Hello everyone,

I'm new here. I just started trying to have lucid dreams two weeks ago (with no success yet :-( ).

This morning I woke up after 6 hours of sleep, so I decided to try the WILD technique. I think that I was starting to experience sleep paralysis (I've never experienced it before, so I can't tell for sure), but then my heart started beating really fast, and I started to breathe fast as well. Eventually my body got out of the paralysis, and I was too excited to go back to sleep again.

My question is, what's a good way to control my heartbeat and respiration to pull through the beginning of SP? I tried telling myself that everything was OK and tried to focus on a dream scene, but the physical feelings are just to strong to ignore.

I would appreciate any tips from more experienced members.