What's up!? I am taking the plunge and joining the class. I am looking forward to being instructed by FryingMan and fogelbise in the fine arts of lucid dreaming, and I think making this book will keep me motivated to record dreams and get a nice, relaxed, open practice going.

My main techniques are going to be the following:

1. "This is a dream" during the day (not a specific number of times, but coupled with presence)
2. WBTB during the night (30 minutes or so)
3. Resting awareness on the body (or the silence) as I fall asleep.

I'm going to try paying attention to my body or silence as I fall asleep because I have noticed that when I DEILD, my awareness is simply resting as itself. I'm never consciously paying attention to anything, but I am paying attention . I'm going to work a little with this and see if we can get some WILD action flowing.

Also, I've noticed that many of the recent LDs I have had I have just spontaneously known I was dreaming, and partially due to "waking up" in the dream shortly after entering it. Am going to try to channel some of this and see what we can do. My dream recall is currently good. When I care to, I can journal dreams upon waking and remember basic elements and themes later. My level of dream vividness is decent to good, especially after a WBTB. Emotionally, I am enjoying my dream life at the moment (both "experientially" in the dream and "reflectively" from waking life). Looking forward to hearing from you guys!