Thread: Need Some help on WILD

I find it that I always fall asleep at maybe a 20 mintue mark while trying WILD. What should I be thinking of? My body becomes relaxed and comfortable and almost like it's not even there but I always fall asleep... Any comments that would be great.
Thanks guys
And I'm also a beginner

Do you have an anchor? Like a mantra or counting in your head? There are a lot of good anchors you could use, some people listen to the sound of a fan or count in time with their breathing. Another good one is visualizing yourself doing any kind of rhythmic movement, like walking, swimming, riding a bike, etc. That was mentioned in this episode of the DreamViews podcast: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews...jump-cuts.html

Visualizing a dream scene is good too, you could try visualizing yourself lucid in the last dream you had. You can combine some of those too, listen to a fan while doing your mantra, for example. Oh and watch out for false awakenings, you might have actually succeeded but think you failed because you're still in your bed.

Also, remember you want to fall asleep, just with enough awareness to go into the dream world lucid

Keep us updated on how you're doing~

*Moved to Wake Initiated Lucid Dreams (WILD)

If you are counting how long should you be counting? I start counting have been getting 200-500 before I either fell asleep or gave up. I tried doing a mantra but my mind wonders so much doing that I have a hard to doing it. Starting to think I should try something else besides WILD.

When I'm attempting a WILD I put something in my hand (pencil coin e.c.t) then,when your drifting into a dream focus on the object