Hi guys,

I am fairly new to the DV forums and have been trying to achieve lucidity for the last few weeks. Admittedly I am rubbish at doing reality checks through the day, so tried a couple of different things the last few nights. I have had some success with this technique I am about to propose, I have had 2 very short lucids the last 2 nights with this method.

The Method

I do a WBTB, getting up after one of my REM cycles, for me about 4am. I stay up for an hour or so and then go back to bed. I pick a song that I know very well and recite the song in my head. Here's the important bit though! Do not sing the song in your head, actually think of and recite the lyrics - even for a song you know well, this is quite difficult when you ignore the tune completely and only focus on the lyrics.

Personally I chose one of my favourite pearl jam tracks and still struggled a bit focusing just on the words without the music. This task while back in bed should hopefully keep your mind so focused that your body will go to sleep and you will start seeing HI in no time. once you start to see the hypnagogic's it's time to join in!

I hope this was helpful to some of you.