What to do after Sleep Paralysis?

[xspectrum]

I'm kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff, but I'm trying to Wake Induce Lucid Dream. I can get to the point where my body becomes paralyzed (or at least mostly paralyzed, I can move my arms a little bit), but I don't know what to do after that. Do I open my eyes? Do I just continue to go to sleep? What's the next step to lucid/OBE.

[Arch]

There are many methods that you can take, the stage you are attempting to get to in Transitioning. There are three general methods to transition in my opinion, visualisation, focus, passive. If you are good at visualising, stimulating your senses by thought, then try: Imagine you are climbing up a rope, you feel the rough surface of the rope on your hands, and each step higher you get, the more relaxed you can become. Imagine you are falling, there as a large weight attached to your back, making you free fall. Imagine you are sinking through your bed. If you are good at focusing try; Concentrating on your breathing pattern Count down from 100, each number you go lower makes you more relaxed, breathe in, out, count down one, and repeat. Repeat a mantra in your head "I am becoming more relaxed". If you are good at clearing your mind try to watch as your thoughts flow by, but not interfering, remain passively aware. I found the visualisations increase the vibrations, which intensify and you are thrown into the dream, but it changes from person to person. If you have any other questions, just ask!

[xspectrum]

There are many methods that you can take, the stage you are attempting to get to in Transitioning. There are three general methods to transition in my opinion, visualisation, focus, passive. If you are good at visualising, stimulating your senses by thought, then try: Imagine you are climbing up a rope, you feel the rough surface of the rope on your hands, and each step higher you get, the more relaxed you can become. Imagine you are falling, there as a large weight attached to your back, making you free fall. Imagine you are sinking through your bed. If you are good at focusing try; Concentrating on your breathing pattern Count down from 100, each number you go lower makes you more relaxed, breathe in, out, count down one, and repeat. Repeat a mantra in your head "I am becoming more relaxed". If you are good at clearing your mind try to watch as your thoughts flow by, but not interfering, remain passively aware. I found the visualisations increase the vibrations, which intensify and you are thrown into the dream, but it changes from person to person. If you have any other questions, just ask! Thank you! Although I'm having trouble realizing when exactly I'm in sleep paralysis. I can't really check if I'm in sleep paralysis because whenever I try to move my legs, they seem stiff and harder to move than usual, but my arms are super easy to move. Any suggestions on entering sleep paralysis and checking to see if I'm in it? Also, when I visualize say the rope thing, will I just transition into the dream by myself, or will I have to do something? Last question, when I do 'transition', should I imagine myself in an alternate world or by my bedside, and do I open my eyes to transition (someone told me that, but it seems like it'd disrupt the process.)? Again, thank you so much for the help.

[Matte87]

You want to change focus from your waking body into your sleeping one. This will happen automaticly if you manage to relax enough, a dream will form around you. Careful not to lose consciousness though. Or you can do what Arch said, you visualize a scenario and try to activate your senses in that one, completely forgetting that you're lying in bed. When you're far enough into it and in SP ( be really sure that you are) you can try rolling over or opening your eyes. You will most likely open your eyes in your own room. Don't be fooled though, this is called a "False Awakening" and you're actually in the dream. A bit of stabilizations and you're off to go!

[Graves]

Imo the best way to WILD is simply to try to fall asleep and retain a small shred of awareness. Forget about SP and everything else that people tend to talk about, none of that really matters as you're not doing the WILD for a physical/real-world experience, but one generated in a place only accessible to the sleeping individual.