Thread: Can U Fly/ How Did You Learn?

Flying is my favorite thing. It's my most common dreamsign and the best way of getting me lucid (if I'm flying, no need to RC -- I know right away that I've gotta be dreaming!)

Back when I started getting interested in dreams and lucid dreaming, I frequently dreamed about trying to fly. I would use every chance I got to glide from the tops of buildings, flap my arms while running around in open spaces and maybe get a little lift, run and jump like I was moonwalking, etc. I used to use certain body postures and really force it, sort of willing myself upward with all my willpower. Gliding from rooftops was my first method of obtaining flight, and I recommend this to beginners...once you jump you'll already be in midair (and a ways away from the ground), you just have to work on coasting rather than falling straight down. Once you've mastered this, try picking structures in the distance to fly towards; remember that it'll be harder to fly straight up than to coast towards something lower than you.

These days I zip around in the air like it's nothing, though I do occasionally smack into walls/ceilings, lol It's wonderful feeling the wind in your hair and seeing the scenery blurring past beneath you, or gaining so much altitude that the cities and forests look like miniature models far below you.

Originally my incentive for flying was to escape from nightmare situations, and I still do this to this day...matter of fact I was lucid last night and ran into a darkened room that made me feel suddenly fearful, and to avoid anything nightmarish I launched myself out the window and flew away. Mighty useful trick. Aside from avoiding unpleasant situations it's also my preferred method of changing scenery when lucid.

After all these years I'm still kind of amazed that dream flight is a skill that can be polished with time, like a skill in the real world. No doubt it's one's confidence that builds with the practice, and confidence in one's abilities controls reality in dreams even more so than in real life.

Originally Posted by Renyao

Flying is my favorite thing. It's my most common dreamsign and the best way of getting me lucid (if I'm flying, no need to RC -- I know right away that I've gotta be dreaming!)

Back when I started getting interested in dreams and lucid dreaming, I frequently dreamed about trying to fly. I would use every chance I got to glide from the tops of buildings, flap my arms while running around in open spaces and maybe get a little lift, run and jump like I was moonwalking, etc. I used to use certain body postures and really force it, sort of willing myself upward with all my willpower. Gliding from rooftops was my first method of obtaining flight, and I recommend this to beginners...once you jump you'll already be in midair (and a ways away from the ground), you just have to work on coasting rather than falling straight down. Once you've mastered this, try picking structures in the distance to fly towards; remember that it'll be harder to fly straight up than to coast towards something lower than you.

These days I zip around in the air like it's nothing, though I do occasionally smack into walls/ceilings, lol It's wonderful feeling the wind in your hair and seeing the scenery blurring past beneath you, or gaining so much altitude that the cities and forests look like miniature models far below you.

Originally my incentive for flying was to escape from nightmare situations, and I still do this to this day...matter of fact I was lucid last night and ran into a darkened room that made me feel suddenly fearful, and to avoid anything nightmarish I launched myself out the window and flew away. Mighty useful trick. Aside from avoiding unpleasant situations it's also my preferred method of changing scenery when lucid.

After all these years I'm still kind of amazed that dream flight is a skill that can be polished with time, like a skill in the real world. No doubt it's one's confidence that builds with the practice, and confidence in one's abilities controls reality in dreams even more so than in real life.

That is so cool! You have had about the same process as me. I like your suggestion about gliding from building, that really good.