Quick Question about LD

Last night I attempted the WILD technique (without WBTB). It was my first attempt at Lucid Dreaming in general, so I wasn't exactly sure what to do.

Regardless, I spent about 5-10 minutes in a meditative state ignoring any inclinations to move my body. After about 10 minutes in I began having images randomly pop into my head (though they weren't distinct and lasted only a split second) along with colors and ideas in general. I tried to ignore the images (which only now I learn was actually the opposite of what I should have), and I began feeling as if my body was unable to move. I then got nervous and decided to move my arm to end it.

For a true Sleep Paralysis, should it be possible to move your body? In the state I had put myself in, I couldn't really move anything, but it was very easy just to move my arm when I wanted to stop.

Also, how do I keep from falling asleep during the WILD process? I actually followed many of the techniques I read about in Adam's guide without knowing about it (falling backwards) to great success, but I'm unsure of how to actually enter into a dream without falling asleep.

That wasn't as quick as I intended. :P Thanks anyhow!

in true sleep paralysis yu shud feel tht u cant move, but if you try to move you will be able to if you try hard enuf, so ur not truly paralyzed but u feel like it. Also to keep from falling asleep, concentrate on one thing, such as your breathing. Advice that i have gotten was to count your breathing and only concentrate on that, dont think about anything else. But also dont concentrate to hard on ur breathe or you wont become lucid, so just lay there, dont move, be relaxed, and concentrate on ur breathing, and if you start to have hallucinations or wierd feelings, dont get excited or anything just let them happen.

Alright, I considered focusing on my breathing, but when I tried, I ended up focusing on the up and down movement of my chest. Would that be a problem and tie me too much back to my physical body or is that fine?

10 minutes is usually not enough time for full sleep paralysis to set in. When you are paralyzed, you can't move, because signals from your brain are kept from the body. That's why it is scary to some people to awake into sleep paralysis. You have absolutely no control over your body. However, most of us are sleeping at this time, and do not notice.

During WILD you should keep your attention internal, so avoid focusing on your breath. Focus on a thought or count. It happen quicker for me when I don't focus too much. I just keep tabs on the process until I am dreaming.

Good luck,

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