Thread: How often should I do RCs?

I do them around 2 times every 5 minutes or 10. Is that too much? I also do them at school when I have the time to..

I would say 2 every 5-10 minutes may be excessive BUT, why not, if its not interfering with your daily life then keep doing it. Personally I do 1-2 times an hour...and I haven't had a proper lucid dream yet so maybe I need to up the anti.

I may be wrong so don't take me to seriously ;D.

It's not interfering with anything so I'll keep doing it

Also what RC's do you use?

I look at my hands and looka t the fingers and see if I can put my figer through my hand. I plug my nose to see if I can breathe. In my dream i was able to put my finger through my hand. Sorry for the sloppy writing I'm on my iPad.

Try to do 3-4 per hour. I find that to be a comfortable amount.

I ONLY use the nose RC.

Well, this very hardcore, but if you want to to follow the advice of Paul Tholey ( my signature ) and some advanced dream yoga practices, then it´s better to devise a strategy to hold a critical reflective mindset as long as you can...

Maybe keeping some background thought or concern about waking life / dreaming,
such that you don´t forget entirely this theme and there is a lingering taste of lucidity

It does not really matter how many times you do them, but how you are performing them. Obviously yes, a standard amount of more RC's than not is good, as to induce the habit of doing so. However, if you are not truly questioning your reality with every RC, well then the purpose is almost defeated. If you don't get into the habit of questioning your reality, and using a RC to give you an answer, then how will it play out in your dreams? Soon it could just become something you mindlessly do in your dreams out of habitual interest, not actually snapping you into lucidity. Ya know?