Step in the right direction? WILD advice

Hey guys, just thought I'd put down my WILD progress so far and see if you guys think I'm doing the right thing.
I've been out of practice with Lucid dreaming as of late with exams, social events and other things distracting me, however I've recently gotten back into it and decided that WILD is an area that I am curious about. I've been attempting WILD for the past three or four nights now with mixed results. The most successful night so far was probably the second night, although I put that down to not being able to sleep the other nights, not any major change in technique, style or luck. I remember going to sleep around normal time and setting my alarm for roughly six hours of sleep (hard to judge on my clock, might have been six and a half hours). I actually woke up just before the alarm went off and turned it off quietly, then decided to sit up and get myself somewhat awake and aware again. After a few minutes of this I decided it was time to try and relax again, so lay on my back ( I normally sleep on my side/front but do not find this uncomfortable).
After what seems like five minutes lying still and letting my brain just shut off my body began to feel heavy and numb and faint orbs of colour began to flash in and out of my vision slowly. My hearing began to slowly switch off and I felt myself slowly sink backwards, partly into the bed and partly back into myself. I passively observed these orbs of colour and then .. well I can't actually remember. I either fell asleep straight away or waited some more and gave up :P

Thoughts and advice appreciated as always guys

You probably fell asleep too soon. Next time, try to repeat a mantra to keep you aware. Keep trying:alien:

If you feel strange sensations and try to wait them out, chances are that you are actually in the dream dreaming that you are trying to WILD.

That's actually the case more often than one might think. So it can be enough to just get up (out of your dreambed) the moment you feel strange sensations.

Although if you don't want to take that risk, because it can also just be signs of the body's own relaxing sensations (They feel the same!), you can instead use your non-physical senses and see if you are in a dream or not. You do that by trying to visualize yourself seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting or touching something.

I usually imagine myself rubbing my hands or perhaps holding my Iphone, because I am used to that sensation, and when I can feel it vividly I either get teleported to that scenario or I can just assume that I am in dream version of my room and just get up. If you want to ue another of your non-physical senses remember that the key of knowing if you are in a dream or not is that you should try to make the sensations more intense, sounds - higher, tastes and smells stronger.

And when you can literally feel, see, smell, taste or hear something you know that you are in a non-physical focus and thereby a dream.

So next time be active and involve yourself in the experience and it will invite you to the dream. :)

Very interesting responses guys, thank you :)

I always found that trying to "get up" results in me literally getting up. But I understand where you're coming from, I often get the sensation that I am looking at my room whilst lying in bed, even though I know for a fact that my eye lids are shut. I'll just try and stick it out then, attempt some visualisation to get things going.