Quote Originally Posted by Nicho View Post
Thanks for the input, I find that I lose concentration very quickly when practising SSILD, but I understand that's ok right. How long were you practising it before you had any discernible results please. Also I find that as I'm focussing on one sense, I'll kind of pre-empt my next, i.e. I start listening before I've stopped observing and then start feeling before I've stopped listening and so on, in your opinion - or anyone else's - is this acceptable as I find it hard not to do this.

Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
I find it difficult myself to stay focused on the cycles if I do it on an awakening, so I couple it with a 10-15 minute WBTB usually. I find that it helps me stay aware a little longer to complete the cycles, but anything longer than 15 minutes for me usually results in trouble going back to sleep.

I tend to 'jump' ahead on the cycles myself especially when I start to drift off. Personally, Id say its acceptable considering I do it and have had about 10+ lucids using the technique - something has got to be working.

The first week I made myself do the WBTB and then SSILD cycles I had 3-4 lucids which is a lot for me in a week. After that things leveled out a bit.