Thread: Nsswild

This is a method I made up, and I decided to make a tutorial because it seems to be a relatively new idea. The idea is that if you go along with what you would normally do falling asleep, it's easier to do a WILD. So this has three parts: Awake/relaxing, asleep, and dream entry.
BTW, NSSWILD stands for Natural Sleep Simulation Induced Lucid Dream.

AWAKE:
1. Relax all your muscles, one by one. You could also try 'flex-freeze' or deep breathing. The general idea is to boost your initial relaxation. If you want, repeat an affirmation or visualize a beautiful scene. This is like a mini-meditation in a way, or self-hypnosis.
2. Chose one object. Foods are good, because you can explore them with all your senses (smell and taste included). Imagine it on a blurry or matte background. Rotate it mentally and look at all the sides. Touch it, rub it on your skin if you wish. Take a bite. Smell it. Keep doing this until you start to lose concentration or are done with the object.
3. Slowly count down from ten. During this period re-relax all your muscles, and breathe deeply, keeping concentration.
4. Roll over very, very slowly.

Repeat steps two, three and four. I find about three or four repetitions is good for me, but you can do whatever.
After all that you should be very relaxed, and may already have hypnogogia or be in SP (this method tends to go extremely fast, at least for me).

Then you have the asleep cycle:

You have a choice here. If you tend to stay very awake during WILD () and have trouble falling asleep, go straight to step ONE. If you fall asleep easily () then skip to step TWO.

ASLEEP:

1. As you breathe in, count ONE. As you breathe out, visualize a scene or image from your train of though. Then breathe in (TWO). Breathe out and visualize a related image. These quickly shifting images are like hypnogogia and might trigger it.
2. As you breathe in, count ONE. As you breathe out, say to yourself, CONCENTRATE. This helps me a lot during the week when I have trouble staying awake, because when I start just counting subconsciously, I will say, "Oh! Concentrate! Right!" and get back on track. You can also use some kind of sensory simulation, like having a rubber band around your wrist or a textbook on your stomach, to keep you awake. Just remember your intention every time you notice the sensation.

DREAM ENTRY:
After you have gone into SP or (if, like many VILDers, you don't notice it or aren't sure) think you have, visualize a dream scene. Imagine it as detailed as possible. Touch things, etc, and immerse yourself in the scene. You should eventually find yourself in a dream. Alternatively, depending on what kind of person you are, you can just roll out or float out of bed.

I've had a few people test this for me and they've had good results, so I suggest you try this method for a new take on WILD that doesn't involve all of the artificial "just keep your whole body rock-hard and rigid for a few hours and you'll be fine!" mentality and takes a more comfortable, normal approach to WILD!

If you choose to try this, good luck and please report back on this thread!
Thank you all,
Louie O.