Hello!

[Ikkalebob]

Hi Dreamviews, I just wanted to introduce myself. I've been around the forums for a while without an account, and decided it was time to get myself one. A while ago I was getting quite good at lucid dreaming, but I got sidetracked and forgot about it - then I thought "Why on earth am I not lucid dreaming anymore?". I couldn't find an answer, so here I am trying to get back into the swing of it. In case anyone was wondering, Ikkalebob was invented by my cat a good few years ago when she ran across the keyboard. However, the actual result was more like "Ikkkkkkkkkkkkalebob". So anyway, hello to everyone on the forum and I hope to make a good contribution to the site .

[Mancon]

Hey welcome to Dreamviews! Glad your back into lucid dreaming and made an account . That's an awesome way to make a username! I really like your avatar too. It can be an eye or a leaf . xD. Anyway hope you have more lucids soon!

[Ikkalebob]

Thanks! I didn't even notice that It could be a leaf .

[Puffin]

Hi Ikkalebob, welcome to Dreamviews! My cat's run across my keyboard before, but all I got was caps lock and random jibberish. |D What induction method(s) are you using (or going to be using) to have your lucid dreams? If you're just getting back into it, I'd suggest combining whatever techniques you choose with MILD; it helped me end a long dryspell which might also help people coming back to LDing. Also check out the Dreamviews Wiki if you haven't yet; there's a lot of good information in there. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

[Ikkalebob]

Thanks for the reply! I intend to use reality checks and a dream journal - which are a bit of a no-brainer - but one technique that has worked well in the past is this: You wake up in the night, and because you are drowsy you can fall back to sleep easily in any position. I can't fall to sleep on my back in the evening, but its easy to do in the middle of the night and I get more vivid and lucid dreams on my back. Like a WILD but a little tweaked. Does that sound like it would work?

[Raish]

sounds okay to me. but how will you wake up in the middle of the night and switch positions? will you do the CANWILD? the custom alarm method? or will you just wake up and turn off the alarm and fall back to sleep?

[Ikkalebob]

Hmmm... I read that a WILD is done best with a 2-4 second alarm that turns itself off after it had finished, but I don't know if that would be the best idea.

[angie746]

Thanks for the reply! I intend to use reality checks and a dream journal - which are a bit of a no-brainer - but one technique that has worked well in the past is this: You wake up in the night, and because you are drowsy you can fall back to sleep easily in any position. I can't fall to sleep on my back in the evening, but its easy to do in the middle of the night and I get more vivid and lucid dreams on my back. Like a WILD but a little tweaked. Does that sound like it would work? Hi and welcome to DV..thats usually the way i do it, do you always wake in the night? i do ..everynight i usually wake about 4 times without alarms or anything and this enables me to WILD with a tweak, or usually i wake up to SP which takes me right into a lucid without even trying

[Puffin]

Thanks for the reply! I intend to use reality checks and a dream journal - which are a bit of a no-brainer - but one technique that has worked well in the past is this: You wake up in the night, and because you are drowsy you can fall back to sleep easily in any position. I can't fall to sleep on my back in the evening, but its easy to do in the middle of the night and I get more vivid and lucid dreams on my back. Like a WILD but a little tweaked. Does that sound like it would work? I've never heard that one's sleeping position can actually affect the vividness (or lucidity) of dreams before! I totally know what you mean, by being able to fall asleep easily in whatever position you're in. If laying on your back gives you vivid dreams and lucidity, although I'm totally unsure as to how a sleeping position can raise your awareness to the point of being lucid, then by all means keep doing it! Maybe it has to do with the fact that, although you're physically tired, you're subconsciously more aware when you're on your back because it's normally an uncomfortable position for you.

[Raish]

I've never heard that one's sleeping position can actually affect the vividness (or lucidity) of dreams before! I totally know what you mean, by being able to fall asleep easily in whatever position you're in. If laying on your back gives you vivid dreams and lucidity, although I'm totally unsure as to how a sleeping position can raise your awareness to the point of being lucid, then by all means keep doing it! Maybe it has to do with the fact that, although you're physically tired, you're subconsciously more aware when you're on your back because it's normally an uncomfortable position for you. i do not know this, however i have read on the free-falling technique that it is scientifically proven that you are more likely to go into SP when on one's back. i think that may be what he/she means, but i dunno

[Puffin]

If you're comfortable on your back, yes, it might be easier to enter SP in the supine (back) position. However, if you're trying out a WILD attempt on your back and you're not comfortable in that position, that will make it much harder because the point of a WILD is to relax and forget about your physical body. Kinda hard to do that if you're constantly feeling like you want to move or are uncomfortable.

[Raish]

well then that is good news for me! ive been trying to get into SP on my back but giving up and going on my side and just falling asleep! thanks, puffin, i shall now attempt to enter SP on my side.

[Puffin]

I find that it's extremely easy for me to enter SP while on my side. Sometimes I can get it on my stomach, and I've never once gotten it on my back. It all depends on the person though, you just have to see which position you're most comfortable in. Good luck! =D

[Ikkalebob]

I find that it's extremely easy for me to enter SP while on my side. Sometimes I can get it on my stomach, and I've never once gotten it on my back. Interesting, I get it often on my back but its only when Im on my side that I get nightmarish ones...

[Marquis2988]

I don't know if this method is listed but What helps me actually fall asleep faster no matter if I'm tired or not Is i tighten my muscles all at the same time and hold my breath i only release when i cant hold my breath longer. After that its best not to move at all any itching or tickling feelings are your body testing to see if your still awake. I usually fall asleep soon after, another thing I usually do this on my back and try to think about what i want to dream about sometimes it works but other times if my thoughts stray from what i want to dream about i end up dreaming randomly.

[Ikkalebob]

I don't know if this method is listed but What helps me actually fall asleep faster no matter if I'm tired or not Is i tighten my muscles all at the same time and hold my breath i only release when i cant hold my breath longer. I read in a lucid dreaming book that a good way to relax is just that, except instead of tightening all of the muscles at the same time you do them one at a time. I've never heard of the breath bit though. I will have to try it .

[Marquis2988]

Its interesting I always figured it tricked the body into thinking it was tired.