Can't Stay Still For DEILD Method

**LexyDreams** · 01-19-2016 04:27 AM

Ok so I'm going to start trying to do DEILD's seeing as I have accidentally done them many times whenever I wanted to get back into a dream. I have only one problem. When ever I naturally wake up in the middle of the night I move and stretch out before I can stop my self! This obviously wakes me up and renders my trials of doing DEILD's futil. If any one has any suggestions on how to train my brain to not immediately move when I wake up PLEASE TELL ME! Thanks for your help

**dolphin** · 01-19-2016 05:09 AM

Imagine yourself waking up from a dream and not moving. Tell yourself that this is possible and that this is what you're going to do the next time you wake up.

Now that your intention is set, just sleep on it. Try to maintain your intention as much as you can while falling asleep. If you find your mind drifting too far away from your intention, just remind yourself of it.

If you still move upon waking up, reimagine yourself waking up from the dream you just had, only with yourself not moving, and then set and maintain the same intention again, only trying to make it more important this time so you're more likely to remember it.

**ThreeCat** · 01-19-2016 02:32 PM

To add onto dolphin's great answer, just have the intention set that from now on you would like to DEILD. I would not make it a big deal at all, just be like, "Yes, I will stay still in the future." You won't stay still every time at first, but at some point, you'll make it reliable. Then DEILD will start happening. It takes time to change habits.

**Patience108** · 01-19-2016 05:54 PM

I often do like you LexyDreams

...but when I have managed to Deild it's often been when I have actually moved a bit anyway - but for some reason on these occasions I trusted that ' this time I can do it !" ... So this makes me feel I should not give up soo easy on all those other times I move

So what I am saying is even if you have moved and thoughts of 'oh no I have moved again... ' slip into your mind - All is not lost - get your head down again and bring up the sounds or sights of the dream you just came out of - There is often still a chance even when we think there is not

**jzinser** · 01-19-2016 10:46 PM

Repeat a mantra before sleeping like "When I wake up during the night I don't move my body or open my eyes" for a few minutes, this should help. It took me sometime but its different for everyone

**Hukif** · 01-20-2016 03:01 AM

What I question is, why would you need to stay still in order to DEILD?
The body moves about enough during sleep that you wouldn't need to worry, what I do is just fake it being moving during sleep and "going back to sleep" right away to the dream.
As far as I know the human brain is mostly focused in visuals so as long as one does not open their eyes it will not pose a threat to a DEILD or WILD normally. So yeah, I would say get rid of that myth in your head and instead use it in your favor, think of it as "I'm moving from one REM cycle to another and moving naturally during sleep".

**lucidbunnie** · 01-21-2016 05:11 AM

DEILD is my most successful way of becoming lucid or at the least continuing a dream, the less "awake" I am and more I'm willing I am to "let go" of any previous dreams I had the in the the night the more successful I'll be in initiating a DEILD.

I'd like to add to all the great answers. Think of the stretchering as a good thing! Lying still for long periods can put lot of tension on the body, muscles, and as Hukif stated it does move during the sleep - we go through small-wakings that we are usually not fully conscious of. Some dreamlets gets stored in the brain for later recall during this small-wakings even if you don't write it down, but later triggers in the day will help you recall those dreams. In fact, if you feel that you "woken up" tend to your bodily needs and get back to bed, tense and release your muscles starting from your toes to all the way to the face. Try some relaxation techniques to get relaxed, the less sleep you had the better chance you'll feel drowsy. If you are a light sleeper like me you are at a disadvantage if you had sufficient sleep. The main thing is to try to fall back into a drowsy state in a dark room - avoid trying to look at any electronic lights. Don't fuss over labels or techniques or even about having lucids, normal dreams are just as good, but chances are you'll get lucids as it's same as WBTB + WILD which usually has success rate. I haven't had much luck with WILDs because I'm a very light sleeper. Good luck!