real one - like last night.
Patting myself down and trying to full-body-contact a wall.
Somehow this tends to excite me in not helpful ways as well - very low threshold there, when lucid..redface.gif
Next LD will be walking about and only looking at stuff - maybe vocalizing something on top - or even start singing it.

Hmm. I find pretty much the opposite: the pat-down brings me more into the dream -- instead of just a floating head, I have a whole body there. The times I've done it I've felt very well-grounded in the dream. Any sort of dream body (looking at hands, stomping feet) seems to establish me very well in the dream scene. You could try stomping your feet or doing a silly little dance where you quickly pick up alternate knees if the other stuff is too, uh, stimulating . Part of this process though is finding what works for you.

Really really looking though is amazing and I think helps as well. Running your hands over things while looking, too.

Next for me in addition to really looking and touching is setting mini goals and seeing how far for how long I can hold the dream. "What's over there...."