Thread: Pennyroyal's workbook

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Hi Warren, happy you joined the class

Thank you so much, everyone has been really great so far. I feel very welcome.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Anyway, I read your most recent DJ entry, and I'm happy you were able to find a way to go from awake to lucid without a seam. I can't wait to see what happens when you repeat the process. I'm also impressed at how quickly you went from really low dream recall to having recall every night, just by keeping a dream journal for a couple weeks. Glad that worked so well for you, I preach DJs to members all the time.

I'm not sure if you would be interested, but I made a thread regarding my taking a break from using THC to observe the impact that it has on my dream recall and vividness. I plan to update that daily when my break begins(tomorrow, Monday). I'm hoping it will increase my progress even more.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

So what is your WBTB routine, just curious? The times you go to sleep and wake up, etc.

Honestly half the reason I joined the class was because I have done so much reading on LDing over the past month that I have kind of had an information overload and I can't decide what to stick with. Currently I'm just using whatever mantra I choose that night to use as I go to sleep and sometimes try to visualize a dream scene I would like to have. When I wake up I'll use the bathroom and drink some water, if I woke up from a dream I'll write down a short version so I can fill in the details in the morning. I'm up maybe 10-15 minutes. Then I lay down and focus on going back into a dream/use mantra.

I was trying to set alarms to wake myself up, but I had no luck and decided it was kind of futile until I had a good idea of when I naturally wake up.

Do you have any advice/guidance on a good routine to stick to for my WBTB?

As far as my sleep/wake up times. I wake up at 6:30am Mon-Fri, and whenever i feel like getting my lazy ass out of bed on the weekends :p
Along with taking a break from using THC I am going to force myself to try and sleep at the same time every night. So over the next few weeks I will be sleeping from 10pm - 6:30am. This will be the hardest thing to stick to for me, because I love to stay up late

Thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

I'm not sure if you would be interested, but I made a thread regarding my taking a break from using THC to observe the impact that it has on my dream recall and vividness. I plan to update that daily when my break begins(tomorrow, Monday). I'm hoping it will increase my progress even more.

Sure! Checking it right now..

Do you have any advice/guidance on a good routine to stick to for my WBTB?

As far as my sleep/wake up times. I wake up at 6:30am Mon-Fri, and whenever i feel like getting my lazy ass out of bed on the weekends :p
Along with taking a break from using THC I am going to force myself to try and sleep at the same time every night. So over the next few weeks I will be sleeping from 10pm - 6:30am. This will be the hardest thing to stick to for me, because I love to stay up late

Thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply.

Np. Sounds like you have about the same work schedule as I do. The only difference is that my 2 off days are during the week, and I have to get my son up for school at 6:45am. So this becomes my WBTB. I go to bed at night by midnight, then I get up at 6:45 then don't go back to bed until 7:30. During this time I do like you, get water, go to the bathroom, morning stuff. It wakes me up just enough to help me achieve a lucid dream when I go back to sleep. I may wake up naturally a few more times, but I usually end up with DILD or WILD.

So if you wanted to try it, on the weekend you could get up early, monkey around for a bit, then go back to sleep and see what happens. I read an article at the Lucidity Institute that people who increased their WBTB time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes or even an hour, had more success. Just something you can experiment with until you find what works for you. Hope that helps

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

. I read an article at the that people who increased their WBTB time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes or even an hour, had more success. Just something you can experiment with until you find what works for you. Hope that helps

I will have to try and increase the time I'm awake this weekend and see the results.

I am a little concerned that I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep after being up that long, but I guess I won't know until I try.