Thread: Questions on WILD/WBTB technique

^^ And this is the WILD Class that Patience suggested. I too recommend that you give it a look; you might find your questions answered there. But as long as I'm here:

1) It is usually best to stay awake for at least 15 minutes with a max of 90, though you need to practice a bit to find the amount of "up" time that works best for you.

2) Yes. Get out of bed. If you don't, you might go back to sleep without waking up quite enough. They don't call it Wake Back to Bed or nothing, you know!

3) Non-lighted. Light is the enemy of sleep.

4) Calm, "dreamy" activities. Do things like thnk about your upcoming WILD, think about the dreams you were just having, read your dream journal, take a quiet walk, etc. Stay away from your phone, computer, or TV.

5) Sure. The 61 points method works pretty well, for one.

6) Not in my opinion. The vividness or wow factor of your LD is entirely up to you, and not the result of a technitque or which transition (WILD or DILD) you choose.

Speaking of the transition: it might be helpful to keep in mind that WILD is not an induction technique, but is rather the descriptor of how your transition to lucidity happens; the "I" in WILD stands for "Initiated," and not induced. You employ techniques -- like WBTB -- to induce a WILD transition (or DILD, for that matter), but the transition itself is not inducing anything.

OK, thank you for the links. I will definitely have to experiment.