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Whenever I try FILD, I get too excited and my heart starts pounding. I still try, but when I start to fall asleep my heart really starts going. Is there anyway to calm myself down? For instance, could I play music or would that mess up the FILD technique and I wouldn't have a lucid dream?
are you sure it is your physical heart? maybe its only your heart chakra which seems to pound due to changes in energy circulation patterns in energy body. it happens mostly in astral projection.
but if it is your physical heart, then you may want to try some other LD methods like DILD which take you into LD indirectly. so you won't be under excitement or other radical emotions while inducing LD .
Yea I would suggest DILD as well. It needs a lot of training to learn how to calm your entire body down even in such situations.
If you have trouble going back to bed I recommend you try something called the "progressive muscle relaxation technique" (there's some instructional videos on YouTube).
Basically the technique involves tensing your major muscle groups for 10-15 seconds and then releasing. For example tense your calves very hard for 10 seconds and let go. Then tense your quads for 10 seconds and let go.
Keep doing this until you've worked all your major muscles and you'll feel a lot more relaxed and will be able to fall asleep much easier.