i haven't been on this forum for a long time, trying to perfect my technique of wake induced lucid dreaming. however, i seem to be unable to enter the dream lucid. anyways, basically, i can go from a wake state to a dreaming state, but during that transition, i lose lucidity. for example, when i was on vacation to italy, i went to a museum sat down for a while, and put my leg up on the chair in front of me. i woke up, and then i realized that my foot was firmly planted on the ground... i can enter a dream directly from a waking state, but i can't seem to enter it lucidly. anyways, this is basically what i do... tell me if im doing something wrong here...

i count backwards from 100 VERY slowly... going one number down every inhale and exhale... at one point, counting backwards becomes extremely difficult, as my mind wanders around. at that point, i give up trying to count backwards, and just let my mind go wherever it wants to go, and that becomes my dream... during this transition, i don't maintain lucidity... someone help?