Thread: The First Steps

sure. first you should start keeping a dream journal, and record all your dreams. the reason you need to build up your dream recall is so that you remember your dreams well...what good is it to lucid dream if you don't even remember them, right? ok. so first, when you wake up in the morning, keep your eyes closed and lay still. getting up and moving around alot can make remembering dreams difficult. consentrate only on what you dreamed about, nothing else. and if you use an alarm clock, make sure it's loud enough to wake you up but not so loud that it jolts you awake, that can make dream recall harder too. anyway try to remember what you just dreamed about, but don't force it, relax and let it come to you. if you don't remember anything, focus on how you feel because emotions can carry over from dreams, so it may help you to remember something. if you don't, then think about things you've been thinking about alot lately. things like problems, worries, desires and goals. also think about people you see alot, and places you frequent. dreams are reflections of what has been on your mind lately, so those things are likely to be in them. if you remember anything, no matter how much or how little, write it down. writing it down can help you remember even more.

once you have built your dream recall enough so that you record at least 2-3 dreams per night (which usually doesn't take very long), you're ready to try techniques. I would definately recommend that you work with Dreamsigns and Reality Checks (also called Reality Tests, or State Tests) first, but you can try whatever you'd like.


the Lucid Dreaming Quick Start Tutorial in the Tutorials Section has more information on Dreamsigns and Reality Checks.

the Reality Checks Tutoiral has a nice list of different Reality Checks you can use.

and of course, the Lucid Dreaming FAQ, if you haven't read that.

A good one with me I didn't start off with but drawing what you see in your dreams. This is extremelly well and also improves creativity and artistics in you.