Thread: Improve my WILD technique?

The way I learned how to WILD was a modified WBTB. After getting up and staying awake for a little bit I would then set an alarm for 30-1hr later(depending on how tired I was) and go back to sleep. Then when the alarm went off I would try to WILD. Doing it this way seemed to make SP hit much much faster and was a lot easier than doing it the normal way. Also I don't use an anchor. I found counting to be too distracting, and visualizing also puts me to sleep. So instead I just completely empty my mind and meditate, sometimes I focus on my body, but generally I try not to think at all. And you don't have to be laying on your back to WILD, I normally lay on my side or on my stomach. When I lay on my back spit tends to pool at the back of my mouth making me want to swallow which is REALLY distracting. Whatever position you normally fall asleep in would probably be best. Oh and after your first WILD (which probably won't last very long) try to do it again immediately after. It should be really easy to go right back into a dream as long as you don't move at all. As long as you stay dedicated and keep trying you'll eventually have one. Good luck! Let us know when you succeed!

That's a really good idea! Do you think it would work if you set your alarm 30min-1hr after going to bed without prior sleep? If I'm getting this right, you would still be waking in the middle of REM but it might not last too long.

Interesting...
So wake up after 5 hours or so, go back to bed, then wake up and try to WILD? I never thought of that.
I've taken to focusing on relaxing one part of my body at a time, starting with my right calf and moving up. (though I've fallen asleep, so I'll have to focus better.)
Once the weekend comes, I can try again.

@Kitty I highly doubt you would be able to wild after only an hour of sleep. From what I've read it takes ~90 minutes to enter REM and the first REM cycle is very short. Personally I have trouble WILDing with less than 7 hours (but I generally sleep ~10 hours a night).
@Schlachtfeld Don't get discouraged if it doesn't work out the first time. It took me months to be able to induce SP somewhat consistently, and then another month to be able to enter a dream, and yet ANOTHER month to be able to stabilize the dream and make it last more than a few minutes. It takes a lot of dedications, but long as you keep at it you WILL have a WILD.
Oh and another thing, the night before you are going to try to WILD you should try to WILD before going to sleep. It is very unlikely you will succeed, but you are at least practicing the steps and getting into the right mindset. I was practicing every night and every morning when I had my first breakthrough.
Good luck! You WILL eventually have a WILD, I promise.

It would help if I had more time to practice. I get up at 6am so I can only try on the weekends. Come summer, I'll have PLENTY of time, though.

I do try before I go to bed, only because (as I've said before) I feel I get closer to SP then. I've been trying to WILD for almost a month now, but I've been switching up my technique to see what works better. Eventually, I will have a good process.