Adanac is right, using your senses definitely work. The more you use your senses, the more it feels like you're really there and not in your bed and the less likely you are to wake up.
Also, spin like a crazy person. Spinning has a 96% chance of prolonging the dream according to
this study. For me it's closer to 100%. If you're new to lucid dreaming or you haven't had a lucid dream for a while, you might panic when it happens and go: "OMFG, I'm dreaming!" and then immediately wake up. What worked for me in those situations was to immediately start spinning. It didn't make my dreams go on forever, but it pretty much guaranteed I got another 30 seconds each time I pulled it off. So immediately when you feel you start losing control, spin, spin, SPIN!
The last piece of advice I will give is to try to stay calm. This can be hard at first, I know, but try to stay calm. Don't rush off to have sex with Britney Spears and learn to fly and breed dragons. Take your time. Take it slowly. It won't be your last lucid dream, so just take it easy, then it will also last longer.[/b]
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