Need a LD sleep schedule

**SystematicAlec** · 03-05-2013 03:23 PM

Hello, hope you're all doing fine. whats a good schedule for lucid naps in the afternoon? I'm willing to sacrifice the last rem period as I cannot get lucid at night.

I think night holds our sleep because darkness made it impossible for people in the past to focus on visual thus loosing consciousness not to mention the temp. drop. so afternoon naps are best for lucidity in my op.

**Sensei** · 03-05-2013 03:59 PM

I am doing fine!

What is probably best is a prolonged WBTB. Sleep for 6 hours and stay up for 2 hours go back to bed then for 2 hours. This seems to have great results. During that 2 hours you should spend thinking about LDing. Meditating. Watch inception. Or matrix. Whatever gets you excited about LDing. Stay in a sleep mindset though.

Why do you say you can't LD at night? It is really hard if you do not get 8 hours almost every night. Even naps you won't be as aware as you should be unless you are normally getting enough sleep. I would recommend getting in one of the classes here. They can help you out a lot.

Also. It is a good thing to think that a certain time will make you lucid easier because that is when you are most confident of it happening. Try and get that confidence higher though. "Think you can or think you can't. You are right either way."

**SystematicAlec** · 03-05-2013 04:30 PM

I'm not being negative or anything about night LDs on the contrary, before bed I daydream about my LD and I also motivate myself during the day; no matter how many days I go without lucid dreams I cheerfully remind myself that tonight I will have a lucid dream..

I did a WBTB, went to the bathroom last night and went back to bed and I spent around 20 mins. there, no matter how much I silence my inner monologue im too aware, two hours on a wake back to bed wont allow me to sleep the only thing I have in mind is wake up early and attempt the next day but that doesnt seem convinient to me.. I do believe naps on daylight aid lucidity

**Sensei** · 03-05-2013 05:02 PM

How long have you been seriously trying to LD? (Keeping a DJ, 8 hours of sleep, trying a technique)

If you struggle getting back to sleep make your WBTB smaller. You want to wake yourself up as much as possible to increase awareness, but only enough that you don't have trouble sleeping. I wake myself up 5+ times a night for only about a minute. After 6 hours of sleep I do a little longer WBTB, but not much.

**Skillet7** · 03-05-2013 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

I would recommend getting in one of the classes here.

I'm struggling as well. How does one go about enrolling in a class here?

**Sensei** · 03-05-2013 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Skillet7

I'm struggling as well. How does one go about enrolling in a class here?

DV Academy

^^ I would check all of them before signing up for them to see which one. I have noticed that most people that use it as one on one help can advance as LDers faster than people that don't.