How should I practice for lucid

I want to start to Lucid and how do I practice?. How can I tell that I'am dreaming?. I am a noob to Lucid so if you have any suggestions please tell me.

Dream Journal

Reality Checks

Those are the two biggest things you need to focus on as a beginning LDer. Honestly, don't get frustrated if you don't think you're getting anywhere soon. Just look around the forum and the main site. There are so many suggestions around and something is bound to work for you. Also, if you have any specific questions you don't want to post publically, feel free to contact the dream guides or moderators or me and we'll do what we can to help you out.

Welcome to Dream Views and sweet lucid dreams! :D

hey just ask them if you need a lot of help dude, I dont know everything and some of these people are a lot better at lucid dreaming then me, so dont hesitate to ask for help. To keep a dream journal, just get some paper and a pencil and keep them near your bed. Then when your going to sleep tell yourself: " I will wake up after every dream and I will remember them and write them down" or something along those lines. I already explained reality checking to you, and I think I forgot to mention the digital clock check. Any time you see a digital clock, look at it once, then look away, then look back again. If the numbers dont change, tell yourself:"Im not dreaming". If they do, then youre dreaming (duh :? ).

for the first week,buy a notepad and write down all dreams in it AS SOON AS YOU GET UP. 10 seconds after you awaken you lose most memory of your dreams. so when you wake,just lie there and remember your dreams,then write them down asap.
also in the first week,get into the rhythem of practicing techniques. the second week you should just practice and the third week the same, but you can expect LDs to occur round this time.
optional things are to go to a local chemist of herbal shop and buy some Vitamin B6. This helps with lucid dreaming,50mg (normally one tablet) per night will increase chances significantly,when used with a technique of course.
Try out different techniques from the tutorials section to find the one right for you.
Stick at it,the rewards far outweigh the time investment.

There already is tons of information on how to on these forums.
Lucid dreaming requires some effort and practice. See it as a practice to find out how to LD, and with the tips that these wonderfull people above me have given i'm sure you'll pull it off! Remember the most important thing is not to give up, it can be pretty hard but you have to keep motivated, a positive attitude towards it does wonders!

i am new to the forum, i have been keeping a dream journal for about a week and i have had dramatic results, it is still hard for me to realize that i am dreaming, but i can remember a lot more of my dreams, i have been lucid a couple of times but i wake up right after, i looked up things on spinning and looking and focusing at something in my dream or on my dream body, i have yet to gain lucidity since, but i am working on it. i would like to thank all of the people who help out people like me and if you have anyhting to say to me send it.

yes. definately keep a dream journal. what good is a lucid dream if you cant remember it? i used it (and still do, sometimes) and got dramatic results... some useful techs are WILD(hard) MILD(easy, but not reliable) NILD(nightmare induced lucid dream, i find this very effective, but it was kinda conditioned) and SHILD(self-hypnosis induced LD, fairly effective), WBTB(wake back to bed, sopposed to be REALLY good, havent tried it) and many more...
these are all based on me though. it might be different for you