I had an experience this morning that was interesting I thought. I woke myself out a nightmare I was having, and then I layed awake trying not to fall asleep right away, but I felt myself falling asleep quickly. Then I thought to myself "I should make this a lucid dream" and then started counting my breaths and focusing. However, right when I did that my body stopped falling asleep and I was unable to dream.

I think the "counting breaths" technique might be too distracting to relax the mind. I'm gonna try some new techniques and see what happens.