Hey everyone!

Just this morning, I gained lucidity twice through the WILD technique, with a bit of visualisation.
These were my third and fourth lucid dreams (all lucids I have had have been since I started looking up lucid dreaming). Unfortunately, I wasn't used to the sensation that only a minute ago, I was awake, so I had extremely short lucid dreams (but next time, i'll be ready&#33.

Anyway, first, I set the alarm (not autosuggestion, explanation why is later in this post) to 5 1/2 hours from when I got into bed. Since I was tired, it only took me 30 minutes for me to fall asleep. I woke up 5 hours later (yes, I aimed for the N-REM state, because I would find it easier to get my body back asleep).

I tried WILDing. The first time, I reached the throbbing and intense HI, but I found it awesome so I smiled, and that ruined it. The 2nd and 3rd time were both succesful though! In order to reach the sleep paralysis easily, I visualised me inside my last dream (the ruins of a tower), and while I was visualising, the SP happened.
It was safe for me to visualise because I don't fall asleep while trying to do something. Everytime I have failed a WILD would be due to frustration, never falling asleep.

Hints for light sleepers:

1) Aim for the N-REM state! Try to get as close as you can to REM without entering it. Also, try to go to bed dog-tired, so you can fall asleep and be as accurate (in terms of length of N-REM) as you can!

2) Visualise yourself in a dream! Try to just talk or jump around in the "daydream", and do't be scared of losing concentration, just remember that you are trying to achieve a WILD!

Hope this post helps, and good luck on feeling the amazing sensation of entering the dream state from waking! It feels really good! -Stoat