Swallowing reflex

**Balder** · 10-27-2009 01:40 PM

I really need help with this.
I have tried:
1: Change sleeping posture (on my back, on my stomach, on the side)
2: Tilted my head up with a pillow or a towel
3: Tried to not think about it at all but it's a reflex and it comes automatically

What more can I do ? :S

I wake myself up after 5h and 30 minutes of sleep (WBTB) and then listen to a mp3 with a person who guide me through Yoga Nidra it's 46 minutes.

And I think I swallow like 10 times :S
And i really feel that vibrations start to come but then I just swallow and it stops. Please all wild-masters tell me your secrets!

**Fabio-the-dreamer** · 10-28-2009 12:29 AM

I'm no WILD master but I can easily go 45+ minutes without swallowing. I've got two tips, hope that at least one works.

1. Find a position where your spit can drool out easily. Its gross, but it makes not swallowing a whole lot easier. Note that this really only works with you on your side.

2. Don't know about this tip, cause it might just be me. Hold your tongue with the top lightly pressed against the roof of your mouth. Keep the tip of your tongue against your bottom teeth or lower, Pardon me if everyone keeps their tongue like that, but this works for me. (Even when I think about swallowing, its easier not to)

Hope that was kinda helpful...

**Balder** · 10-28-2009 10:19 PM

Thank you!

I try this tonight =)

**Mzzkc** · 10-28-2009 11:16 PM

Or, you can just not sweat it and swallow. You don't have to not swallow in order to have a successful WILD.

**Robot_Butler** · 10-28-2009 11:58 PM

Don't worry about swallowing. If you swallow and it snaps you awake, just relax and return to what you were doing. You should get right back to that state in a minute or two.

**Muggler** · 10-29-2009 12:58 AM

Try to not think about it. I don't think that you exit SP because you swallow, I think that you exit SP because you think that "Alright, I'm getting there. Oh gosh, I hope I don't swallow."

Swallowing isn't a big deal for me. I let it flow naturally. People have said that swallowing is only a big deal if you make it one.

Just try not to think that swallowing is such a big deal.

**cl0se-y0ur-eyes** · 10-29-2009 08:19 AM

Hasn't it been said that swallowing pushes back your internal clock, or is that just when moving?

**Balder** · 10-29-2009 11:42 AM

Thank you, It helped when I didn't thinked about it =)
But when I got SP I got really hot :S and was really uncomfortable and gave up after some minutes of SP :S Never got HI either :/

**Puffin** · 10-29-2009 06:22 PM

I just let the saliva collect in my mouth without paying any attention to it. I take deep internal breaths and just start counting, "1, I am dreaming, 2, I am dreaming, etc'. I can still breathe.

**KingYoshi** · 10-29-2009 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by cl0se-y0ur-eyes

Hasn't it been said that swallowing pushes back your internal clock, or is that just when moving?

In my WILD technique, I move and swallow and it doesn't set my internal clock back at all. In fact, I hit SP much faster with my technique than with the "laying still" techniques. If you have problems with swallowing, just go ahead and do it. Its ok if you notice it, but just don't worry about it. Go ahead, swallow, and continue with whatever technique you are using. The key is to not worry/get bothered/doubt anything while you are attempting to WILD. If you need to swallow and it is bothering you, go ahead and swallow. Good Luck to you!