First WILD Attempts. (Need constructive criticism!)

I've been back at trying to lucid dream for the past week or so and I've had a few in the past but while looking for new methods I stumbled upon CAN-WILD and decided giving it a try (having had no past WILD experiences). So I did as instructed an woke myself up two nights in a row now (but accidentally opened my eyes both times so I decided to try a regular WILD) and plan to do it again tonight but I'd like some feedback as I was not very successful with these attempts. My first attempt I had some issue with swallowing saliva which also kind of kept me back in my second attempt and I would like a solution to this if anyone knows one or has a similar problem. Something that deters me from believing I'm making progress is the lack of feeling vibrations and such. I haven't heard noises either but one thing that has happened is that I've had, at seemingly random intervals of time, feelings like I'm falling and my stomach is dropping. The last time this happened my head felt as if it fell back into place and hit my pillow. I have been counting breaths but I haven't really seen any HI. Am I supposed to be focusing on a picture of something as I do this or am I supposed to let it come to me? Any information on the subject would be much appreciated! :)

Hi Allegory,

boy, do I have some good news for you!

1. You were doing it! The falling backwards feeling is one of the many possible sensations you can get. (And my personal favorite.)
2. You may feel vibrations, or fallling, or floating, or turning, or being twisted in a pretzel, or just about anything. Or, you may not get any of these.
3. You may see images, or you may not.
4. You may hear things, or you may not.
5. You may see, hear, feel, something today, and next attempt may be totally different.

6. You may swallow, scratch, or even change position. If you do it slowly, without paying attention to it, just as you would when falling asleep normally, it will not harm your attempt.

I had to look up CAN WILD. So, it is DEILD. If you move, you most likely get out of REM and DEILD may not be successfull. So you were right to try for a WILD. But WILD works best, is you do WBTB. Get up for a few minutes to wake your mind up enough, so it doesn't fall asleep during your attempt.

DEILD is a wonderful technique that gave me many LDs. But I can pull it off only from a lucid dream. Theoretically, it should work from any dream, I just wasn't able to do it so far.

I would suggest this DEILD (dutchraptor) tutorial.

But, basis of DEILD is a WILD. Best one is WILD (sageous) tutorial. After reading it, you will be familiar with all parts of WILDing process and it will make WILDs and DEILDs easier.

And in case you find yourself in any sensations or hallucinations, here is Sensations, HH and types of entry into WILD. Good luck:alien: