Hello! First post, woohoo.

I'll try and keep it short.

Recently started trying to lucid dream after having experienced SP and HI accidently after returning from a holiday (I hadn't got much sleep during the week so my body was shattered).

Upto last night I had only reached the stage of vibrations and early SP? When this happened I tried hard not to focus on my body but tried to imagine a scene, the smells, the colours etc. My head got the better of me and my heart bagan to race and breathing erratic and the HI went away.

Although, last night I was going to sleep as normal, not bothering about trying to lucid. I found myself drifting into a dream only to think to myself, hey wait this is a dream, i managed to turn my dream body around but I woke up (since I was being followed in my dream It shocked me I think).

After this I layed back down and I found it really easy, and really damn fast to reach the point where you feel your body getting heavy just by day dreaming. But if I would break the day dream, but still not move it seemed my body would know I wasn't drifting off and my body would stop the potential HI.

So my questions are!

1: Is it just a matter of waiting after a HI goes away and waiting for another one?

2: Is drifting into a day-dream a good way to relax your body fast?

3: Or should I just be patient and lie there counting my breaths?

Cheers in advance.