Thread: How long does it take to get into sleep paralysis?

It takes me an hour or more to get SP after waking up early at 6am. But like Livethedream says, I lay there waiting for it and wondering, "oh, is this it, is it starting???". I should try to chill a little bit but I don't want to miss it and just fall asleep.

Originally Posted by Zenman

It takes me an hour or more to get SP after waking up early at 6am. But like Livethedream says, I lay there waiting for it and wondering, "oh, is this it, is it starting???". I should try to chill a little bit but I don't want to miss it and just fall asleep.

For me that's where I start counting. "1 <breath in> I'm dreaming <breath out> 2" and so on. Pace your numbers by your breaths though, not the other way around (as is the tendency if you have any sense of rhythm).

Oh that's a good idea. This morning I started counting my 7 chakras (no, I'm not new agey, but this is kind of a variation on the 61 points of relaxation. I just made it up this morning.) and synchronized the counting with my breathing. When I would be at the lower chakras there wouldn't be much paralysis but when I would get to my head area, that's when things would start to get interesting. I eventually started going numb and I lost consciousness of my body and felt like one field of awareness. Then I started hearing things and this transitioned into a very short lucid. You know the deal. I like your technique better though. I've read about it before but haven't tried it yet. I'm going to try it next time! It seems to take me so long to get to SP. I'm still new at this and have only had a handful of WILDS.