Thread: So. . . How do YOU fly?

It depends. Sometimes I like to put on my bright glittery heels and clack them together numerous times until I take flight; other times I perform the chicken dance. Once I reach the winged portion of the dance, I'm usually in the air.

Chickens fly right?

To fly, I simply try to fly, like I lunge into the air (Sorry, this probably isn't very useful).

Flying stresses my arm when after i wake up although im not flapping it

If this is not true I will be thoroughly disapointed.

I typically just jump one or two times while I'm lucid. It hasn't failed me yet.

I fly in two ways:

1. Starting to swim in the air

2.Just let my self float to my target

As simple as that

I push off from the ground and imagine a propulsive underneath me, like I have natural superpowers. Contrary to what one may think, what works for me is not psyching myself up for flying, and just "doing" it.

Last time what I did was summon a small, fold-able aircraft... it was also painted red. Just happens that I had no problems piloting it. While in the same dream, I also summoned a dragon which also flew me to somewhere.

I jump into the air and just swim. It isn't very fast but I don't know how to propel myself otherwise when I'm in the air.

I usually do one of two ways:

If I'm on the ground, I have to close my eyes, raise my arms, and imagine the sensation of rising, and it goes very slow at first, but I slowly gain speed.

If I'm up high enough, I just jump down, gain speed from the fall, and then level out.

However, a couple nights ago, I was on the ground and my usual method wasn't working, so I did something really weird, but it worked. I lay down on my stomach and started sliding forward, gaining speed and slowly rising into the air, like an airplane.

I get a simple jogging start, jump with my arms spread out, and bring them down. I pretty much just fly through the air with a self propellant. It's pretty awesome xD I've never thought to grow wings before, but it's something I will now try...

I'm not exactly sure how I do it, as the first time I popped out of my body in a WILD (also my first lucid) I was flying right from the start, it seems that since it happened that way the first time its automatic for me, i just think about it and float off the ground, It usually goes like "oh sweet, im dreaming *fly*." I'm definitely going to try with wings though, sounds like a whole new experience.

I stood somewhere where I had plenty of space, a field.

Then I allowed myself to fall forwards towards the ground until my face was just a foot or so from the ground and I began to run. For some reason having my face closer to the ground allowed me to run faster and I slowly straightened back up as I ran.

Once I got a good speed, I basically just threw my arms out to my sides and for some reason the "wind" caught underneath my arms and lifted me into the air. From that point on I was simply propelled constantly, for some reason. I just turned my body to turn and spin, or dipped my head to go down and raised my head and shoulders to go up.

gravity has always been low in my dreams so i usually just jump once or twice and start floating about until i go faster

Interesting question. I almost always have dreams in which I acquire flight, all in different ways. Here are all of them:
1. I once 'flew' around with water holding me in the air
2. Once I grew wings on my back
3. I ride dragons
4. I transform into a dragon
5. I just fly without anything
6. I have rode floating objects [random objects like a desk or box]

In my dreams it takes a lot of effort to fly. I have to focus and I feel the pressure building in my head. It is like when you lift something heavy and the blood rushes to your face. Then I begin to lift off the ground. The more I push the faster I go. I can feel the wind in my face and my eyes are drying out because of the wind, so I blink a lot. I fly higher and through a cloud and my close get damp because of the moisture. Now I am cold and I begin to push harder and fly higher above the cloud. I can feel the sun on my back and my chest is still cold, I begin to spin to warm up my chest. It is so peaceful up there. I look down and see a town and small ant size people moving all around. Then I fly over a forest and finally I land on top of a mountain and sit and admire the world around me.

Only did it once, but it worked right away at a really high speed. I just sayed to my myself, i can fly. Jumped in the air and that was it. Got more trouble with blurred vision while im flying though.

I always use the Superman method. The first time I flew I had very limited control. When I turned, my body rotated but I continued flying in the same direction and slammed right into a tree. This instantly woke me up from my first LD. Now I have much more control in my flying. If I am about to hit an object I just close my eyes and pass right through it. I am still working on speed control though, I fly really fast, sometimes too fast.

It's interesting how we have to use energy up to do certain things. As if (which I believe) we have our own dream bodies...what some would call our spirit in a higher frequency body when we are aware of it (Seven higher planes)? It takes a lot of effort to transport sometimes. I very rarley fly...probably because I usually just try and think where I want to go and Im there or Im already there to begin with. I had an LD last night where I was traveling over Thailand (really high from like an airplane view so I only saw the birdseye view of it and some buildings) later just moving along a black void into I came across a room in a flying way...but I was bodyless...just conscious moving of thinking I want to travel around softly. Swimming...I find myself just using my body and swiming in dreams like you would in RL/RT. I had a dream not long ago I jumped into this lake and was swimming across it doing forward strokes...funny thing is...I do not know how to swim at all in waking life. I took some lessons around 1989 but had a fear of drowing (almost did and still have that fear) and never went into water to swim again (only the shallow side and just stood there and cooled off...havent been in a pool in probably fifteen years) so it was odd I was swimming like it was nothing in that dream..but in a dream you do not drown.

I generally just have a run up and jump in the air, I believe in this which is most likely why. Flying in my experience is amazing, it feels really vivid the landscape passing by whilst you can move with such ease. Funnily enough if i stick my arm up like superman it increases the speed in which i am flying.

I run forward and jump a few times, increasingly higher each jump, then I just fly. Kinda like Winged-Cap Mario.

Don't 'try' to fly, just 'believe' you can fly. Imagine you 'are' hovering through the air. ^_^

Most of the time I fly in non lucid dreams. I find my self flying , that's it.

I just shoot up in the air and fly. I can't explain it, it just comes naturally without me thinking about it.