Thread: How to Lucid Dream

I tried doing a wbtb and a wild last night. layed in bed at like 10 and couldent fall asleep till 12 i reset my alarm to 5 wrote down about 3-4 dreams went to the bathroom and then went in bed thought about what i was going to do in my wild then i layed on my back and just kept counting my breaths.

i counted my breaths up to about 120 or somthing like that and absolutely nothing happened. i have never gone into sp or had hi or anything like that. the only thing that happened was my back ached a little and i had an itch on my mouth. my thoughts wandered a little and i think i thought about wild twice like you told me not to because i was intentionally trying not to think about it. after 120 i was like its not gonna happen so i just rolled over and couldent go to sleep for another hour. finnally i woke up at about 11:00 and recorded 2 more dreams.

What am i doing wrong? was i just not patient enough? any tips on relaxing?

Thanks for the great tutorial.
Next month I am starting to work extensively on lucid dreaming, and I may try this schedule, while adding a lot of meditation during the day.
On DV and elsewhere, There are many many tutorials, methods, variations, and tips, and it can get very overwhelming. There are so many ways to LD, it's hard to decide what to try.

I think it's important to select just a few methods and stick with them for a long time, instead of jumping from method to method ( or variation to variation ). On the other hand just working on one technique for a long time isn't a very good idea, because this technique could be the wrong one for you, and it will also become boring, tedious, and frustrating.

This type of schedule as described in this tutorial could be the right way to do it, because you both practice several techniques, and you make sure that you practice each one at least twice a week, and repeat that every week. This way you can really practice, gradually improving.

Finally! I got (semi-)lucid on Day 7. Check my DJ =)