Thread: Yoshi's WILD Technique...

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I've found entering sleep paralysis rather easy when I wake up in the morning. I can get in SP in about two minutes. I'm enough tired to let my body fall asleep, though enough awake to mantain high levels of awareness.
Today I could barely move my arm, almost felt my whole body paralised, it was a matter of a minute. I stood there for four-five minutes without experiencing any sounds or imagery.
Then, the paralysis slowly took off... Everything became normal.

Pretty happy I made it to SP again.
Do you know if WILDing in the morning, around 8-9 AM, is productive?

Yeah, WILDing in the mornings is a good strategy. The further along you are in the sleep cycle, the longer your REM periods will last. The only trouble may be falling asleep. If you have already slept an entire cycle of sleep, you may have trouble transitioning (falling asleep) once you get into SP. It sounds like you were tired enough though. I definitely suggest you keep practicing in the morning. Try to get a little further along in the SP process with each attempt. Congrats on your progress and just keep working at it !

I tried this method out last night, and I think I got pretty close (I hope ) - I got as far as a very heavy feeling in my arms and legs, with a tingling sensation, along with quite a lot of hypnagogic imagery. Only got that far though, nothing else happened. How close was I and what was I doing wrong?

You got up to the point where SP was setting in. It may not have fully set in yet, but you were close to that point. The only thing left to do, is to finish falling asleep. While the hypnagogic imagery and tingling sensations are going on, make sure you don't focus on them. Just act as if nothing unusual is happening and continue to relax. Don't forget the you need t fall asleep in order to enter a dream. Just observe all the hallucinations in a passive manner and you should be able to keep your consciousness as you transition into the dream state. You got pretty close, just keep practicing! Congrats on your progress and just try to get a little further along in the process with each attempt . Good luck to you!

Wow I tried with the moving part last night and I instantly felt like something changed with my body. I fell asleep before anything could happen though xD But a really good technique Yoshi!

Awesome and thank you ! Hopefully next time you'll be able to hang on to your consciousness a bit longer and experience full blown SP. Good luck to you!

I can easily reach sleep paralysis in the morning, I have a pair of problems though.

First, despite my eyes closed, they blink. Sometimes I can see the black eyelid void becoming clearer in the corners, but when I blink they reset to black.
Second, I don't see any hallucinations or hear any sounds, therefore I can't transition in a dream. I remain in sleep paralysis too much time without "falling asleep".

Just try not to even worry/think about the blinking. It may reset the void, but that won't have any negative effects on the process unless you start worrying/thinking too much about it. Just ignore them and act as if you had never blinked in the first place. Sometimes in SP, you won't get a lot of hallucinations. I have went through SP without sound, as well as without many visuals. Once you feel sleep paralysis, you basically just submit to it. Just allow it to overtake your entire body and do whatever it wants. Allow it to completely consume you. It may take several tries before you are able to get the transition going. Just don't give up. Remember, once you hit SP, you just have to fall asleep.

Originally Posted by KingYoshi

You got up to the point where SP was setting in. It may not have fully set in yet, but you were close to that point. The only thing left to do, is to finish falling asleep. While the hypnagogic imagery and tingling sensations are going on, make sure you don't focus on them. Just act as if nothing unusual is happening and continue to relax. Don't forget the you need t fall asleep in order to enter a dream. Just observe all the hallucinations in a passive manner and you should be able to keep your consciousness as you transition into the dream state. You got pretty close, just keep practicing! Congrats on your progress and just try to get a little further along in the process with each attempt . Good luck to you!

What kind of hallucianations are they?
Does it differ from the person and things said person has seen?
During all this is the world sort of being "made" for you technically?

Can't wait to try this but so many questions :O

I tried this last night and about 5-10 minutes in I started feeling like I needed to change positions so naturally, I did but throughout this whole process I couldn't keep from SWALLOWING I tried to keep it in moderation but its a little difficult.

When I rolled over onto my side (slowly and calmly, not opening my eyes) I felt the movements were "distant" or kind of muffled and I felt a tad numb and heavy.

After maybe half an hour or less I fell asleep.

Is this progress or are these normal for people who don't move for long periods of time in bed?

Edit: Also I forgot to mention, at first when I tried to move my body didn't really want to like it was "frozen" was I entering SP or did my body naturally not want to move because I really wanted SP

I tried this, and with help from the flex freezing and reverse blinking, I got farther than I ever have before. Just a little longer and I would've become lucid, but I heard my brother say something and it woke me up...
Thanks for the tips, KingYoshi!

Originally Posted by H202

What kind of hallucianations are they?
Does it differ from the person and things said person has seen?
During all this is the world sort of being "made" for you technically?

Can't wait to try this but so many questions :O

In SP you can feel any type of hallucination. Some common ones are flashing lights/colors, increased heart rate, voices, static-like noise/white noise, vibrations, random sense of dread/fear, etc. These are just a few, but you can experience just about anything. The type of hallucinations will vary from dreamer to dreamer. SP is at least a little different each time you get into.

As SP sets in, you are starting to fall asleep. During the transition you finish falling asleep and this is when the full dream scene forms. HH/HI is like dreaming before you are fully asleep.

Originally Posted by H202

I tried this last night and about 5-10 minutes in I started feeling like I needed to change positions so naturally, I did but throughout this whole process I couldn't keep from SWALLOWING I tried to keep it in moderation but its a little difficult.

When I rolled over onto my side (slowly and calmly, not opening my eyes) I felt the movements were "distant" or kind of muffled and I felt a tad numb and heavy.

After maybe half an hour or less I fell asleep.

Is this progress or are these normal for people who don't move for long periods of time in bed?

Edit: Also I forgot to mention, at first when I tried to move my body didn't really want to like it was "frozen" was I entering SP or did my body naturally not want to move because I really wanted SP

Once you get that real heavy feeling, you are close to the point where SP sets in. It is definitely progress. The key thing here, is you are gaining experience. Nothing helps more with WILDing than practice and experience. Just keep at it and try to get a little further along each time out. I'm entirely sure if SP was starting to set in or not, but that frozen feeling was probably just a very deep sense of relaxation. Either way, this is good and it is the first hurdle when WILDing. So congrats on purposely getting yourself into deep relaxation. Next up is getting SP to start setting in. You are very close to that. Good luck to you and just keep working at it!

Originally Posted by Electronium

I tried this, and with help from the flex freezing and reverse blinking, I got farther than I ever have before. Just a little longer and I would've become lucid, but I heard my brother say something and it woke me up...
Thanks for the tips, KingYoshi!

Awesome! Just keep practicing and hopefully next time you won't get interrupted . Congrats on your progress. I really like reverse blinking. I tried to WILD this morning when I woke up, but I just could get back to sleep. I felt that I had woke myself up too much. I did reverse blinking for about 10 minutes and soon felt so tired, I couldn't even open my eyes to blink . I proceeded to have a successful WILD. RB is awesome!

Thank you for the clarification Yoshi. It gives me alot of confidence.

Also quick curiosity question once your in your "dream world" do you move like you normal would? (with the exception of pyschics being wierd)

Yeah, if the dream is stable, you will move like you do in waking life...most of the time. Anything is possible, so you can run faster, jump higher, fly, etc. The dream world is so extraordinary, anything could happen in there. It is really up to you.

Haven't ever had a purposeful lucid, but is got me close. I think I got to paralysis before turning, my body tingled all over and I started seeing black jellyfish. But for some reason my eyelids kept wanting to open and eventually they did on accident. I think it was a good first attempt though.

Yeah, that is definitely some nice progress. If your eyes start going crazy and trying to open, it is best to try and ignore them. Keep them in a closed, but relaxed position and try to ignore the fact that they are moving around. When you start focusing on them or worrying about them, it gets worse. Nice job though on your first attempt. Just keep practicing !

really thanks bro u have really good tutorials and experience.

I THINK I got a LD last night, but forgot it
Either that or I just fell asleep, I was out for around thirty minutes. Either way I probably need to work on my recall first, was getting ahead of myself considering I usually only remember a dream or two every MONTH!

Originally Posted by Betropper

I THINK I got a LD last night, but forgot it
Either that or I just fell asleep, I was out for around thirty minutes. Either way I probably need to work on my recall first, was getting ahead of myself considering I usually only remember a dream or two every MONTH!

Yeah, it would definitely benefit you to work on building dream recall. Keep in mind that the more dreams you can recall, the more opportunities you will have to experience lucidity.

I think I should let you cover WILD.

great job, man. I could learn from your experience.

Originally Posted by lucidmax15895

I think I should let you cover WILD.

great job, man. I could learn from your experience.

Thanks ! Well, I have WILDed so many times that I have experienced just about everything that comes along with it. I may have only recorded 69 of my WILDs, but I have actually had well over 100+. Experience is the best teacher, especially when it comes to WILDing.

Hello. I've tried this out for tree days now, and the first time was successful, the other time was a little successful and the last time was not successful at all. I didn't experienced SP at all. the first time, I just went from waking to dreaming immediately. The other times, I just couldn't fall asleep before I forgot the whole lucid dream thing. When I try to lay still and just get into SP, I'm just starting to shivering and my heart beats faster. I think its because I get excited or something. And the shivering makes me move, and that "resets" the timer that I read about somewhere here :/ Anyway, I'm just laying in the bed, trying to don't move, but I cant get into SP. At the end, when I fall asleep, I don't become lucid... What should I do!?!? Oh, and how do I know if I'm getting into a SP? Sometimes while trying get SP, my whole body starts to tingle a bit, but it disappears. Is that a beginning of a SP?

Ah, well you just need to keep practicing. 3 days isn't very long at all. WILD can take a bit of time to get used to at first. You have to find that balance of focus. You really have to tip toe the line between consciousness and unconsciousness.

A lot of the things you mentioned are early signs of SP. The increased heart rate, the tingling and numbness, etc. When any of these things occur, just continue with the process. Keep striving toward falling asleep and act as if nothing unusual is happening. If you shiver and move, don't worry about it. The "timer" doesn't even apply to my technique. I move on purpose in my technique and often hit SP right after I roll over. The "timer" is used as a gauge in other WILDing techniques, but it isn't a set-in-stone thing. If you move, don't even worry about it. Just continue with the process as if you never moved in the first place. It won't cause you to fail your WILD attempt.

Just remember that the entire goal of this process is to fall asleep. If you aren't able to fall asleep, you won't be able to WILD. The only difference is, you are witnessing/observing yourself fall asleep. Once you get into SP, you will know it. Don't even worry/think about, "Am I in SP? Am I close to SP? How long have I been laying here? ... etc" Just carry on with the process and strive toward falling asleep.