Quote Originally Posted by Duncan View Post
I tried WBTB once and failed, I really need to try again, I hear so many good things about it. maybe tonight! I have had trouble falling asleep over the last few nights and my recall has suffered because of it, I am too tired in the morning to bother trying to remember things, I just roll back over and sleep again haha
I kind of change up my meditation day to day, I tend to just focus on my breathing for a while until my mind clears and then just let it run from there, I guess you could call it living in the moment. I try to do it as much as possible throughout the day as well.
I'm surprised you don't use WBTB, in my opinion it's the most effective thing you can do to increase your chances of lucid dreaming. I've only once ever had a lucid dream without the technique, and there is plenty evidence for its effectiveness (Wakefulness Makes Lucidity More Likely). If you don't use the method then by the time you're having decent length REM periods you've been asleep for 6+ hours, so any preparation you did before bed is no longer fresh in your mind, with WBTB the thoughts of realising your dreaming are still active in your mind while you dream. I'd really recommend using WBTB every time you get the chance, don't feel as if you have to stay awake for an hour for it to be worthwhile, personally I usually just make sure I've returned to full wakefulness and can focus on the goal of becoming lucid, then return to sleep.

Did you achieve your goal last night?